Marquette Magazine Summer 2012

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This year nearly 500 students studied overseas and 602 international students from 63 countries came to Marquette. At Commencement, 105 graduates wore sashes representing their native countries or where they studied abroad.

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Marquette students and alumni submitted photographs of their favorite study abroad moments for our cover.

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Students study abroad, faculty lead academic programs in distant corners of the world, and alumni bring blue and gold cheer to Europe. So many stories to share. Watch for the country flags to see where we are.

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14 “Karibu” means welcome Gretchen Geerts, Arts ’09, couldn’t wait to graduate and return to Africa. But once there, she didn’t fit.

18 Overseas flightThese former men’s basketball players still fly down the court, but now the courts are far from the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

22 Corps of compassion “We oughta go to Honduras over spring break.” Shital Chauhan, PT ’06, couldn’t guess how eight words would change her life.

26 The game-changerThe lazy days of summer are a prime time for students to gain a competitive edge.

School children teach an alumna

an unforgettable lesson.

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6 alumni connect

> Parlez-vous Marquette? > Library finally opens in Kenya

8 being the difference

> Could a Cristo Rey school work in Milwaukee?

> Hammering Hank hits another home run

> Irish spring

10 on campus

> Traveling abroad guided by sounds

> It’s not a “dorm!”

> A good investment

12 study aboard

> The places we go

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Take two and read our new

two-minute stories for speed readers and story lovers

about Marquette alumni connecting.

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Contributing Writers: Magazine intern Jessie Bazan, Becky Dubin Jenkins, Barbara Mahany, Jay Sanders, Lynn Sheka, Christopher Stolarski, Jennifer Szink and Kate Venne

Design: Winge Design Studio

Photography: Kat Berger, Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune, Jonathan H. Lee, John Nienhuis

Illustrations © Martin Haake, p. 12; James Yang, p. 31, 32, 35, 36, 43

Stock Images © Robert Benson/Corbis, p. 18

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Don’t get left behind while we globe trot. Pull up a chair

and crack the bindings of some great books

suggested for armchair travelers by the staff in

Raynor Memorial Libraries.

Plus, take a look at how Marquette

honored baseball great Henry “Hank” Aaron,

and, then, hear how he honored our graduates.

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The end of the academic

year is a time of gratitude,

when we recognize members

of our staff and faculty who

lead the way in making

Marquette a caring and

mission-driven community.

Today, Kerry Grosse is Marquette’s associate registrar — the

point person for getting all final grades filed correctly and on

time, among other responsibilities — but 16 years ago, she was

a brand-new admissions counselor traveling the Midwest

representing this university.

On her first recruiting trip, she drove a rental car from

Milwaukee to the north woods hamlet of Luck, Wis., to meet

students from nearby high schools. Checking into the town’s

only motel during what turned out to be peak field-and-

stream season, she was greeted in the lobby by a sign that

read, “Pheasant hunters, please do not clean your birds in

the bath tubs.”

“I must admit,” she recalls with revulsion, “I had second

thoughts about my new career at that very moment.”

Grosse is hardly alone in having encountered a few hurdles

on the way to a rewarding career at Marquette. In fact, she

remembers her stay in Luck as a formative experience in

finding guidance from Ignatian principles during challenging

situations: “I paused, thought critically for a moment and asked

myself, ‘Where can I get some Lysol in this small town?’”

Her story is fresh in my mind because Kerry was honored

last month, with fellow staff members Timothy Badger,

Stephanie Danz and Lynn Mellantine, as a recipient of this

year’s Excellence in University Service Awards. Besides being

a time of late-night coffee runs and jammed libraries, the

end of the academic year at Marquette is a time of gratitude,

when we recognize members of our staff and faculty who

lead the way in making Marquette a caring and mission-

driven community, not just a simple workplace.

At the June awards luncheon for staff, I shared what I had

learned about these four recipients. When they signed on at

Marquette, each received a job description filled with assigned

duties and expectations. Then each began expanding these

lists. Danz, for example, was already integral to the functioning

of the Law School when she took on the additional duties of

a retiring co-worker to keep things running smoothly.

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Concern for students and

their individual growth is a

hallmark of the Ignatian

approach to education, and

it comes through loud and

clear from this year’s award

winners, faculty and staff.

In all cases, the redefinition of their roles was about more than

basic addition. As described by admiring colleagues, these special

people welcome the problems brought by others and lead the search

for solutions. They look out for the best interests of others, particu-

larly our students. They turn their employment into an exercise of

imagination, compassion and love.

The staff awards have their faculty counterparts in the John P.

Raynor, S.J., Teaching Excellence Awards, which are distributed annu-

ally at the Père Marquette Dinner in May. There, this year’s winners

spoke reassuringly of operating within an academic culture that

values teaching and provides a sense of camaraderie as they strive

for lasting influence in the lives of their students.

Dr. Rebecca Nowacek, an associate professor of English, reported

finding inspiration in the work of improvisational actors who readily

engage what is sent their way from those sitting across from them.

Dr. Mark Cotteleer contemplated some of the criticism he has received

from students amid much acclaim for his celebrated supply-chain

management courses. And Dr. Sarah Bonewits Feldner saw the words

on the wrapper of a Dove bar — “You are exactly where you are supposed

to be” — distilling how she feels about the classroom where she teaches

communication studies. Her driving ambition, she says, is for her students

to feel the same way about the classroom and for them to leave

Marquette ready to find (or make) places where they feel they belong.

This concern for students and their individual growth is a hallmark

of the Ignatian approach to education, and it comes through loud and

clear from this year’s award winners, faculty and staff. Working in a field

known for its abstract formulas and quantitative precision, Dr. John

Moyer said he really didn’t hit his stride as a member of our mathe-

matics faculty until his then-college-age sister visited his classroom.

“I distinctly remember seeing my students differently that day, perhaps

seeing for the first time that those college students were real people,

with real lives, just like my sister Jill.”

He closed his remarks with an expression of love and thanks for

his wife, Peg. “She has bent over backwards to accommodate my early

mornings and late hours at Marquette and embrace her greatest rival

for my affections — teaching,” he says.

I can’t think of a better way to close out the year — and to look for-

ward to next year — than with these reminders that the futures of our

students are in very good hands.

Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.

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T H E P L A C E S W E G O . Enjoy a short trip around the world through these stories about

students, faculty and alumni engaging the world and being changed in the process. Don’t fret

if you can’t travel. The libraries’ staff offers a virtual vacation for armchair travelers, with

books to take readers almost anywhere in the world at marquette.edu/magazine. Welcome

to Marquette Magazine’s global issue.

we are marquette

• alumni connect : 8

• being the difference : 6

• on campus : 10

• study abroad : 12

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Oui! Ja! Sí! So say alumni who put down roots in Paris, London,

Geneva, Rome, Cologne and Madrid. Yes, they speak fluent Marquette

and get plenty of practice talking with one another at networking events, alumni Masses,

student welcome receptions and more, thanks to the European Alumni Network.

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Parlez-vous Marquette?

The European Alumni Network connects 456 alumni and parent ex-pats in 11 countries via email.

If there is a birthplace for the

European Alumni Network, it

has to be Paris. Kelly Kliebhan, Arts ’99, moved to France in 2009 and pretty

quickly began working with Martha Moore and the alumni relations staff

on campus to connect with other alumni in Europe. A kickoff event brought

together 20 Marquetters for Mass and a night on the Champs Elysées.

“What an amazing night,” Kliebhan wrote in an email. “Thanks to each

and every one of you for making the journey to be with us in Paris on this

historical inaugural night of Marquette alums from across Western Europe.”

Belton Flournoy, Bus Ad ’03, joined the movement when he moved to

London. As the former young alumni rep on the Alumni National Board of

Directors, he knew how to reach out and get Marquetters in Great Britain

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formed me that he moved to London

right after graduating and this was

the first time he had reconnected with

the university.”

The ex-pats gather to enjoy Milwaukee-

style blue and gold camaraderie, to hear

university updates, to connect with

students who are studying abroad, and,

most important, to share National Mar-

quette Day with proper fans. So far, 456

alumni and parent ex-pats in 11 countries

are connected via email.

“The diversity of the European alumni

community today is only rivaled by

the diversity of events taking place

across cultures and countries, from

dinner in stunning locations to Mar-

quette Day pub celebrations to a wine

auction complete with Marquette

Christmas stockings,” writes Kliebhan.

“It’s a wonderful time to be part of

our growing network.”

The European Alumni Network is

working to establish a social network

for members on Facebook and LinkedIn,

a Europe-wide calendar of Marquette

gatherings, and a list of student ambas-

sadors to connect with all Marquette

students studying far from home.

Alumni traveling abroad any time,

including for the 2012 Summer Olympics

in London, will want to get in on the

fun. m JMM

FOR UPDATES about the European

Alumni Network, contact Martha

Moore at (414) 288-0398 or martha.

[email protected].

excited. “The first event we threw was

a reception in October 2010,” Flournoy

says. “The highlight of the night was

when a graduate from the 1970s in-

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“The diversity of

the European alumni

community today is

only rivaled by the

diversity of events taking

place across cultures

and countries.”

— Kelly Kliebhan, Arts ’99

B O O T S O N T H E G R O U N D

Students in actionStudents who built and

filled a library in Kenya finally

get to celebrate.

It started with a vision and partner-ship between Marquette’s Watumi-

shi student organization and Sister Genovefa Maashao’s Shelter of Hope, a clinic run by the Sisters of St. Joseph serving orphans and HIV/AIDS victims in Voi. Seeing the shelter’s work for the sick and vulnerable firsthand during a trip to Voi in summer 2004 hooked Tim Kummer, Nurs ’07, Greg St. Arnold, Arts ’07, and Conor Sweeney, Arts ’07. “It was really inspiring to see them work so tirelessly for the health of their community, and that made us want to chip in and help

however we could, too,” St. Arnold says. After returning to campus, the trio founded Watumishi (a Kiswahili word meaning “people of service”) and started fundraising for educational resources for the community with the help of dedicated Marquette employees, including the late Rev. Harold Bradley, S.J. “At first we only envisioned a pretty mod-est resource drive, but the idea grew into a separate library building with meeting areas and Internet capability,” St. Arnold says. From 2004–12, Watumishi members hosted chili cook-offs, Kick for Kenya soccer tournaments and conga purse sales and

met with potential donors as part of the fundraising efforts. Before post-election violence rocked Kenya in 2008, Watumishi members also made regular trips to Voi to reconnect with the sisters. Now that the group’s vision is realized, Kummer feels incredibly humbled. “The work they do at the Shelter of Hope is nothing short of amazing, and I am honored that they allowed us to be part of their work,” he says. m JB

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Hammering Hank hits another home runHenry “Hank” Aaron will always

have ties to Milwaukee. And, now,

he’ll always have ties to Marquette.

The former Milwaukee Brave and baseball’s

home run king for 33 years delivered a mem-

orable Commencement address to approxi-

mately 2,000 graduating students at the BMO

Harris Bradley Center, beseeching them to

“hold fast” to their dreams. Reflecting on his

own career path, Aaron told graduates there

are no acceptable shortcuts to success in life.

President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., called Aaron a

superb role model who illustrates the princi-

ples of leadership and excellence and whose

“work on behalf of racial equality and civil

rights continues to help youth achieve their

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WATCH A VIDEO honoring Aaron at marquette.

edu/hank-aaron-commercial.

The Cristo

Rey Network of

Catholic, Jesuit

high schools has

its eyes set on

Milwaukee.

Could a Cristo Rey school work in Milwaukee? The network, which operates 24 schools in

17 states, considers Milwaukee a prime location

for its 25th school and is partnering with the

College of Education on a feasibility study, the

first between Cristo Rey and a university.

“I can’t think of another city with as much momentum around transforming the educational landscape as Milwaukee,” says Robert Birdsell, president and CEO of the network.

In the Cristo Rey model, students attend classes four days a week and work at a participating business in the community the fifth day. Wages the students earn go toward their tuition.

The 12-month feasibility study will gauge the business community’s interest in supporting the school and evaluate

demand among Milwaukee families. Marquette has enjoyed a strong partnership with Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago through the Urban Scholars program that was introduced in 2006. Each year, three students from Cristo Rey Chicago and one from the Cristo Rey Network join Marquette’s freshman class. “Marquette has educated Cristo Rey students, and we’ve seen their success and transformation,” says Dr. Bill Henk, dean of the College of Education. Jeff Snell, one of Marquette’s representatives studying the issue and a champion for social innovation on campus, is a driving force behind the move to bring the Cristo Rey model to Milwaukee. He calls the feasibility study “one example of how Marquette seeks to be present to the city and the world using the field of social innovation’s emphasis on solving problems as a framework.” m KV

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What Philbin and Smithy experienced

— and learned — doesn’t surprise Dr. Kerry

Kosmoski-Goepfert, R.N., associate dean of

undergraduate programs in the college.

“Nursing students who participate in

this new program are introduced to differ-

ences that exist in nursing care, patient

expectations and health outcomes from

a global perspective,” Kosmoski-Goepfert

says. “Students also tend to find that being

immersed in another culture helps them

better understand their own.”

After their Irish spring, Philbin and

Smithy will enjoy a Milwaukee summer

spent completing clinical rotations

and preparing for their senior year at

Marquette. m LCS

“Now that I have a perspective on the nursing profession in the United States and in Ireland as well,

I would definitely consider working abroad after graduation if I were to get the opportunity.”

Gretchen Smithy, left, and Lisa Philbin are

back in Milwaukee for the summer after

spending their spring semester in Ireland.

Launched in the spring 2012 semester,

the program blends academic courses

with observation experiences at various health

care sites in Ireland. This approach makes it

possible for nursing students to study abroad

without falling behind in Marquette’s rigorous

nursing curriculum.

“We saw a birth and shadowed for a day at

National Maternity Hospital for our midwifery

course,” Philbin says. “We also spent time at

Saint John of God Hospital, Lucena Clinic, and

the National Drug Advisory and Treatment

Centre. Seeing these different environments

made me want to learn as much as I can about health care around

the world so that I’m able to care for my patients in a variety of

settings.”

Smithy sees a big benefit in meeting people and making con-

nections in another health care culture. “Now I have a perspective

on the nursing profession in the United States and in Ireland as

well,” she says. “I would definitely consider working abroad after

graduation if I were to get the opportunity.”

Gretchen Smithy and Lisa Philbin participated

in Marquette’s new nursing-centric study

abroad program at University College Dublin.

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classes for them,” Seisay says. “When Justine said she needed a chaperone, I said, ‘You got me.’” Shorter attended a summer program offered by Arcadia University at the University of Cape Town, tackling internships with the South African NGO Coalition and Voice of the Cape, a community-based radio station. “Many study abroad programs occur in countries that do not have laws that require access for students with disabilities,” says Terence Miller, director of the Office of International Education. “Fortunately, there has been some progress with identifying study abroad programs that have the necessary infrastructure to support the array of access needs for students with disabilities. Due to Marquette’s range of exchange and study abroad opportunities, we are able to work with each student to identify a program that is a right fit for them.” Shorter admits earning her first international air miles was scary. But her passport is going to get a workout, starting this summer when she returns to Africa, this time to Uganda and Rwanda to attend SIT University’s Peace and Conflict Studies Program. Yes, she’s nervous. Imagine navigating airports and cultures guided by sound instead of sight. Shorter says she is cutting this trail so that other students with disabilities see study abroad as an option for them, too. “I want to be an advocate, be vocal about the needs and assists that would be most helpful,” she says. “It’s important for students to serve as their own advocates, and I hope that my own experiences will show them that anything is possible.” m JMM

Justine’s tips for traveling abroad

m Be your own advocate.

m Plan ahead, and let the program know

what accommodations you need.

m Request books in PDF and disk

formats so you can enlarge the font

or have them made into audio files.

m Work with program staff and drivers

to get back and forth to classes.

m Walk routes, and memorize landmarks.

“I shed so many tears,” she remembers, as her life, even her mother’s face, “was literally disappearing in front of my eyes.”

But the communication senior did not let her sight disability stop her from pursuing a career as a journalist. She built a resume in high school and college comprising assignments and internships across print and online formats — but she wanted to do more than cross formats. She wanted to cross continents and cultures as an international journalist. So she did something that really challenged her inner journalist: She studied abroad. “I always wanted to go somewhere in Africa,” she says. “I felt God pulling me there. I didn’t know how I could do it, but I knew it was possible.” She did it by raising funds for travel expenses for two — her own flights and flights for a guide to help her navigate air travel. Her escort to and from South Africa was Matthias Seisay, Arts ’06, Grad ’11, counselor in the Educational Opportunity Program. “We say we care about our students and will do anything short of taking

Traveling abroad guided by soundsJustine Shorter was 14 years old when

glaucoma and cataracts began to steal her sight.

At 15, she was declared legally blind.

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A good investmentA Marquette education is an investment for families.

But what’s the return?

According to a recent report by Bloomberg Businessweek, Marquette

offers the best return on investment of any University of Wisconsin

school, including UW–Madison and UW–Platteville; and also the Mil-

waukee School of Engineering. Bloomberg Businessweek says a four-

year Marquette degree will cost an average of $107,900 after financial

aid. Those who attend will get a 30-year ROI of $421,700; graduates

will realize a ROI of $527,100, or an annual return of 9.5 percent. m CS

$107,900 investment = $421,700 ROI after 30 years

Marquette offered to provide virtual trips

down memory lane and then corralled the

fleet-of-phrase Patrick Fennelly, Comm ’03,

who is no stranger to the stage — and

the antithesis of shy — to take alumni

to their best-remembered haunts and

favorite places.

Posted on Marquette’s YouTube

channel, a series of 2- and 3-minute

tours features Fennelly full-throttle.

There are stops at the former home

of Angelo’s Pizza (now home to Soble-

man’s, purveyor of mouth-watering

hamburgers, including “The Sobleman”

topped with cheese, jalapeño peppers

and onions), the forever home of St.

Joan of Arc Chapel and a view inside

the chili pot at Real Chili.

Two alums asked to see Carpenter

Tower, and, Fennelly, insisting he never

heard of the hall before, happily led

the way. At the entrance to Carpenter,

Fennelly finally recalled: “I did date a

girl in this building — but it was short-

lived” and stumbled several times when

staff reminded him it’s a residence

hall, not a dorm.

“Just another four-letter word I’m

not allowed to say,” joked Fennelly, who

today is a financial adviser at Morgan

Stanley in Milwaukee.

Take a virtual tour courtesy of

Marquette. The videos are posted at

marquette.edu/alumni/eventsreunions-

reunionweekend.php.

What’s next for Fennelly? Well, he

intimated a musical video might be

in the works. m JMM

It’s not a “dorm!”What did alumni want to see

before returning to campus

this July for Reunion Weekend?

We asked alumnus Patrick

Fennelly to help build the buzz

for Reunion Weekend 2012.

You can see his adventures for

yourself on YouTube.

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The places we go.

With students studying

in 45 cities around the world,

the Office of International

Education might suggest it’s

easier to list the places

where you won’t find

Marquetters.


study abroad

Look for the Marquette Hall towers

to see where our students are studying.

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“karibu”It seemed I would never fit into

life in Tanzania. But then I spoke Swahili.

I am one of those changed women.

Rev. Christopher Ahrends, theology professor for Marquette’s South Africa Service Learning Program, calls alumni of the program “American- Africans.” He believes participants go to South Africa for a semester to learn and serve in a different culture and return to the United States as changed men and women.

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grades at the end of the school term. My students were making my job difficult. They kept running into my office to ask me to come to our classroom. Over and over, I told them: “Not now. I need to finish my work first.” But they were impatient, and, finally, I followed them to our classroom. The room was completely trans-formed. There were flowers every-where. The blackboard was covered with handwritten chalk messages saying “Teacher Gretchen, God Bless YUO” (clearly, I needed to work on their spelling) and “Happy Birthday.” The desks were placed along the walls of the room, and my desk was in the middle. A bunch of flowers sat on my desk. My students sat at their desks, and, when I entered the room, they began singing Happy Birthday. It was so cute, but I had to be honest with them. I told them it wasn’t my birthday and wouldn’t be for another four months. They looked confused and replied, “So?” They grabbed my hands and led me to my desk. I sat, and they lined up in front of my desk. They had prepared poems to perform for me. After the poems were done, they circled my desk and sang a song I taught them. It was the best non-birthday birthday party I’ve ever had.

My students and I connected on so many levels. We danced, cried, laughed and learned from each other. I left South Africa feeling as though I was leaving a piece of myself there and could only make myself whole again by returning.

Throughout my senior year, I knew what I would do after graduation. I would return to Africa. I researched a lot of different programs. I ended up applying to the Jesuit Volunteer Corps’ International Program because I wanted to be a part of a program that incorporates community and would shape me into a person living in solidarity with the poor. I was lucky to not only get into the program but also to be sent to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to teach at Gonzaga Primary School, a local Jesuit school. At the time, I knew absolutely nothing about Dar es Salaam. But I had two years to get to know it quite well. I left for Tanzania in December 2009. Upon arrival, I found sweltering heat, a skyline of palm trees, foreign-sounding music being pumped out of various stereos and a language from which I recognized two words from The Lion King. Those first days, weeks and even months were defined by all that was different from what I knew before. It seemed as though I would never find the sense of completeness I had found in South Africa and come here seeking. But then I bought vegetables by speaking Swahili (the language of Tanzania) without using any of my notes. I made my way to town to pick up a package. I sang along to the music from my neighbor’s stereo. I began seeing beyond the differences. But what ultimately connected me to Tanzania was a birthday party. It was late March, and I was busy mark-ing exams and collecting my students’

The spontaneity of this birthday party seemed odd at first, but I learned there is a logical explanation. Many Tanzanians don’t know their birth dates because many

births occur at home. Also, there are many orphans in the country. So

if Tanzanians want to celebrate a person, they choose a date and make it his or her birth day. My students didn’t know the date of my birthday, so they picked this date and celebrated me.

My birthday party was the turning point in my time in Tan-

zania. It woke me up to the fact that despite the differences in skin color and culture, I was part of a community. Once I figured that out, I began to feel the sense of wholeness I came here searching for, and it allowed me to participate more fully in Tanzanian culture and life.

Participation in the South Africa Service Learning Program my junior year gave me a greater awareness of injustice in the world and a better sense of who I am. Every time I walked into the doors of my service learning placement, a school, I felt more like myself than I had before.

They wished me well: “Wewe ni

Mtanzania.” You are a Tanzanian.



One thing I quickly learned about and began participating in after my birthday party was Tanzania’s “karibu” culture. Karibu means welcome. It is definitely the most used word in the Swahili language. You hear “karibu” when entering a home, when walking past a shop, when being served a meal, when seeing someone eat-ing, and the list goes on and on. I always heard it when I walked past my neighbor’s house. Isaya and his sister loved welcoming me into their home. One day, their welcome went beyond my expectations. They were sitting down to eat lunch and invited me to join them by pointing at their food and saying “karibu.” I put down my bag and sat on the floor. My heart and stomach did a little dance of joy when I saw we were going to eat

ugali (an East African dish made of corn-meal and water that looks like mashed potatoes but is denser) and spinach. After praying and washing our hands, it was time to dig in. We each took a bit of ugali, rolled it into a ball and then scooped up the spinach with the ugali. No spoons were used — just our hands. We ate until the food was gone and our stomachs full. When I walked home afterward, I real-ized that meal was truly different from

any other I had experienced. Though the family owns plates and bowls, we didn’t use any of them. Each of us ate from the one pot set in the center of our circle. There was no sense of “my food” or “your food” because Tanzanians strive to live in and build community each and every day. Sharing meals is just one of the ways they maintain a supportive community. One of the ways that my fellow volun-teers and I built community with the neighborhood and our students was by opening our house to the kids after school and on the weekends. Each afternoon, the volunteers and kids would kick around a soccer ball, play UNO or erect a tall tower with Jenga blocks. Many of our “regulars” asked questions about America or gave us impromptu Swahili lessons.

One such regular, nicknamed Mr. Questions for his curiosity, courageously asked me a tough question during one of our walks home. “Teacher Gretchen,” he began, “why doesn’t Santa come to Tanzania?” I was speechless. I had no response. I know I said something, but I honestly don’t remember what. I only remember the question, one that I know neither I nor any of my friends had to ask as children. As I think about his question now, I am reminded of how lucky I was as a child, not because I received gifts, but because I was blessed with the opportunity to believe in a story and in something larger than myself that felt magical and inno-cent. Mr. Questions never got the chance to live in such a dream world. Every day of his life, he has faced reality. I can never look at Christmas or my childhood in the same way. Being in community with my neighbors, pupils and fellow Jesuit Corps volunteers was a daily lesson in love and humility,

and, thankfully, I had the greatest teachers one could ask for. After two years of learning, my time in Tanzania was up. I danced, played Jenga, ate more ugali and said some very difficult good- byes to my Tanzanian friends. They wished me well: “Wewe ni

Mtanzania (You are a Tanzanian).” Now, as I readjust to life in the United States, I find myself striving to honor the people of Tanzania by incorporating the lessons I learned into my new life as a South African-Tanzanian-American. I do not know what my future looks like, but I do know that today and for the rest of my life I will celebrate each and every person I love (and often); live simply; and create community with those around me. m

Gretchen Geerts joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps after graduating from Marquette and spent two years teaching at Gonzaga Primary School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

18 Summer 2012

overseasflight

When Golden Eagles migrate

B Y J A Y S A N D E R S


Marquette University basketball players are rare birds. Plucked

from their high schools as fledgling players, the swooping, driving

Golden Eagles find their wings at Marquette. And after the thrill

of a college career comes a new challenge: migration.

Less than 1 percent of college basketball athletes land in the

NBA. That figure includes strong players from top-notch programs

like the one at Marquette. So rather than alighting in New York,

Chicago or Los Angeles, the majority of Marquette players who

continue on to pro ball find themselves in more exotic ports of call

— from England, France, Holland and Italy to the Czech Republic,

Japan and beyond.flightWhen Golden Eagles migrate

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“Most of the venues where

you play are nothing compared

to arenas in the States,” says Burke.

“Yet the fans come, usually pack

the gym and yell to the top of their

lungs, beat on drums, chant,

yell expletives at referees in large

numbers and

give their all to the team.”

MAURICE ACKER

W “We have Golden Eagles all over the globe playing high-level basketball,” says Dan Fitzgerald, Bus Ad ’08, who plays in Japan. An overseas pro basketball career and an NBA career are birds of very different feathers. NBA stars are pampered with chartered planes and luxury hotels, while their foreign-league equivalents are more likely to be found “schlepping bags from an underheated bus to a shared room in a mid-level hotel,” writes Paul Shirley, an Iowa State grad who spent eight years as a pro dribbling from team to team across Europe. According to Shirley, the payoff is the “treasure trove” of stories players accumulate during their years on foreign courts. Stories like these. Fitzgerald was a long-distance specialist on the court at Marquette. With professional stops in Swit-zerland and Germany and now a leading scorer for the Sendai 89ers in Japan, he’s proving to be one off the court as well. Fitzgerald continues to enjoy playing the game, albeit with a few new twists. “In Japan, only three Americans can be on the court at once, but you can have up to five on the team,” he says. “Obviously, the language barrier is challenging with refs and teammates.” Having an American coach is a big help for Fitzgerald. (Interestingly, his Japanese team-mates have to rely on a translator.) Getting married last July to Dominika Dabrowski, Comm ’07, who played women’s tennis, helps keep potential homesickness at bay. “We love traveling the world and having a new adventure every year,” he says. Fitzgerald faithfully follows current Marquette basketball, despite the handicap of a 14-hour time difference. And he keeps in touch with former teammates, particularly Lawrence “Trend” Blackledge, Arts ’09, of Japan’s Hamamatsu Phoenix, whom he played several times this past season. Best of all, though, are the fans. “The Japanese fans are great, maybe more passionate than back home,” Fitz- gerald says. Christopher Grimm, Arts ’06, has had a much, well, grimmer time of it. He’s back in Milwaukee now, after spending the past season playing in Skopje, Macedonia, and Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. “The fans this year in Skopje were crazy,” Grimm says. “Literally. Games stopped for racist songs and stuff being thrown on the floor. I was spit at. Our

bus was attacked. We had police escorts, and there were even reports of fans waving guns around at games.” Winning didn’t make things any easier. “After we beat our city rival, the fans broke down the door to our locker room to celebrate with us,” he says. Grimm’s first overseas posting was in Switzerland, where his teammates included American, Italian, Swiss, French, Brazilian and Serbian players. “Not only was I adjusting to being a professional player, but I had to adjust to all of their cultures blended together, as well as their basketball styles,” he says. “There are also rule changes that took some getting used to.” Helping to bridge the language and culture gap was the spirit of “intense dedication” to the game that Grimm shared with teammates, many of whom he managed to convert into Marquette fans. Watching Marquette from afar last year, he says: “A favorite moment was when we stayed up late to watch MU go to the Sweet 16. We were screaming in our apartment, and our neighbors must have thought we were crazy.” Grimm recently returned to the United States with his wife, Elizabeth Schuelke, whom he met freshman year at Marquette. The couple had their first child in April. “He is taking up all of our time right now, and he is great,” Grimm says. Another Golden Eagle learning to roll with the changes is Maurice Acker, Comm ’10, of the Dutch team Magixx KidsRights Nijmegen. “Overseas basketball is tougher because the referees don’t call as many fouls and they allow aggressive play from both teams,” Acker says. “The fans get away with more taunting of the players, so it gets really wild sometimes.” The differences extend to game prepara-tion, which Acker says is not as intense or unified as it was at Marquette. Though these Marquette expatriate basketball players are scattered in disparate locations, they have in common a surprising number of experiences. They talk about adapting to the variations the game serves up when it’s transplanted into a different culture.


“Americans are a lot more competitive than Japanese players. We play with more emotion than they do.

They play kind of friendly ball.”

“The coaching styles, tactics and overall way the game is played is an adjustment for any player coming from the United States,” says Dwight Burke, Comm ’09, who plays in the Czech Republic. Jerel McNeal, Comm ’09, the university’s all-time leading scorer, now in Italy, adds: “The play is a lot more physical, which can make or break some players. Also a few rules take time to adjust to. The biggest one for Americans is usually the traveling call.” In France, the game is largely a half-court affair with a 24-second shot clock, according to Ousmane Barro, Arts ’08. And in Japan,

Blackledge encounters Japanese teammates who are simultaneously hard-driving and surprisingly laid back. “The Japanese work ethic is second to none. They work on their game all the time, trying to get better,” Blackledge says. At the same time, though, “Americans are a lot more competitive than Japanese players. We play with more emotion than they do. They play kind of friendly ball.” Joe Chapman, Comm ’06, finds the work-load more intense than in the States. “Here in England, we have two-a-days for eight months,” he says. “First practice, always shooting drills and going over scout-ing reports and working on individual drills. Second practice, we play.” Equally intense, players agree, are the fans. “Most of the venues where you play are nothing compared to arenas in the States,” says Burke. “Yet the fans come, usually pack the gym and yell to the top of their lungs,

beat on drums, chant, yell expletives at referees in large numbers, and give their all to the team.” McNeal adds that what the audience sometimes lacks in size it makes up for in emotion. “The fans are really intense here. They remind me of college crowds.” An overseas career serves up a different challenge off the court: separation from friends, family and familiar places back home. Loneliness hits different players in different ways. “When you are over here, you have a lot of down time, reflecting on your life and

dealing with your own personal demons, which can be chal-lenging for any young man,” Chapman says. “But it’s a process where you come out more independent and knowledgeable about your own personality.” For Burke, sheer enjoyment of the game serves as a powerful coping mechanism. “I love what I do,” he says, “and even though being away from home most of the year isn’t always easy, I still wouldn’t change it right now.” Barro left his home in Senegal to play college ball at Marquette, so moving from Milwaukee to France as a pro wasn’t much of a challenge. Of his current situation, he says: “The great thing about this place is the living conditions are very good. You don’t need to worry about anything but playing.”

Wherever Marquette players find them-selves, a tie binding them to their new team-mates is the common language of basketball. McNeal sums it up this way: “For me competing anywhere is always the same —just a different country and different players.” Keeping tabs on their home team and in touch with each other also unites the far-flung network of Marquette players overseas. “I’ve watched many Marquette games while being abroad,” Burke says. “The most difficult factor is the time difference. I end up losing sleep sometimes to support

Marquette, but it’s a sacrifice I gladly make.” “I try to watch every MU basketball game that comes on at a decent hour,” Blackledge says. “I love seeing the young guys out there. They won’t realize until they are gone how lucky they are and how that will be some of the best times of their lives.” For Chapman, maintaining Marquette connections is key. “Dan in Japan, Chris in France, Marcus in Mexico, Maurice in Holland, Travis Diener and Jerel in Italy, Dwight Burke in the Czech Republic, Dwight Buycks in the D league and Belgium, Trend in Japan ... I talk to all those guys,” he says. “We are one big family, and that’s why WE ARE MARQUETTE.” m

JOE CHAPMAN

DWIGHT BURKE

TREND BLACKLEDGE

OUSMANE BARRO

DAN FITZGERALD


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EVER WONDER HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

C O R P S O F C O M P A S S I O N

B Y B A R B A R A M A H A N Y , N U R S ’ 7 9

Marquette Magazine

It was no more than an offhand comment tossed from one friend to another in the fall of 2002. “We oughta go to Honduras over spring break,” were the words, more or less.

At least that’s how Shital Chauhan, PT ’06 remembers it.

23

In addition to

co-founder of

Global Brigades,

Shital Chauhan

is chief programs

officer for program-

ming in Honduras,

Panama and

Ghana.

24 Summer 2012

Shital (her first name rhymes with “lethal”), then a physical therapy major in her third year at Marquette in the College of Health Sciences, was talking with her great good buddy Jeff Bodle, Bus Ad ’04, also then a junior. Bodle told her about an amazing trip he’d taken the year before to an orphanage in Honduras with a bunch of friends and a crew of doctors from his home-town of Indianapolis. Something about that suggestion — spring break in Honduras — worked its way into Chauhan’s heart. She didn’t know then that deep in the

mountain villages of a third-world country thousands of miles from Milwaukee, something would be stirred inside her. Something about the dirt-poor children and women and men of Honduras who carve out lives at the remote ends of sometimes unpassable roads. People living in thatched-roof adobe huts that leak when it rains but who never fail to find reason for hope and joy. Something about that place and those people grabbed hold of Chauhan and never let go, making it her life’s work to lift the yoke from their hard-working backs and give them the tools to cultivate a life as close to robust as possible. She didn’t know then that, as Dr. Toby Peters, associate senior vice president at Marquette, puts it now: Chauhan and company “essentially

EVER WONDER HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

Sincetheget-go,GlobalBrigadeshas

neverabandonedthemake-something-

from-nothingspiritofkeepingcostsat

bare-bottomlowswhilemaximizing

peoplepower.

created a corps of compassion, changing the lives of those served and those serving.” Indeed. What started as that spring break trip to Honduras in 2003 is now the nonprofit Global Brigades, the world’s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organiza-tion, serving the poorest of the poor in Honduras, Panama and Ghana. The numbers speak to the power of Global Brigades. Not even 10 years after that first ad-hoc trip, some 12,500 student volunteers have served 300,000 people. More than 350 GB chapters have sprung up at universities across the United States, Canada and Europe, and they bustle with some 5,500 undergrads trekking to remote villages halfway around the globe annually to work in nine specialty areas: medical, dental, public health, water, business, micro- finance, law, environmental and architecture. So far, six service programs are set up in Honduras, five in Panama and four in Ghana. From peering down the throats of kids with tonsillitis to extracting abcessed teeth, from teaching the villagers to build eco-stoves that keep their huts free from lung-clogging soot to building community banks to pouring concrete floors that cut down on parasites, Global Bri-gades wholistically transforms the lives of people who live in unthinkable poverty. “It’s easy to toss around a number like 350 chapters, but when you go to Honduras and see it, when you drive through one of these small villages and see groups of college kids going every which way, hard at work on some project, that’s the real beauty of it,” says Pallav Vora, chief legal officer for Global Brigades and Chauhan’s fiance. “Getting inside young people when they are really quite impressionable and full of optimism and passion — I sound like an old man, but in-stead of texting and wasting their lives, this is re-ally quite something,” says Vora, who is just 30 and sits beside Chauhan in the kitchen of a loft in Chicago’s West Loop. The condo serves as Global Brigade’s U.S. office, thus saving on office rent. The two of them shove aside their ever-pinging laptops to talk about the brigade that is the heart of their lives. Chauhan, whom her friend Bodle remembers as “side-splittingly hilarious, the sort of person everyone thinks is their best friend,” curls into a sleek armchair, sipping high-octane coffee.



It doesn’t take long to realize that with or without mouthfuls of caffeine, Chauhan is one animated spirit and wholly captivating storyteller. “Right away,” she says, leaping back to the fall and winter of 2002 and the start of what would become the Global Brigades story, “we decided instead of just showing up at the airport, let’s collect meds and equipment.” Rookies back then in the fine art of scav-enging, she and Bodle and Stephanie Merlo, H Sci ’04, pored through Milwaukee’s Yellow Pages, dialing local physicians, asking if they had anything to donate to this motley band of Honduras-bound Marquetters. “We borrowed a car,” recounts Chauhan of step No. 2 in the scavenging short course. “For one week, we had Steph’s parents’ van,” a blue Plymouth Voyager. They managed to fill the van, packing it with donated goods, which they stored in a basement boiler room in a big blue house at 17th and Kilbourn, shared — in classic Marquette style — by nine girls. “It was a dangerous-looking basement. It really looked like a drug den,” Chauhan says, rolling right on with the story. “Everyone who was going on the trip was allowed two 50-pound suitcases, so we went to Goodwill and got as many suitcases as we could. That, of course, saved shipping costs. “It was all very undergrad students trying to make something out of nothing,” she says of the prevailing ethos still alive now and certainly then, when weekends were punctuated with “packing parties” and hip-hop-stoked Saturday nights were spent stuffing medical supplies into every last suitcase. When spring break 2003 arrived, 20-some college kids and 40-some shoddy suitcases rode into the night to two Chicago-area houses — Chauhan’s in the suburbs and Merlo’s in the city. Benevolent parents fueled the kids with home cooking, and they all boarded a 5 a.m. flight to Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras. Once on the ground, they boarded a bus and rode to the village of Nuevo Paraiso, where they stayed in an orphanage, six beds to a room. It took another three hours driving on bone-jarring mountain roads to get to the first stop on their medical brigade, where the students thought they’d be little more than “grunt workers,” hauling bags, translating a few scant words.

Instead, Chauhan recalls, the doctors threw them into the thick of it. Awakened at the crack of dawn, they drove hours to villages, each one poorer than the last, tended to hundreds of pa-tients and worked until close to midnight, then packed up again for the next day’s excursions. During the course of that week, while absorbing the joy of this culture that didn’t measure riches by material yardsticks, Chau-han was pulled deeper and deeper into the mission. Bodle, now a neurologist in his third year of residency, remembers watching her and witnessing the birth of something remarkable: “She was spending a really long time with each of the patients, getting much deeper than the rest of us.” Chauhan remembers the end of the week, crying at the Tegucigalpa airport, not wanting to leave. And she remembers being picked up by her immigrant parents at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. “As I told the stories of what we’d seen and where we’d been,” she says, “I remember my father, who is not a man of many words, quietly saying, ‘That’s how it was in India.’” Suddenly, in the midst of telling the story all these years later, Chauhan’s eyes fill with tears. She stops to wipe one away. She talks about how her father, now a mechanical engi-neer, grew up so poor, his own father a strug-gling farmer who grew rice and sugar cane on a scant half acre in Gujarat, India. Her parents lived in their little village with only a few hours of electricity a day. She talks about how when they came to America, they had nothing but the $10 bill stuffed in her father’s pocket and how they managed to raise her and her brother with all the trap-pings of a suburban American life and send them both to college. Not until she took that first Honduran trip though could she actually picture the stark frames of her parents’ impoverished earlier years. Chauhan returned to Milwaukee forever changed, convinced that what she and her traveling band began in the mountain crevices of Honduras had to continue. She searched for — but did not find — any organized service trip groups targeted to under-grads. So she made the hero’s choice: “If there isn’t anything out there, let’s just start it.” And, so, they did. At first, it was called Global Medical

Brigades, and another Marquette-based trip happened the following winter break. By the end of their first year, they added a second chapter, launched at the University of Michigan. And, then, another and another. By 2005, there were 75 chapters. It wasn’t long before the co-founders of Global Brigades — Chauhan, Steven Atamian, Enrique Rodriguez — who met in serendipitous ways, realized that medicine alone would not cure the ills of Honduran poverty. The name was changed to indicate a broadening of service areas. So, in short order, they formed brigade after brigade, a multipronged grassroots approach that addresses everything from antibiotics to water filtration systems and that aims to rid daily lives of a plethora of scourges ranging from parasites to deforestation.

Since the get-go, Global Brigades has never abandoned the make-something-from-noth-ing spirit of keeping costs at bare-bottom lows while maximizing people power. Peters, who has traveled on nine Global Brigades ventures, bristles at anyone who refers to these trips as “volunteer tourism.” Far from it, he insists. “A week of transformation,” he calls it. It was that very thing that got under the skin of one extraordinary physical therapy student all those years ago. And, now, one village, one college kid and one trip at a time, she’s hell-bent on making certain it gets under the skin of thousands and thousands of others. Quite a spring break souvenir. Wouldn’t you say? m

26 Summer 2012

THE GAME-CHANGER

▼

Walking the Silk Road and seeing China’s

economy firsthand.

▼

Studying China’s world-

view while enjoying the

amazing view.

▼

Talkinginternational finance over

a bowl of

27

THE GAME-CHANGER“This alone you can take to the bank.”

B Y J O N I M O T H S M U E L L E R

▼

Visiting the Great Wall

this weekend— via Z train to

Beijing.

▼

Buying bok choy at

a marketplace known only

to locals.

▼

Catching the afternoon lecture

on “Brand China.”

28 Summer 2012

abroad a “high-impact learning event” that gives students the ability to “transcend to another reality, another culture.” For students who historically couldn’t fit that high-impact opportunity into their already-heavy academic schedules, this is a banner summer with 11 faculty-led short-term programs in Europe, South America, China and Africa. “We realize not all students are able to go overseas,” Miller says. In response, OIE and faculty created the summer options

A

Cochabamba, BoliviaImmersion in Bolivian culture occurs through home stays, service opportunities and excursions.

ChinaLearn the structure of Chinese society, how Chinese communicate, and how Americans and Chinese can get along.

Ghana, AfricaLearn aspects of Ghanaian and West African cultures and visit Kumasi, Ghana’s cultural capital, and Elmina, site of the first European slave- trading post in sub- Saharan Africa.

The affirmation was enough to keep Grow shuttling students across the Atlantic for study again this summer to conduct in-culture ethno-graphic studies on international brands. Grow is convinced the class is a game-changer. “Not many students can walk into an agency and talk about some-thing like this class. It’s the difference between getting a job and not getting a job,” she says. Study abroad may at one time have been more heavily weighted toward trekking in another culture and talking in another language. Today’s version is keenly focused on boosting the academic credentials and knowledge base of students. Faculty devote untold hours to developing curriculum with global significance, focused on quality-of-life issues such as sustainability, entrepreneurship, health care, the European economy and, in Grow’s case, international marketing of consumer products. Speaking just in terms of student participation, it’s clear their efforts pay off. Study abroad consumption at Marquette is huge —23 percent of graduating seniors report participating in study abroad compared with the national average of 3 percent, according to Terence Miller, director of the Office of International Education. He calls study

Associate Professor Jean Grow showed a senior vice president and creative director at Leo Burnett the multipage itinerary for her study abroad seminar in Barcelona and London.

Three weeks spent guiding students in conducting ethnographic brand marketing exercises in two distinctly different cultures. Her students have access to some of Europe’s top advertising agencies — exclusive enclaves humming with creatives who pump up the volume on products until they tower over the competition.

The SVP pointed to just one of the agency visits in London and said those unforgettable words: “This alone you can take to the bank.”

Fes, Morocco > Piura, Peru > Madrid, Spain > London, United Kingdom > Barcelona, Spain > Ghana, Africa > Cochabamba, Bolivia > Beijing, China > Rabat, Morocco > Antwerp, Belgium

Faculty-led study abroad programs include —

P I U R A

Engaging in community

nursing

A N T W E R P

Studying post-Euroeconomics

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that also give faculty opportunities to travel, study, and enlarge their own research and scholarship. Four programs are sponsored by the College of Business Admini- stration, including the Belgium program that began 20 years ago. More than 700 students have participated since the first cohort studied in Brussels in 1992. When this program began, Associate Professor Joe Terrian says the focus was on Europe’s economic development pre-Euro.

Jean Grow and her students in London.

Rabat and Fes, MoroccoAs a gateway to the Arab world, Morocco is an excellent site to study Islam’s interaction with the West while exploring historic cities and unique sites, including Fes, Marrakech and the desert.

Madrid, SpainStudy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a top university, and participate in guided visits and excursions around Madrid.

When 42 students from campus convene this summer’s session in Antwerp, lectures will probe the post-Euro economic issues that have Spain, Greece and other nations reeling. Dr. Darlene Weis, R.N., is returning to Piura, Peru, for her fifth visit with students from the College of Nursing. “It’s like a second home now,” she says. The students complete a three-credit theory course to prepare for the three-credit practicum in Peru. Once in country, they spend a week with a team of doctors and learn to handle the predominant health issues of hypertension, cataracts thought to be caused by exposure to bright sunlight and many of the parasitic symptoms caused by drinking unclean water. In addition to assisting at portable clinics, the students visit homes, schools and the parish hospice. “To me, a global experience in health care is really important,” Weis says. “It adds another dimension to nursing education. You learn to understand yourself and what you have and understand your way to give back to the world.” Every study abroad program proposal is reviewed by the Office of International Education and approved by the college deans and provost. Student security is always a top concern, and OIE consults with the U.S. Department of State and International SOS before approving a pro-gram. The university maintains constant communication with faculty and students and moves quickly to evacuate participants in an urgent situation such as after last year’s tsunami in Japan or during the Arab Spring protests in Egypt. In addition to the array of programs offered this summer, faculty are working up some new adventures due to launch in 2013. Dr. Richard Jones, associate professor of social and cultural sciences, will lead a session in Finland for criminology students. The coordinator of women’s studies, Dr. Amelia Zurcher, is working up a class on gender issues in collabora-tion with the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Grow, too, has further ambitions for her program. She would like to establish scholarships to fund travel for two students whose families can’t afford it. Even with 23 percent of grads already logging study abroad miles, Miller wants to expand student options. “There is still a cohort that needs its curriculum internationalized,” he says. For Miller, the global experience is an expression of the university’s educational mission. “That’s the heart of our Catholic, Jesuit way — walking with the other,” he says. m

Fes, Morocco > Piura, Peru > Madrid, Spain > London, United Kingdom > Barcelona, Spain > Ghana, Africa > Cochabamba, Bolivia > Beijing, China > Rabat, Morocco > Antwerp, Belgium

L O N D O N

Tracking brands in local

culture


Jeanne Reidy, Comm ’10, has no time for second

guessing in this Second City position.

class notes

Few people have the minute-

by-minute schedule of the

mayor of one of the country’s biggest cities at

their fingertips. But as executive assistant to

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Reidy does.

She knows where Emanuel is every hour of

every day. And he could be a lot of places — speak-

ing at a morning breakfast and press briefing,

meeting with city leaders over lunch, representing

Chicagoans’ interests at an evening reception.

Reidy joined the campaign to elect Emanuel

in January 2011, working as a part-time volunteer.

She was interning for a PR firm during the day

but grew to crave the electrifying, and frenetic,

feel of campaign work.

“I found the environment so exciting,” she

says. “I would go to the campaign office after

work and help out whenever I could.”

Her commitment earned more than praise. It

landed a job. Reidy was hired full time with the rest

of the mayor’s transition team and has been part

of the city’s most powerful political office since.

“As you might imagine, there’s definitely not

a 9-to-5 element in this job,” she says. “But I don’t

say this lightly: Where the mayor is coming from

— it’s 100 percent passion. No matter how long

my day is, his day is longer.”

Reidy says Marquette prepared her for tough

days and nights.

“There were clear expectations. I learned how

to be organized and plan ahead,” she says. “As

a result, I am confident in what I’m doing and

stand by my decisions.” — Becky Dubin Jenkins

Chicago insider

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Capstone Press. His comedy, My Friend Will, was published by Big Dog Plays, and his new musical, Don’t Stop Believin’!, is available from Pioneer Drama Service. He and his wife, Sue, live in Phoenix.

1971

Dan Murray, Arts ’71, was named a Super Lawyer in the practice area of business litiga-tion as a senior trial attorney with Chicago firm Johnson & Bell. Previously he was named a Super Lawyer in the area of environmental litigation and an Illinois Leading Lawyer in the field of commercial litigation.

1972

REUNION YEAR

Make sure we know how to contact you. Questions? Call: (414) 288-7441 or (800) 344-7544 or visit our website: marquette.edu/alumni.

1967

REUNION YEAR

Make sure we know how to contact you. Questions? Call: (414) 288-7441 or (800) 344-7544 or visit our website: marquette.edu/alumni.

1970

Walter W. Cannon, Grad ’70,

Grad ’78, co-edited a collection of essays on Shakespeare titled Who Hears in Shakespeare? Auditory World on Stage and Screen.

Larry M. Rich, Sp ’70, Grad ’77,

is content manager for mission education and promotion for the Catholic mission society, Maryknoll. It is his 30th year with the group. He oversees all media production and delivery.

Craig E. Sodaro, Jour ’70, pub-lished his latest book, An Un-usual History of War, through

1951

Eugene D. Berce, Arts ’51, was inducted into the Mar-quette University High School Hall of Fame for track and basketball. He was inducted into Marquette’s M Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980.

1957

REUNION YEAR

Paul C. O’Shea, Jour ’57, is vice chairman of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, the nation’s oldest and largest organization working to repeal capital punishment, which comprises more than 100 state and national civil and human rights organiza-tions. He has been active in the movement for 15 years.

1958

Waldemar R. Semrau, Eng ’58, founded the Gift of Life Donor Society, an advocacy group supporting medical education through encouragement of anatomical gifts. Information can be found at giftoflife- donors.org.

1959

Steve Kailas, Law ’59, received a lifetime award from the Wisconsin Law Journal. He is president of Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C., in Milwaukee.

1962

REUNION YEAR

Make sure we know how

to contact you. Questions?

Call: (414) 288-7441 or (800)

344-7544 or visit our website:

marquette.edu/alumni.

1963

Fran J. Podvin, Bus Ad ’63, Law

’65, received the Director of the

Year award from the National

Council of Farmer Cooperatives.

He is chairman of the board for

Ocean Spray Cranberries and

lives in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

Michael J. Tatalovich, Arts ’63,

and Mary (Wojciechowski) Tatalovich, Arts ’64, will have

their collection of American

contemporary original prints

exhibited at the Haggerty Mu-

seum of Art through August 5.

The collection includes major

American artists from Jim Dine

to Andy Warhol, and it has

been promised to the Haggerty

after the exhibit.

1964

James T. Bunch, Arts ’64, is

chairman of the Western Golf

Association. Previously he was

vice chairman. He is a manag-

ing member of the Grumman

Hill Group LLC, a private equity

firm providing growth capital

primarily to middle-market

private companies.

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what you’ve been up to. Send your updates to us at

[email protected] by the deadlines listed

below, and we’ll spread the word for you.

What’s your old roommate up to? You can search Class

Notes on the interactive Marquette Magazine website:

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Take two and read our new two-minute stories about Marquette alumni connecting.

Does this sound familiar? “You won’t believe where I bumped into an old Marquette friend or where I spotted a Marquette banner or what award my Marquette roommate received.”

We hear the stories all the time — now you’ll hear them, too. Look for your stories sprinkled throughout Class Notes. Then, take two minutes to send us more!

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1973

Don Goeppner, Bus Ad ’73, is celebrating the 35th anniver-sary of his business, Parkside Auto Insurance Agency.

1975

Ann M. Brophy, PT ’75, is looking forward to the wedding of her daughter Emily Brown, Grad ’09, to Peter Frank in August.

1977

REUNION YEAR

Karen Meyer, Sp ’77, Grad ’86, is a labor and relations manager

for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security TSA in

Chicago. Previously, she was a subject matter expert/adviser to the assistant secretary of Manpower and Reserve Affairs in Washington, D.C., in the U.S. Department of the Navy.

1978

Gerianne (Tringali) Di Piano, Arts ’78, received an honorary doctor of science degree from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. She is president and CEO of Femme Pharma-Global Healthcare Inc.

Msgr. David J. Malloy, Arts ’78, was installed on May 14 as bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Rockford (Ill.) by Pope Benedict XVI.

1979

William C. Hills, Eng ’79, is CEO of S/TEC Group.

1980

Louis C. Cairo, Bus Ad ’80, under-wrote an event to introduce the

Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation to Chicago’s legal community. He works at GWC Law Firm.

Bruce Spann, Eng ’80, was nominated for 2012 Man of the Year for Southeastern Wisconsin for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The society helps children battling blood cancers and their families.

1981

Clifford R. Haggenjos, Bus Ad

’81, Law ’84, is dean of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California Central Deanery and rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Roseville.

Jim McDonough, Bus Ad ’81, is executive director of the Alpha-wood Foundation in Chicago.

David C. Thome, Jour ’81, published his first novel, Fast Lane, a romance novel that was edited by his wife, Mary Jo (Weber) Thome, Jour ’80. The couple lives in Shore- wood, Wis.

T W O - M I N U T E S T O R I E S

Dorks who driveTwelve guys who met on Schroeder 5 South

in 1989 repeat one summer ritual with religious fervor. They

tee up for the annual golf weekend formerly known as the

Dork Open, an eponym partly endowed by Rev. John Naus, S.J.,

(who knew them personally and called them “dorks”). The

guys rebranded the reunion in 1994 but not the fun. Bradley

Kalscheur, Bus Ad ’89, Law ’95, reports the now Warrior Open

remains a “weekend filled with good-natured ribbing culled

from memories and events from 1985 to present.”

1982

REUNION YEAR

Jay O. Rothman, Arts ’82, was named to the BTI Consulting Group’s 2012 Client Service All-star Team. Attorneys are recognized for having a keen understanding of business issues, thought-leading approaches to legal services and total commitment to client needs. He works in corporate law and transactions for Foley & Lardner LLP in Milwaukee.

Lois A. Ivancin Tavef- Motamen, Grad ’82, published two children’s books, A Tiny Fish Tale, about living with and caring for a pet with a disability; and The Four Prom-ises, about a father preparing his son for his absence while on military deployment. The books are available as Apple and Android applications. She won The New Yorker magazine’s 2012 Eustace Tilley Contest and works as a management and program analyst at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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TThey occur in neighborhoods that locals call “food deserts,” or areas where

it’s hard to find fresh produce because of a lack of accessible supermarkets.

Casey lives in a food desert in Chicago and knows the problem is real.

In 2011, Casey and a friend cofounded Fresh Moves, a mobile nonprofit

produce market. They refurbished a Chicago Transit Authority bus, loaded

it with apples, tomatoes and more, and drove to the city’s West Side to

provide residents with nutritious, affordable options.

“We are about the health outcomes. We are trying to teach people

how to prepare healthy meals on top of buying the right food,” says Casey,

formerly board president and now board member for Fresh Moves.

Customers board the bus to pick produce from rows of plastic baskets,

then carry their purchases to the cash register. Some elementary students

redeem coupons provided by their schools. Casey credits collaborations

like that for Fresh Moves’ popularity.

“Hopefully, later on, the students will ask for more grapes or more salad

because it’s not foreign to them anymore,” he says.

Fresh Moves has become an international model for solving the problem

of food deserts. Its success, Casey says, can be credited in part to his exposure

to Catholic education while a master’s student at Marquette.

“I was introduced to the Catholic idea of service to the community in

my M.B.A. program,” he says. “It was a life-changing moment and provided

clarity on how to give back.” He chose to address the societal issue of food

distribution, he says, “and took it on full bore.” — Jennifer Szink

Steve Casey, Grad ’96, wants to end

some unlikely food droughts.

Fresh feasts

1983

Patrick Foran, Arts ’83, Grad ’87, was inducted into the Mar-quette University High School Hall of Fame. He returned to MUHS after graduation and helped create a formal sports medicine program and served as athletic trainer.

1984

Monica (Ford) Eppinger, Arts ’84, completed the Certified Public Library Administrators program, the 54th librarian nationally to complete the post-master’s program. She is assistant direc-tor of the Elizabeth (N.J.) Public Library System.

Paul F. Gantz, Bus Ad ’84, Eng ’95,

Grad ’06, is VAVE (value add-value engineering) program manager at Rexnord in Milwaukee.

Stacey Stocker Glowinski, Bus

Ad ’84, is chief financial officer of Ace Coffee Bar Co. She and her husband, John Glowinski, Bus Ad ’83, live in Carol Stream, Ill., and their daughter attends Marquette.

Ted Ruzicka, Sp ’84, received the Committee Member of the Year award from the St. Louis Hall of Fame.

1985

Judi M. Egger, Nurs ’85, is director of Arnot Health’s continuum of care in Elmira, N.Y. She oversees nurse case management, social workers and clinical documenta-tion specialists at two hospitals.

Tami Zalewski, Eng ’85, was promoted to colonel in the U.S. Army. She has com-manded a veterinary medical detachment in Afghanistan and recently returned from multiple tours overseas.

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1986

Stephen J. Czech, Bus Ad ’86, received the Expect Miracles Foundation’s Inspirational Contributor Award, which recognizes Wall Street individuals and firms for their com-mitment to fighting cancer. He is CIO and managing partner of Czech Asset Manage-ment LP, and, with his wife, established the Mikey Czech Foundation in 2008 after their son passed away from a rare, inoperable brain cancer.

1987

REUNION YEAR

Michael P. Boyle, Arts ’87, is second vice president of the Securian Financial Group in St. Paul, Minn. His practice areas include variable insurance products and banking regulation.

Guy Maras, Arts ’87, is second vice president of the Union League Club of Chicago. He is co-managing partner at Hennessy & Roach.

Jennifer (Adams) Murphy, Law ’87, is a shareholder and

senior attorney at Wessels Sherman in St. Charles, Ill., where she practices employ-ment law.

James Nelson, Grad ’87, will serve on the federal govern-ment’s advisory panel on hospital outpatient payment, which is sponsored by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He is senior vice president and chief financial officer of Fort Health Care in Fort Atkinson, Wis.

Gail Polzin, Jour ’87, is director of campaigns and strategy at United Airlines. She and her husband, Michael, Comm ’85, live in Buffalo Grove, Ill.

1989

Juan L. Alonso, Bus Ad ’89, joined Groom Law Group Chartered, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that focuses on employee benefits law.

1990

James W. Bellew, PT ’90, pub-lished Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, a 2012 FA Davis

publication. In October, he trav-eled to Brazil to present the book at the National Physical Therapy Conference of Brazil. He is an associate professor of physical therapy at the Univer-sity of Indianapolis.

Joseph M. Kluber, Grad ’90, is a primary service coordinator at VIP Services in Elkhorn, Wis., a sheltered workshop for dis-abled adults. He also is coach of the freshman football team at Whitewater (Wis.) High School. Previously, he was a special education teacher, administrator and coach with Milwaukee Public Schools.

Jeffrey A. Pitman, Law ’90, is president-elect of the Wiscon-sin Association for Justice and was named among the Wisconsin Law Journal 2012 Leaders in the Law. He was admitted to the Iowa bar in January 2011 and obtained the largest recorded verdict against a long-term care provider in Wisconsin.

1991

Katherine Burgess, Comm ’91, is CEO at FulfillNet, responsible for developing the company’s strategic plan and direction.

Steve Gross, Bus Ad ’91, is a managing partner with North-western Mutual, responsible for operations in the Clayton, Chesterfield and Cape Gi-rardeau, Mo., and Belleville, Ill., offices.

Patrick J. Wilson, Arts ’91, launched equityhub.com, an e-commerce website for buyers and sellers of commercial real estate and investment proper-ties. Buyers can broadcast their investment needs, and sellers can effectively compete for these needs in one location.

David B. Yeghiaian, Arts ’91, joined Pathmakers Inc., a lead-ership development consulting business in Green Bay, Wis., as a partner/owner. He is principal founder of Unique Business Solutions and has more that 20 years of business strategy and leadership development experience.

1992

REUNION YEAR

Richard S. Arndt, Arts ’92,

Grad ’94, ’08, is an adjunct pro-fessor at St. Philips College in San Antonio and the academic dean and a religion instructor at St. Gerald Catholic High School.

Carole M. Casto, Arts ’92, is executive director of corporate communications and director of community engagement in corporate responsibility for Cummins Inc. She has helped grow Cummins’ Environmental Challenge, a company competi-tion to develop projects that improve the environment, from 62 to 140 participants.

1993

Christopher R. Kearns, Arts ’93, owns Kearns Law Firm, a civil litigation firm in Chicago. He also is a member of the board of directors and corporate secretary at ECR International.

1995

Christian D. Sterka, Arts ’95, was named Little Rock (Ark.) Police Officer of the Year. He has been with the depart-ment for 15 years. He is a detective with the special investigations division and part of the fugitive task force for the U.S. Marshall’s Service.

I know that the seniors are graduating

from @MarquetteU, but does anyone

technically “graduate”? My dad’s an ’85 grad

& still comes back.

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A Marquette flag in front of his former home in Georgetown country was enough to catch the eye of Robert Hoch, Eng ’59. Curiosity reigned. He pulled into the driveway to meet current owners — and,

wait for it — fellow Marquette alums Tim Fitzmaurice, Arts ’92, Law ’97, and Ann Mulcahy Fitzmaurice, Nurs ’92. The Fitzmaurice family needed a lift that day, and how perfect that it came from a fel-low Marquetter. They had just returned home after attending a Mass during which they prayed for Tim’s father, who had terminal cancer. “This fella informs me that he’s a Marquette graduate. That he met his wife at Marquette and sent his children to Marquette. That he was a member of Triangle fraternity. “Meeting Bob that day, hearing his Marquette connection and seeing his joy as he looked around his old home brought joy to me as my father was dying,” reports Tim. “I shared this story with my mother and my eight siblings, and I know my father would have loved it.”


A banner and a blessing

1996

Steve J. Buuck, Grad ’96, is CEO of Faith Lutheran Jr./Sr. High School in Las Vegas, the largest Lutheran school in the United States and the largest non- public school in Nevada.

Sean Gallagher, Bus Ad ’96, is senior vice president and team leader in the commercial lend-ing division of Inland Bank & Trust. He also is chairman of the board of trustees for the greater Illinois chapter of the National MS Society.

Elizabeth C. Miller, Arts ’96, wrote Slow Print, Literary Radi-calism and Late Victorian Print Culture, which is being pub-lished by Stanford University Press and will be available in December. She is an associate professor of English at the Uni-versity of California, Davis.

Andrew P. Rajec, Bus Ad ’96, is director of external relations of the First Catholic Slovak Union of the United States and Canada, whose international headquarters are located near Cleveland. He recently orga-nized and was master of cere-monies for the premier event in the Father Furdek Lecture Series honoring the first U.S. ambassador to Slovakia of Slovak descent.

1997

REUNION YEAR

Jason R. DeRusha, Comm ’97, was elected president of the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Association of Televi-sion Arts & Sciences. He also was promoted to weekend news anchor at WCCO–TV in Minneapolis, where he has been a reporter since 2003.

He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Alyssa (Bannochie) DeRusha, Bus Ad ’98, and their two children, Seth and Sam.

Mark Haushalter, Arts ’97, was named a 2011 Super Lawyer in the field of criminal defense by Los Angeles Magazine. His firm, Okabe & Haushalter, is opening offices in Las Vegas. He is a legal commentator on criminal and cyber law for CNN/Headline News, Dr. Drew, Dr. Phil, KTLA News and CBS 2/9 Los Angeles News.

Dr. Toni Salm Dillon, Arts ’97,

was elected to the Xavier High School Alumni Hall of Fame for volunteering as a pediatric anesthesiologist on two medi-cal mission trips with the Life Enhancement Association for People. The organization provides medical and surgical services to children and

adults who have severe facial or body deformities.

1998

Daniel J. Finerty, Law ’98,

joined the firm Lindner & Marsack, SC, in Milwaukee. Named among the Best Lawyers in America since 2010, he helps clients with labor and employment litigation, compliance, and counseling matters.

Amy K. Mugherini, Eng ’98,

was named a partner in the Boston office of Bingham McCutchen LLP. She focuses her practice on domestic and international technology, including licensing; acquisition and development transactions; and outsourcing, consulting and distribution arrangements.

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Chad J. Richter, Bus Ad ’99,

Law ’02, was named incoming president of the Wisconsin Chapter of Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries, one of the Midwest’s largest organizations of mergers and acquisitions advisers and professionals.

Jeremy Schroeder, Eng ’99, is national strategy counsel for the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Previously, he was executive director of the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and led the campaign that successfully passed legislation to repeal the death penalty and create a fund for victim services and law enforcement training.

Christina (Kreuz) Zila, Arts ’99, is director of communications for textbroker.com, an online content creation company. She manages trade shows, public relations and social media for the German-held company.

2000

Randall Buss, Grad ’00, is vice president of Donohue and Associates, an award-winning provider of water, wastewater, storm water and transportation engineering services. He over-

sees the company’s financial, insurance benefits and infor-mation technology aspects.

Earnell R. Lucas, Prof St ’00, is vice president for education programming and investigative services for Major League Baseball’s Department of Investigations.

Don R. Wadewitz, Comm ’00,

Prof St ’03, is studio host for University of Wisconsin– Whitewater football with NRG Media in Fort Atkinson, Wis. He also does play-by-play of approximately 50 high school football, basketball, baseball and softball games.

2001

Abiola Keller, H Sci ’01, was inducted into the Madison, Wis., chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Student Honor Society. The society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excel-lence in doctoral education and the professoriate. She is a doctoral candidate in the University of Wisconsin– Madison Department of Popu-lation Health Sciences.

Michael J.A. Leinauer, Eng ’01, is an intellectual property attorney

Keli (O’Neill) Wenzel, Comm ’98, was named a 2012 Rising Star by KC Business magazine for her work at O’Neill Market-ing & Event Management Inc. She specializes in planning, marketing, operations manage-ment and public relations for large-scale events.

1999

Heather M. Anichini, Comm ’99, is president and CEO of the Chicago Public Education Fund, which uses a venture philanthropy model to accel- erate student achievement in Chicago’s traditional and charter public schools. Previously, she was vice president of alumni career leadership initiatives for Teach For America.

Natalie M. Collins, Arts ’99,

earned her doctorate in leadership for the advance-ment of service and learning. Her dissertation was titled “Assessment for Learn- ing: Benefits and

Barriers to Student Achieve-ment.” She is associate princi-pal at Brookfield (Wis.) Central High School in the Elmbrook School District.

Elizabeth King Forstneger, Bus Ad ’99, is director of global business consulting for Cushman & Wakefield Inc. Previously, she was director of strategic consulting at Grubb & Ellis Co.

Joan (Champagne) Quinonez, Arts ’99, PT ’01, was selected as a member of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Section on Women’s Health CAPP-OB committee. She will develop course materials about pregnancy and postpartum physical therapy and act as an instructor for other physical therapists nationally.

When Timothy Hanley, Bus Ad ’78, accepted the

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award from the College of

Business Administration at Alumni Awards Weekend, he let the

crowd in on a family secret. His dad, David Hanley, Eng ’51, took

that award home 22 years earlier.


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A L U M N I P R O F I L E

WWhile sitting in their Library Hill apartment adjacent to campus, inspiration

struck Cocalis and Atwell. They had just returned to Marquette after leading

a group of students on a mission trip to Jamaica. Their hearts remained

focused on what happened thousands of miles away.

“We really saw the need and saw what a group of Marquette students

could do,” Cocalis remembers. “We can really make an impact in some of

these communities.”

That call to serve became the duo’s driving focus, and their concept for

Next Step Ministries was born. Each year, the nonprofit based in Madison,

Wis., takes more than 4,500 young people on 80 week-long mission trips

to nine communities in the United States and Caribbean.

These volunteers have tackled everything from building a residence

for HIV/AIDS patients in the Bahamas to assisting with tornado relief in

Joplin, Mo.

But Next Step’s mission is larger than painting and pounding nails.

And the trips serve a deeper purpose for the teenage volunteers. At each

work site, evening prayer activities and worship music help weave together

faith with service.

“As great as the work is, the reason we do this is for students to grow in

their personal relationships with Christ,” Cocalis says. “The biggest thing

is understanding that your faith isn’t just a Sunday morning activity, that

being men and women of God is a 24/7 thing.” — Jessie Bazan

For Nick Cocalis, Comm ’07, and

Andy Atwell, Law ’09, Library Hill was a launch pad.

Got faith?

with CreatiVenture Law, LLC, in St. Louis. He has nearly a decade of experience in large, private firms.

2002

REUNION YEAR

Jocilyn E. Dellava, H Sci ’02, Grad

’04, received the Academy for Eating Disorders Annual Early Career Investigator Award for best paper published in 2009. It was presented at the Interna-tional Conference on Eating Disorders in Salzburg, Austria.

Andrew Grotelueschen, Comm ’02, received critically acclaimed reviews in The New York Times for his portrayal of Petruchio in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

2003

Belton Flournoy, III, Bus Ad ’03, is a manager in Protiviti’s IT consulting arm in London, specializing in its end-user computing service line. He also leads the Marquette European Alumni Network in London. See story page 6.

Amanda A. Kastern, Arts ’03, is associate vice president for student development at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Md. She is pursing a doctor of education degree at George Washington University.

Amy (Bowman) Rajca, Eng ’03,

passed the American Society of Certified Quality Engineer exam in June 2011. She is a quality engineer for RTI Biologics in Alachua, Fla.

Charles E. Sanchez, Comm ’03,

proposed to Jessica Downey on Jan. 11, 2011 in Chicago. The couple will marry in January 2014 in Ottawa, Ontario. Several alumni will attend.

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Hope everyone has a blessed Friday.

Let’s not take this day for granted.

Change someone’s life today!!

STUDENT JP SERAL ON TWITTER

2004

Jonathan Hackbarth, Arts ’04, was appointed by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to serve on the city’s Standards and Appeals Commission. He practices general civil and commercial litigation with Quarles & Brady.

Keri L. Hanson, Comm ’04, is social media and marketing manager for the U.S. Travel Association’s Brand USA, the first global marketing effort promoting the United States as a premier travel destination. Previously, she was manager of national council relations for the organization.

John Schulze, Jr., Law ’04, is chairman of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Partners in Giving campaign for Dane County, the state and the University of Wisconsin’s employee workplace campaign. He is a division administrator for the state PSC.

2007

REUNION YEAR

Mark D. Boreen, Bus Ad ’07, is communications director for the Tanzania Volunteer Experi-ence, working to recruit and support new volunteers. For

more information about the organization, go to tanzania- volunteertz.org.

Melissa M. Stone, Law ’07,

works at Lindner & Marsack SC in Milwaukee, where she focuses on defending workers’ compensation claims for the insurance industry and self- insured employers.

2008

Katherine A. Mueller, Bus Ad ’08, was elected to the board of directors for FCSLA, a Catholic-Slovak insurance company. She also is a national auditor for the company.

Victoria (McDonald) Webb, Eng ’08, is an associate at national intellectual property law firm Banner & Witcoff. She focuses her practice on patent litigation, patent prosecution, trademark and trade dress matters.

2009

Kathleen G. Cullen, Arts ’09, received the Milwaukee Press Club’s MVP in Religious Leadership Award, which honors individuals making the biggest impact on the city. She is director of campus ministry at Milwaukee’s Divine Savior Holy Angels High School.

When it comes to supporting Marquette’s sports programs, few fans outdo

Mary Tobin, Grad ’99.

Mary attends as many home games as she can and frequently travels

to cheer for the teams.

In fact, Mary is so passionate about Marquette athletics that she gifted a life insurance policy to the university to establish a testamentary endowed scholarship for female student-athletes. This scholarship will allow more students to pursue their love for sports while expanding their minds.

For Mary’s vision and generosity, we say, thank you!

L E A R N M O R E A B O U T I N C L U D I N G

M A R Q U E T T E AT H L E T I C S

I N YO U R G I F T P L A N S

Contact Cathy Steinhafel

at (414) 288-6501 or visit

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Julie Veno, Comm ’97, and Alexander Eidukonis, July 23, 2011. Dorothy (Nguyen) Hinkley, Eng ’07, was in the wedding party, and Priya Seshan, Comm ’96,

attended.

Charlie Crisanti, Bus Ad ’99, and Christine Nardi, May 22, 2012 at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Madison, Wis. Several alumni attended.

Jocilyn E. Dellava, H Sci ’02,

Grad ’04, and Patrick T. Bergin, March, 17, 2012.

ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Matron of honor Danielle N. Beer, Eng ’04; maid of honor Nikki Kanelos; and groomsman John Bergin.

Robert M. Hart, Comm ’02, and Catherine Veth, Oct. 15, 2011 at St. Benedict’s Church in Chicago. The groom is morning news anchor at Chicago’s newest all-news radio station, WIQI FM.

W E D D I N G S

Just walked out of my last class

at @MarquetteU. Incredibly thankful

for all that I’ve learned here!

STUDENT MATT HETRICK ON TWITTER

Elizabeth Fay, Comm ’09, is a reporter at WREX, the NBC affiliate in Rockford, Ill. She also is a board member of the Rock River Chapter of the American Red Cross, for which she is leading the chapter’s signature fundraiser.

Wesley D. Matthews, Comm ’09, received the Kia Community Assist Award for his efforts in the community and ongoing philanthropic and charitable work. He plays for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers.

James A. Molnar, Comm ’09, is lead designer at the Toledo Free Press, a twice-weekly newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. He also reviews films and covers the Academy Awards for the paper.

Felisa J. Parris, Grad ’09, placed second in a leadership case study competition at the 2011 International Leader-ship Association conference in London.

2010

David Brown, Grad ’10, is Kohler Co.’s vice president of sales for the Kohler Power Systems – Americas division.

Mekisha Linton, Prof St ’10, received the 2011 Adult Achiever Award from the YMCA Black Achievers program, the highest honor extended to an adult volunteer. She also received the 2011 Cham-pion Achiever of the Year Award for the highest number of volunteer hours during the program year.

Josué López, Bus Ad ’10, is vice president in the fixed income department at BMO Capital Markets in Milwaukee, where he specializes in the trading

of mortgage-backed securities. He also is a member of the Jesuit Partnership Council of Milwaukee.

Brandon J. Schulta, Grad ’10, received the 2011 Rising Star Award from NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association. He works in commercial real estate at Chicago Title in Waukesha, Wis.

Neha Sharma, Law ’10, is the Cook County (Ill.) assistant state’s attorney.

2011

Shelley Bobb, Grad ’11, presented “Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction” at the European Communication Research and Education Association’s conference in September 2011 in Belfast, Ireland.

Ashley B. Christophersen, Comm ’11, is an account coordi-nator for Mueller Communica-tions Inc. in Milwaukee. She creates communication materials, helps with media relations and event planning, and coordinates marketing and public affairs efforts.

Todd L. Drangstveit, Grad ’11, is a business intelligence analyst with SoftwareONE, a global software licensing firm headquartered in Switzer-land with operations in 50 countries. He married Laurie Schults on March 3.

Michael R. Holland, Law ’11, is a member of the wealth planning practice group at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP in Milwaukee. Previously, he was a trust associate for U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management.


Mark E. Veth, Arts ’97; Kerry (Nolan) Veth, Comm ’03; Andrew R. LaVigne, Arts ’02; best man Matthew P. Hart, Arts ’05; and Kathleen A. Hart, Comm ’08.

Karen (George) Niego, H Sci, ’03,

Grad ’05, Dec. 30, 2011 in Chicago.


Liz M. Quiroz, Bus Ad ’03; Laura Georgy, Bus Ad ’03; Kelly M. Kuehl, H Sci ’03; and Mary (George) Kalhagen, H Sci ’08,

Grad ’09.

ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE

Denis Berry, Arts ’85; Daniel L. Collins, Law ’97; and current student DJ Berry.

Julie Bucheger, Arts ’04, Law ’11, and James Cooney, July 9, 2011 in Milwaukee.


Jeff Moniz, Arts ’04; Ray Bucheger, Arts ’01, Grad ’02; John Mueler; Stacy Jensen, Arts ’04; Lora (Mielcarek) Sankey, Eng ’04, PT

’07; Rachel Helmers, Law ’10; Kristin (Slattery) Kaminski, Law

’10; Jen (Krueger) Pratt, Arts ’05; Jen Bray, Grad ’09; Mary Catherine Cooney, Arts ’10; Julia Russell Bucheger, Eng ’99; Alli (Quandt) Mueler, Arts ’05; and Susan Welsh.

Emily (Wacker) Schultz, Comm

’04, and Steve T. Schultz, Comm

’98, Grad ’07, July 30, 2011 at St.

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Hedwig’s Church in Milwaukee. The reception was held at the Milwaukee County Zoo.


Amanda J. Garry Aliperta, Comm

’03; Diana J. Mathis, Comm ’03; Mick M. Trevey, Comm ’03; Matt R. Wessel, Comm ’03, Grad ’11; Molly A. Agnew, H Sci ’04, Grad

’06; Jude S. Fernandes, Bus Ad

’04, Grad ’05; Laura M. Johnson Mays, Eng ’04, Grad ’06; Kelly A. Chmielewski Milewski, Eng ’04,

Grad ’06; and Kate A. Agnew Trevey, Bus Ad ’04.


Uncle of the bride James F. O’Brien, Bus Ad ’66, Law ’73; Michael J. Price, Grad ’68; Tom J. Olander, Jour ’71; Sue M. Krawczyk Olander, Arts ’72; Jane E. Eddy Casper, Grad ’73,

Grad ’81; mother of the bride Mary C. Carco Wacker, Sp ’79; aunt of the bride Diane M. Carco, Bus Ad ’85; Kathy M. Coffey-Guenther, Arts ’85, Grad

’88, ’98; Chris M. Foley, Eng ’86,

Grad ’89, ’96; Henry N. Guenther, Bus Ad ’88, Grad ’01; Tom J. Winkel, Bus Ad ’88; Carol A. Lucas Winkel, Bus Ad ’90; Sara B. Andrew Buell, Bus Ad ’00, Law

’06; Suzanne Abler, Grad ’02; Marco L. Aliperta, Eng ’03, Grad

’05; Kerry L. Goss, Arts ’03,

Grad ’06; Matt M. Broscio, Arts

’04; Emily A. Carroll, Comm ’04; Kelly L. Vogt Donaldson, Bus Ad ’04; Jon W. Hackbarth, Arts ’04; Jeanelle R. Hayner, Arts ’04; Carrie A. Dugan Sandberg, H Sci ’04, Grad ’06; Joe E. Simmons, S.J., Arts ’04; Sarah K. Klatt Tschannen, Comm

’04; Sarah G. Hogan, Bus Ad ’05; Erin A. Kogler, Grad ’05; Michelle M. Bedwell, H Sci ’06; Katie M. Spaulding Wessel, Arts ’07; Robin Graham, Grad ’09; and Andrew O. Mays, Arts ’06,

Law ’09.

Krista A. Timmel, Bus Ad ’04, and Russell Casper, Jan. 21, 2012 at Old St. Patrick’s Church in Chicago.


Amy (Timmel) Egan, Comm ’98; Jessica M. Hoversen, Bus Ad ’04; and Marin (Porter) Arnolds, H Sci ’04.


Angela (Izzo) Timmel, Arts ’70; Rossita Fernando, Arts ’04; Kath-erine (Brandford) Murray, Comm

’04; Daniel G. Murray, Bus Ad ’04; Maureen O’Leary, ’04; Bridget M. Mikols, Bus Ad ’04; Erica (Stoobants) Gutierrez, Bus Ad

’04; Andy Gutierrez, Bus Ad ’04; Sarah (Travnik) Mayhew, Bus Ad

’04; Rebekah Klusendorf, Nurs

’04; Jason A. Tarde, Bus Ad ’04; Katherine (Dillon) Thompson, ’04; Titus M. Thompson, Arts ’04; Steve Wolfe, Grad ’05; and Raji Mittal, Arts ’03.

Erin L. Wiener, Nurs ’04, and Andrew McArdle, Bus Ad ’03, Aug. 27, 2011 at Old St. Mary Parish in Milwaukee.


Haviland (Adkins) Brick, Comm ’04; Lisa A. Placzkowski, Nurs ’04, PT ’06; Chris J. McArdle, Bus Ad ’94; Kevin M. Stonis, Bus Ad ’03; Kevin J. Kleinmann, Bus Ad ’94; and Geoffrey D. Steinbrenner, Bus Ad ’98.


John E. McArdle, Bus Ad ’84; Michelle (Pedretti) McArdle, Bus Ad ’94; Mike J. Blonski, Bus Ad ’91; Christine (Kennedy) Blonski, Arts ’95; Natalie A. Cici, H Sci ’04, PT ’06; Cristina (Navarro) Crogan, Arts ’98; Kim (Polaski) Derks, Nurs ’86; Michael J. Everson, Bus Ad ’03; Brian J. Gogan, Grad ’07; James A. Gogan, Arts ’74; Julie A. Gogan, Comm ’08; Sue (Ripple) Gordon, Nurs ’78; Paul W. Han-drich, Comm ’00; Martha (Van Ermen) Handrich, Comm ’01, Grad

’04; Elizabeth A. Hill-Karbowski, Grad ’95; Robert M. Klienmann, Bus Ad ’91; Michael L. Klein-mann, Arts ’96; Bryan W. Koch, Bus Ad ’01; Melissa (Endsley) Koch, Comm ’01; Andrew L. Krog-wold, Bus Ad ’01, Grad ’08; Teresa (Ziemba) Lass, Nurs ’97; Rachele A. Malek, Comm ’03; David G. Mliner, Arts ’76, Grad ’79; Roberta (Peppey) Mliner, Nurs ’76; Charlotte A. Patten, Nurs ’04; Laura (Bartley) Rehorst, Nurs

’01; Kathleen (Du Bruin) Sin-

clair, Nurs ’82, Grad ’90; Charles W. Steinbach, Arts ’70, Dent ’74; Katherine (Kieffer) Steinbach, Nurs ’71; and Michael D. Thiel, Bus Ad ’97.

Merissa A. Malacara, Arts ’05, and Bill Gordon, Arts ’05, Oct. 22, 2011 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. A reception followed at the Westin Resort and Spa. The couple lives in Chicago, where Merissa is completing a post-doctoral clinical psychology fellowship at Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital in Lakeview and Bill is a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.

Sara (Keeling) Petre, Nurs ’05,

and Pamuel Petre at St. Hedwig in Milwaukee. The reception was held at Renaissance Place. Parents of the bride are Geoffrey M. Keeling, Ed ’73, and Mary Eileen Geary, Dent ’80.


Lora (Helms) Bruce, Arts ’04; Danielle (Gomez) Tungol, Arts ’03; and Katie Schaitberger, Bus Ad ’05.

Jeanne L. Sisulak, Nurs ’05, and Chris Hlebuchuk, July 2, 2011 at Christ King Catholic Church in Wauwatosa, Wis., with a reception at the Milwaukee Athletic Club. Parents of the bride are Jon J. Sisulak, Dent ’77, Grad ’79, and Patrice (Brossard) Sisulak, Dent ’76, Grad ’85.


Jon J. Sisulak, Jr., Bus Ad ’03, Grad

’04; Molly (Newman) Sisulak, Ed ’01; Edward W. Sisulak, Bus

Ad ’09; Michelle (Gottschalk) Lammers, Comm ’06; Ann (Ligon) DeLucenay, Comm ’05; and Carmella M. Castro, Nurs ’05.

Not staying up because I have to

study for my last final,

rather, just enjoying my last

moments at @MarquetteU.

STUDENT MATTHEW CAMPBELL ON TWITTER


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S H A R E T H E M O M E N T

Laura (Snamiska) Schumer, Arts ’12, and Michael Schumer, Arts ’11, were married last January at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Necedah, Wis.

See a Flickr gallery of newlyweds at marquette.edu/magazine, and consider sharing a wedding moment with Marquette Magazine.

Photo courtesy of Heath Van Hoof. Please obtain permission before sending professional photos.

Maura B. Hyland, Bus Ad ’06, and Gerald T. Lawlor, III, Arts

’06, Aug. 20, 2011 at St. John’s Cathedral in Cleveland.

ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING

Lauren M. Baczewski, Bus Ad ’06; Shannon M. Gilroy, Comm ’06; Colleen L. Hallahan, Comm ’06; Sean D. Mallonee, Bus Ad ’06; Patrick S. Meier, Arts ’06; and current student Colleen B. Hyland.

Benjamin Mauch, Bus Ad ’06, and Rebecca Lund, Bus Ad ’06, Aug 27, 2011 in Lake Geneva, Wis.


Bobbijean Giese, Comm ’05; An-drew Carey, Bus Ad ’06; Michael Gorrilla, Eng ’06; Allison Harford, H Sci ’06; John Rohl, H Sci ’06; Mi-chael Cajthamel, Comm ’07; and Ashley Lupo, Comm ’07.

Carolyn (Chmielewski) Palmer, Nurs ’06, and Andrew T. Palmer, Bus Ad ’06, Oct. 10, 2009 in New Berlin, Wis. The couple lives in the Chicago area.

Terri J. Santarromana, Nurs ’07, and Patrick M. Hannemann, Eng

’04, Grad ’06, by Rev. Andrew Thon, S.J., in Wheaton, Ill.


Scott N. Santarromana, Eng ’05; Dennis S. Dabros, Eng ’03; Bryan J. Hardesty, H Sci ’04; Paul J. Madsen, Arts ’04; David P. Karas, Bus Ad ’04; Jeff Paw-lowski, Bus Ad ’04; Katherine T. Boniquit, Nurs ’04; Jocelyn A. Calado, H Sci ’08; and Erin L. Colello, Eng ’07.


Tom Schultz, Bus Ad ’03; David R. Lempke, Bus Ad ’04; David A. Miazga, Bus Ad ’04; Paul Bergl, Eng ’04; Vincent J. Bergl, Eng ’06; Anna Marie F. Bergl, Arts ’76; Ian T. Mateo, Comm ’04; Ninna Damrongsan, Arts ’06; Robert Delos Santos, Bus Ad ’06; Richard J. Borja, Bus Ad ’05; Mary J. Dabros, Eng

’03; Christine M. Badiola, H Sci

’01; Gia P. Fernandez, Bus Ad ’07; Jessica M. Cesar, Comm ’06;

Natalie A. Sparacio, Comm ’05; John P. McPheters, Eng ’05; Jonelle R. Castillo, Comm ’06; Katie (Jordan) Fisher, Comm ’04; Brittany (Cable) Dixon, Arts ’04; and Christian R. Tolentino, Arts ’99.

Natalie M. Bruders, Eng ’09, and Matthew C. Young, Bus Ad ’07,

Sept. 17, 2011 at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee. Natalie

works for GE Healthcare, and Matthew is a risk manager for U.S. Bank. The couple lives in Milwaukee.


Matt Notarianni, Bus Ad ’06; Jason Miller, H Sci ’07, PT ’09; Kennedi (Graham) Miller, H Sci

’07, Nurs ’09; Megan Reiners-man, H Sci ’08, Grad ’10; and Peter Young, Bus Ad ’09.

Thank u marquetteu for giving me

the opportunity to study in Ireland.

Even better is knowing MU is there

for me when I return.

STUDENT ANGEL CERTEZA ON TWITTER

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B I RT H S

Andrew E. Squire, Arts ’83, and Theresa Squire: daughter Halena Marguerite, in August 2011. The family includes four boys and four girls, ages infant to 15 years old. Andrew works for the U.S. Coast Guard and was named team leader for the Office of Procurement Law Surface and Aviation Team at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He also is beginning his last year as a colonel in the Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

Martha Simmons, Arts ’84, and Beth Cabral: twins Ian Edward and Tatem Simmons, July 27, 2006.

Philip J. Janowski, Bus Ad ’92,

Grad ’07, and Jennifer Janowski: son Maxwell Louis, Dec. 4, 2011. He joins brothers Ben, 5, and Will, 2.

Kyle F. Woitel, Bus Ad ’93, and Christy (Minnis) Woitel, Bus Ad

’93: son Parker William, July 26, 2011. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and joins sisters Samantha, 6, and Sydney, 4.

John Hardt, Arts ’94, and Michelle McAtee, Comm ’95: daughter Teresa Ann, Sept. 27, 2011. She joins brother Seamus.

Thomas J. Nitschke, Law ’94,

recently adopted daughter Priya, 18 months, from India.

Wendy (Martinez) Schneider, Arts ’94, Grad ’98, and Joseph Schneider, Grad ’96: daughter Cecilia Elizabeth, May 5, 2010. She joins brother Joseph, 15, and sister Clair, 12. Wendy is a licensed professional counselor and director of community services for Georgia at Behavioral Health Link, and Joseph is an assistant professor of philosophy and religion at Atlanta Metropolitan College.

Brian M. Healy, Eng ’96, and Jennifer (McGinn) Healy, Comm ’96: son Declan James, Dec. 28, 2011. He joins brother Eamon Connor.

Amy B. Schoeffel, Comm ’96, adopted two girls: Abriel Hawi Schoeffel and Ava Kuftu Schoeffel from Ethiopia. She and her family live in Chicago.

Robert C. Lehman, Grad ’00,

and Anne (Wozniak) Lehman, Arts ’00, PT ’02: daughter Emma Therese, Jan. 15, 2012. She joins sister Julianna.

Abby (VanderSys) Litt, Bus Ad ’00, and Joshua Litt: daughter Rose Marjorie, Nov. 11, 2011. She joins sister Emma Louise, 3.

Mike S. Schmidt, Eng ’00, and Lindsay (Bergman) Schmidt, Arts ’00: daughter Elsa Dee, Sept. 30, 2011. She was 8 pounds, 12 ounces. The family lives in Brighton, Mich.

Melissa (Endsley) Koch, Comm ’01, and Brian Koch, Bus Ad ’01: son Matthew Charles, March 30, 2012. He was 7 pounds, 4 ounces. He joins brother Joey, 2.

Amy (Hirt) Fisco, H Sci ’02, and Steven Fisco, Eng ’04: son Gray-son Steven, Oct. 7, 2011. He joins sister Kinnea Therese, 2.

Scott J. Kolodzinski, Comm ’02, and Sonia (Ramirex) Kolodzin-ski, Bus Ad ’05: son Cruz Tomas, Feb. 2, 2012. He weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces.

Sarah M. Gaziano, Comm ’09, and David Garrity, Jr., Oct. 15, 2011 at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Ill. Sarah Lowendick, Comm ’09, was in the wedding party.


Sean DeFelice, Arts ’07; Kristine McGinley, Comm ’09; James A. Molnar, Comm ’09; Evan Montague, Bus Ad ’09; Luke Patton, Comm ’09; Deanna Placko, Arts ’09; and Param-preet Sidhu, Arts ’09.

Jas Kaur, Bus Ad ’09, and Raman Singh, Oct. 10, 2011 in Brookfield, Wis. Both work in the IT industry and have clients in the Racine, Wis., area.

Todd L. Drangstveit, Grad ’11, and Laurie Schultz, March 3, 2012.

Walking back from the library

at 2 a.m. and kinda scary all the lights

on in the dorms and apartments!!

@MarquetteU students hard at work!!

STUDENT RYAN ELLERBUSCH ON TWITTER

Kate (Hannan) Bennett, Arts ’97,

PT ’99, and James Bennett: daughter Elizabeth Victoria, July 20, 2011. She joins sister Julia and brother Andrew.

Jessica (Pitroski) DeGraff, Comm ’97, and Bud DeGraff: son Kipton James, July 24, 2011. He joins sister Brynn Lee, 6, and brothers Warren Dale, 5, and Grayson John, 3. The family lives in Shorewood, Wis.

Corinne (Anderson) Johnson, Comm ’97, and Ed Johnson, Jr.: daughter Sophia Perpetua, Dec. 4, 2009. She joins brother Edward and sister Grace.

John T. McGowan, Bus Ad ’98, and Molly McGowan: daughter Flannery June, Oct. 15, 2011.

Julie (Swanberg) Heinrichs, Arts ’99, PT ’01, and Erik Heinrichs, Arts ’00: daughter Clara Eve, Sept. 13, 2011. She was welcomed by sister Elsa.

Jennifer (Minogue) Irwin, Bus Ad ’99, and her husband: son Joshua Richard, Dec. 2, 2011. He was 8 pounds, 7 ounces.

Liz (Berte) Merwin, Arts ’99,

and James Merwin, Bus Ad ’00: daughter Margo Elizabeth, Aug. 16, 2011. She joined the family through the gift of adoption. The family, including brother Bennett, lives in Bayside, Wis.

Stacy (Durnbaugh) Palmer, Arts ’99, PT ’01, and Christopher Palmer, Eng ’99: son Sullivan James, Dec. 10, 2010.


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Bear Hugs“He’s a real hero,” says Fredrick Bates, Bus Ad ’79, of college buddy Louis Cairo, Bus Ad ’80, for what he does to help kids with cancer.

As a board member for the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation based in Chicago, Bates asked Cairo — whom he hadn’t seen in 20 years — to support kids diagnosed with cancer. “Lou Cairo stepped up in a huge way to help a truly worthy cause at an old classmate’s request,” says Bates. And one link in the Marquette family network led to more good news. Cairo invited the Chicago legal commu-nity, “to join me in supporting this great organization” at the 2012 Bear Tie Ball.

Two dads on the train talking about their

kids looking at @MarquetteU. Is it weird if I invite

myself into the conversation to sway them?

ANNA BRADBURY, COMM ’09, ON TWITTER

Erica (Gumm) Schellhaas, H Sci

’02, Grad ’03, and Ryan Schell-haas: son Logan Ryan, Nov. 10, 2011. He joins sister Kylee.

Michael V. Dougherty, Grad ’03 and Michelle (Ruggaber) Dougherty, Grad ’00, ’04: daughter Cecilia Katherine, May 9, 2011. She joins brothers Thomas and Benedict.

Erin Grall, Law ’03, and Michael Bielecki: daughter Aleska Grall Bielecki, Sept. 8, 2011. The family lives in Vero Beach, Fla.

Angela (Marshall) Hauser, Arts ’03, and Chris Hauser: son Elliot, Oct. 17, 2011. He joins sister Autumn, 2.

Amanda A. Kastern, Arts ’03, and Steven Beitzel: daughter Abigail Alice, Oct. 20, 2010. She weighed 8 pounds.

Daniel R. Kramer, Bus Ad ’03, and Marie (McCauley) Kramer, Eng ’03: son Theodore Donald, March 13, 2012. He joins brother Clark.

Amy (Bowman) Rajca, Eng ’03, and Brian Rajca: daughter Kate Marie, Jan. 25, 2012. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces.

Gia (Farruggia) Aubert, Comm ’04, and Dustin Aubert, Comm ’04: son Kellen Sam, Dec. 1, 2011.

Dana (Jones) Bozeday, H Sci ’04,

PT ’06, and Josh Bozeday: son Benjamin Matthew, Dec. 29, 2011. He weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces.

Michael R. Ford, Arts ’04, and Allyson (Geier) Ford, Nurs ’05: son John Alton, Jan. 15, 2012.

He was 7 pounds, 3 ounces. He is the couple’s second son.

Amy (Nocula) Forsmo, Bus Ad

’04, and Christian Forsmo: son Evan John, Aug 25, 2011. He weighed 9 pounds, 14 ounces.

Jorie (Burnette) Sus, H Sci ’04, and Scott Sus: twin daughters Lennox Lee and Quinlyn Marie, Sept. 15, 2011. They join brother Logan Emerson, 5.

Sarah (Klatt) Tschannen, Comm ’04, and Michael Tschan-nen: daughter Charlotte Marie, Dec. 29, 2011.

NEW!

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Leone I. Frome

Schneider, Nurs ’29, Nurs ’31

John F. Savage, Arts ’30, Law ’33

Marie V. Voss Hobson, Dent Hy ’31

Sebastian E. Busalacchi, Eng ’33

Dorothy N. Korthals Slack, Law ’33

Delphine D. Daun Casper, Nurs ’37

Ralph E. Houseman, Arts ’37, Law ’39

Marjorie E. Hilger Lorenz, Sp ’37

James M. Flynn, Eng ’38

Evelyn B. Beidatsch

Piaskoski, Arts ’39

Dorothy J. Kleczka Hilbert, Nurs ’40

Mary J. Tausend, Dent Hy ’40

Marion A. Simanek Janzer, Sp ’41

William J. Mantyh, Bus Ad ’41

Frank A. Yank, Eng ’41

Marguerite J. Liermann

Loftin, Med Tech ’42

John R. Paulus, Bus Ad ’42

M.G. Rosenkranz, Med Tech ’42

Merle W. Warnes, Eng ’42

Earl G. Berger, Dent ’43

Rose Mary Gormican

Dallman, Jour ’43

Hilbert F. Drews, Arts ’43

Richard E. Gladziszewski, Dent ’43

Kurt E. Hohnl, Eng ’43

Eugene W. Krueger, Eng ’43

Frank F. Stark, Eng ’43

Patricia A. Barrett Zahorik, Arts ’43

Don J. Hams, Eng ’44

Donald G. Iselin, Eng ’44

Elliott Jacobsen, Arts ’44

Donald H. Ketterhagen, Dent ’44

Elizabeth M. Carrigan

Mountin, Arts ’44

Dorothy M. Nauertz Schmitt, Arts ’44

Richard C. Sinclair, Bus Ad ’44

Elaine M. Barrett O’Brien, Arts ’45

Francis J. Soviero, Dent ’45

John H. Steiner, Med ’45

Marguerite C. Slupinski

Ziebell, Arts ’45

Frank Aschenbrenner, Eng ’46

Monica M. McCormick

McLaughlin, Sp ’46

Vernon E. Mulvaney, Eng ’46

Ruth I. Kerskamp Rathbun, Nurs ’46

Leon J. Schweda, Eng ’46

John S. Barger, Eng ’47

William C. Bowe, Eng ’47

Domingo Donate-Torres, Dent ’47

Alice L. Anderson Fox, Med Tech ’47

Joyce M. Frazee, Arts ’47

Albert J. Goldberg, Law ’47

Margaret V. Greene, Nurs ’47

Dawn C. Sieracke

Modrzejewski, Nurs ’47

Elmer T. Poppendieck, Eng ’47

Theodore E. Schmidt, Bus Ad ’47

Michael D. Albis, Med ’48

Irvin L. Groh, Eng ’48, Law ’51

Robert L. Pfeifer, Eng ’48

Herbert W. Ponto, Eng ’48

Eugene A. Sermak, Dent ’48

Dorothy F. Seiler Solberg, Arts ’48

Mary L. Bartosic, Nurs ’49

Elizabeth J. Turner Ebner, Bus Ad ’49

Paul J. Gilroy, Eng ’49

Donald T. Glaesner, Arts ’49, Dent ’65

Walter E. Ladwig, Eng ’49

William E. Lenahan, Arts ’49, Med ’51

Richard S. Lieg, Arts ’49

Kenneth J. Merkel, Eng ’49

Robert F. Prochniak, Arts ’49

Chester S. Prusynski, Bus Ad ’49

Jack E. Roensch, Eng ’49

Ray C. Voelpel, Bus Ad ’49

Carol D. Hall Burns, Nurs ’50

John L. Claude, Arts ’50, Med ’53

Raymond M. Frey, Arts ’50

James N. Gordon, Med ’50

Francis P. Havey, Arts ’50, Law ’53

Arthur C. Hoffman, Bus Ad ’50

John H. Horwath, Eng ’50

James J. McCarthy, Arts ’50

Thomas J. Mortell, Arts ’50, Grad ’76

Karl E. Schulte, Jour ’50

Cedric H. Barnett, Arts ’51

The Marquette University community joins in prayerful remembrance

of those who have died. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

Eternal rest grant unto them, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

in memoriam

Harold J. Gruber, Dent ’51

James E. Love, Bus Ad ’51

M.T. McKennan, Arts ’51

Richard A. Melloh, Sp ’51, Grad ’57

John E. Sanborn, Arts ’51

Phyllis J. Peters Smith, Bus Ad ’51

Mary K. Britz Steele, Nurs ’51

Sherwood B. Stolp, Arts ’51, Med ’54

Marion V. Bigelow Tung, Arts ’51

Charles J. Boyle, Grad ’52

Marguerite Y.

Gillespie, Nurs ’52, Grad ’54

Jack K. Hanson, Dent ’52

Donald P. Hildebrand, Jour ’52

Roger P. Iversen, Bus Ad ’52

John F. Lampert, Law ’52

John E. Multhauf, Arts ’52, Law ’54

Patricia M. O’Donovan, Arts ’52,

Grad ’58

Ralph B. Olivanti, Arts ’52

Bernard P. Berry, Bus Ad ’53, Law ’59

Edward D. Brown, Arts ’53

Richard G. Deem, Bus Ad ’53

Ralph F. Eberle, Bus Ad ’53

John W. Marcil, Bus Ad ’53

Blanche M. McDonnell, Grad ’53

Charles J. O’Neill, Bus Ad ’53

June M. De Boer Unger, Arts ’53

Peter P. Accomando, Arts ’54

Wayne R. Baird, Arts ’54

James M. LaLiberte, Dent ’54

William M. Lamers, Arts ’54, Med ’58

Nancy J. Nieman Stitt, Jour ’54

Leonard A. Zydowicz, Bus Ad ’54

Maureen A. O’Leary

Bannach, Arts ’55

Peter A. Behan, Bus Ad ’55

Joan H. Hall Kiely, Nurs ’55

Walter J. Kassuba, Bus Ad ’56

Herbert H. Kikukawa, Arts ’56

Elizabeth A. Kyes, Sp ’56, Grad ’58

Patrick T. O’Keefe, Arts ’56

Robert J. Stark, Dent ’56

Richard G. Briere, Arts ’57

Helen M. Sullivan Finley, Grad ’57

Lynn D. Lewis, Eng ’57

Sheila C. Conheady

Mitchell, Grad ’57

Kaye V. Reese, Dent ’57

Norbert E. Abraham, Eng ’58

Glenn E. Burg, Jour ’58

Yvonne T. Jenquin Farrey, Bus Ad ’58

Susan P. Pederson Griffith, Arts ’58

Richard L. Rolf, Eng ’58

Durwood J. Garrity, Bus Ad ’59

Kathleen H. Costello Garrity, PT ’59

Eugene J. LaFave, Law ’59

Donald J. Landgraf, Arts ’59

Nancy R. Noeske, Arts ’59

M.C. Quirk, Arts ’59

Philip F. Vogel, Bus Ad ’59

David L. Vollmar, Bus Ad ’59


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The Marquette University community joins in prayerful remembrance

of those who have died. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

Eternal rest grant unto them, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Just as I finished giving my parents

a tour of the city, the MU carillon

started playing. @MarquetteU,

you are indeed perfect.

STUDENT JASMINE GONZALEZ ON TWITTER

Creed F. Darling, Eng ’05,

Grad ’10, and Kara Darling, Grad ’06: son Graeme Carl, Jan. 19, 2012. He joins sister Maelee Grace, 3, and brother Liam Mark, 2.

Claire O’Dea, Grad ’05: son Leif Bjorn, May 1, 2011. He was 10 pounds and 21 inches long. He joins brother Aidan Joshua.

Kristen (Schommer) Wetta, Arts ’05, and Michael B. Wetta, Bus Ad ’04: daughter Caroline Marie, Jan. 5, 2011. She joins brother Jack.

Capt. George H. Steinfels, Arts ’06, and Jaime Lynn: son Noah Patrick. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and joins brother Caleb James, 18 months. George returned from a seven-month combat deployment in Afghanistan and plans to move with his family from Camp Lejeune, N.C., to Norfolk, Va., where he will work at Marine Forces Command aboard a Norfolk naval installation.

Lt. Andrew J. Valerius, Arts ’06, and Raechel Valerius: twin daughters Morgan, on Nov. 16, 2011, weighing 4 pounds, 14 ounces, and Mattison, on Nov. 17, 2011, weighing

Richard C. Connell, Dent ’60

Robert A. Dietmeyer, Grad ’60

Judith M. Hermann Reilly, Arts ’60

John L. Scaduto, Arts ’60, Dent ’65

Robert G. Ulrich, Law ’60

Rita F. Dohr Veerkamp, Nurs ’60

Ann H. Horvat Brotz, Jour ’61

Charmaine C. Tucker

Cochron, Arts ’61

Ambrose J. Furey, Arts ’61

Louis J. Geiger, Arts ’61

Richard F. Kroening, Bus Ad ’61

Marguerite J. Ceolla

MacGillis, Nurs ’61

William M. Mitchell, Arts ’61

Jerome J. Veranth, Med ’61

Joseph R. Cannizzo, Jour ’62

William N. Ekstrand, Eng ’62

Frances A. Kohlbeck

Grasley, Jour ’62

Richard D. Jewell, Dent ’62

Mary A. Mathias, Grad ’62

Charles R. Baillod, Eng ’63

Judith M. LaPorte

Brzoska, Dent Hy ’63

Vera Chester, Grad ’63, Grad ’71

James P. Finley, Arts ’63

Sheila M. O’Neill, PT ’63

Frederick C. Stelmack, Dent ’63

Richard J. Weber, Bus Ad ’63

James L. Aschenbrener, Arts ’65

Jacqueline W. Wright

Mueller, Med Tech ’65

James M. O’Connor, Grad ’65

LeRoy M. Price, Eng ’65

Joanne M. Zickert Slaats, Arts ’65

Gregory E. Carr, Arts ’66

Dennis J. Gaffney, Bus Ad ’66

Margaret C. Galvin, Grad ’66

Raymond J. McDermott, Arts ’66

David A. Brandel, Grad ’67

Robert R. Singers, Arts ’67

Charles B. Stefko, Dent ’67

Frances Watson, Grad ’67

Paul A. Bart, Arts ’68

Edith A. Beauchamp, Grad ’68

James J. Purtell, Arts ’68, Grad ’72

Robert F. Schwarz, Grad ’68

Paul R. Hohenfeldt, Dent ’69

Grace E. Byrne Mark, Grad ’69

Linda M. Rothermich

Belew, Arts ’70

Elayne J. Wooldridge

Braxton, Jour ’70

Dominic J. Jordan, Grad ’70

Kathleen M. Sennott, Arts ’70

Brent H. Albrecht, Bus Ad ’71

Janice A. Komorowski

Kaluzny, Med Tech ’71

Mary A. Pirner

Abendroth, Arts ’72

Louisa Dwyer, Arts ’72

James A. Mueller, Arts ’72

Ralph D. Kramp, Bus Ad ’73

Mark K. Owens, Grad ’74, Bus Ad ’76

Steven E. Dahlen, Bus Ad ’75

Richard C. Geisheker, Eng ’76

Francis W. Ronci, Arts ’76

Mary F. Salyards

Rousseau, Grad ’77

John E. Bigane, Grad ’79

Christopher J. Kolbe, Eng ’80

Kelly A. Kipfmueller

Meyer, Dent Hy ’80

Fred T. Tenuta, Dent ’80

Sister de Lellis Albert, Grad ’82

Paul J. Doherty, Bus Ad ’82

Frank A. Vito, Bus Ad ’84

Timothy J. Schumann, Arts ’92, Law ’95

Christopher G. Nielsen, Arts ’95

Deborah L. Pollard, Nurs ’00

David A. Lano, Bus Ad ’09

Carla J. Hilger

4 pounds, 13 ounces, in Honolulu. The couple has three daughters.

Kennedi (Graham) Miller, Arts ’07, Nurs ’09, and Jason Miller, H Sci ’07, PT ’09: daughter Ellison Katea, Feb. 17, 2012. She weighed 7 pounds, 14.5 ounces. The family resides in West Allis, Wis.

Fabiola (Torres) Boche, H Sci ’08, Grad ’09, and Edwin Boche: son Mateo, Oct. 5, 2011. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces.

Olivia (Tavory) Obermiller, Arts ’08, and Ian Obermiller, Arts ’09: son Wellington August, June 21, 2011. He weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces.

Joe Schmidt, Eng ’08, Grad ’11, and Laura (Stoltenburg) Schmidt, Nurs ’07, Grad ’10: daughter Karalyn Jane, Oct. 9, 2011. The family lives in Waukesha, Wis.

Sara (Huhn) Stein, Nurs ’08,

and Aaron Stein: daughter Madeline Lucy, March 2, 2012. She is the couple’s first child and weighed 7 pounds. The family lives in Mukwonago, Wis.

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‘‘Let the corn wait

Similar to reading the back of the cereal box in the morning, I started flipping through the spring 2012 edition of Marquette Magazine this evening during dinner prep time. I overcooked the corn because I couldn’t put the magazine down. Feels breezy but has meat. Informa-tive. Smart. Pleasing to the eye. Not preachy but threads of the Jesuit philosophy throughout. Great job on design, layout, content and writing. What-ever I left out — all great, too. My son is a high school senior and got into Marquette. We hope he attends this coming fall. Thanks for a great read. No one noticed the corn was overcooked.

MARY ELLEN JOHNSON

We knew alumni could ID these students

I recognize the two girls in the “From the Archives” photo in the spring 2012 issue. The one on the left is me, Ann Engelke- meir, and the one on the right is Katy Kolbeck. We were wad-ing through the Menomonee River, taking samples that we later analyzed for coliform bacteria, algae and chemicals. The expedition was for a

National Science Foundation

Student-originated Studies

project. A group of us had

written the proposal and won

what at that time seemed like

a relatively large grant to

spend the summer of 1972

studying pollution in the river.

Altogether, there were about

15 of us — mostly biology,

chemistry and engineering

majors, but I think there were

also a couple of law or pre-law

students. I was a biology major

at the time but switched to

chemical engineering in grad-

uate school, partly as a result

of the experience. What a boost

for a Friday!

ANN ENGELKEMEIR, ENG ’74

In the summer of 1972, a group

of students, myself included,

had a National Science Foun-

dation grant to study pollution

in the Menomonee River in

the downtown area. The black

and white photo on the last

page of the spring 2012 maga-

zine shows Katie and Ann

towing a water sampling kit.

The grant for the project was

awarded under the guidance

of Dr. Mark Marcus in the

Department of Chemistry. We

wrote a summary report at

the end of the project that

may be in the archives some-

where. It was great to see the

photo in your magazine and

be reminded of the friendships we shared that summer.

DANIEL KASPRZAK, ARTS ’73

Father Stohrer’s fans

I just finished reading Rev. Stohrer’s thoughts on the place of philosophy at Marquette and was so inspired I had to write and say YES! As business majors in the 1970s, we were required to take a lot of philos-ophy courses. At the time, we wondered what the relevance was to our future careers and lives. I have worked in large corporations for more than 25 years in leadership develop-ment; Father Stohrer’s thoughts struck home. The Socratic questioning method is one I use every day as I facilitate discussions with executives and managers around all types of issues — leading change in an organization, embracing diversity, developing people. His statement, “The continuing quest for meaning, leadership development and service to the community define and orient our work,” couldn’t be more true. In business and in life, critical reflection is indeed important, and I’ve been so fortunate to be able to make room for that type of reflection in the work that I do with others.

As a 1974 Ph.D. graduate in philosophy, I was thrilled to read

Father Walter Stohrer’s piece on undergraduate education at Marquette.

It captures the importance, the significance and the beauty

of our discipline, which is all too often forgotten in higher education.

BLANCHE PREMO-HOPKINS, GRAD ’69, PROFESSOR EMERITA, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Old Milwaukee? Think again

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from the archives

This image is part of the

university’s photographic

history, and it’s labeled

circa 1970, Engineering.

If you recognize anyone,

send a note to marquette.

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Thank you, Marquette, for recognizing what is critical for us to learn, know and reflect upon.

MARYJO STURM BARTSCH,

BUS AD ’78

To fulfill a liberal arts require-ment I trudged to an 8 a.m. philosophy class that I viewed as “more BS for the B.S.” As a pre-med major, my initial thoughts were only on how to get an “A” and get out with as little effort as possible. However, open discourses on Aristotle’s definition of virtue, Kierkegaard’s leap of faith, Socrates’ death for honor and St. Thomas Aquinas’ natural law created a class that truly was a moveable feast. I never fully appreciated how instru-mental Marquette was in creating a thought process to solve problems through asking questions, researching etymologies and viewing how things fit. Interestingly, Father Stohrer’s comment on the “delicate beauty and enchant-ment” of Marquette reminded me of Plato’s Republic and its allegories. As a frequent visitor to the Avalanche Bar and the Greentree Tavern, I seldom appreciated gentle forms from my perspective in the cave. A sincere debt of gratitude and appreciation I wish to ex-tend upon the professors and my mentors at Marquette.

JOHN “JACK” MANZELLA, D.O., GRAD ’86

“The business of critical reflec-tion and truth discovery (is) their life assignment,” wrote Father Stohrer in your winter issue, speaking of his philosophy students. Oh, how I loved read-ing that. In 1959, if I remember correctly, the school motto

was “the pursuit of truth,” a profoundly simple statement in keeping with Father Stohrer’s quote. But someone associated with the school suggested that as Catholics, we already had the truth and that a new motto should be adopted: “the pursuit of excellence.” The change was adopted seemingly without dissent. I thought it was a mistake then, and I still do, but perhaps it can be forgiven since it was before the enlightenment of Vatican II. If “the pursuit of excellence” still remains, I suggest we make a change and let Father Stohrer make the new proclamation. Excel-lence applies to all of life’s endeavors, from fishing to surgery. Seeking truth is the work of the mind.

DONALD M. HALL, BUS AD ’59

Addressing sexual violence

That sexual violence on cam-pus is now being addressed proactively by the university is highly commendable. How-ever, nowhere in the article on page 8 of the winter 2012 issue, “Marquette addresses sexual violence,” is there mention of God’s plan for sex. For a Catholic university to fail to address the issue from a biblical standpoint is quite appalling. I have dedicated the past 19 years to joining others at the national level to create curriculum to enable the teaching of these concepts to youth, including college students. Students react with overwhelming approval to the idea that sex belongs in marriage and not outside it. Even unchurched persons

agree. As a very active Marquette alumna for many years, it deeply saddens me that my university takes only a secularist approach to the topic.

GWEN SOVERN COLFER, SP ’58

EDITOR’S NOTE: The article in the spring issue covered new policies the university instituted to address sexual violence and to assure that student safety remains a priority. In accordance with Marquette’s Catholic, Jesuit identity, Campus Ministry and other offices involved with student life provide spiritual direction and guide students in understanding the impor-tance of intimacy, the sanctity of marriage and respect for the dignity of all persons.

I want to congratulate Marquette for responding to the recent sexual assaults on campus. Too often, univer-sities have not been proactive on this issue, which plagues so many college women. I am pleased to see the university’s dedication to devising policy, raising awareness and offering educational programs. I was particularly impressed by the full-time victim advocate who was added to the staff and the role of former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske. I hope Marquette’s dedication will follow in the footsteps of other programs, such as the one at West Vir-ginia University, to work for the interests of the victims and survivors of sexual assault. I look forward to reading updates on the university’s progress on this issue.

DR. AMY C. BRANAM, GRAD ’05

PEERS long-awaited

To the staff of Marquette Magazine and all involved in the PEERS site, what a privi-lege to read and learn of the life-saving efforts of all the professionals involved with this group. Autism, I believe, was far more prevalent when I was schooling (1945–61) than ever was believed. Many of us could be enjoying fuller and more productive lives and could have suffered far less pain and fruitless hours of the impairment if we had been diagnosed correctly and treated with such a method as PEERS employs. Keep up your wonderful work. I love your magazine.

GEORGIA DOMINKI MCQUADE, JOUR ’61

Letter from India

Thank you for sending Marquette Magazine regularly — an excellent means to be in touch with the happenings at my alma mater.

BASTIN J. PARANGIMALIL, PH.D.,

GRAD ’84, KERALA, INDIA

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Tilling the soil

Imagine this: A 20-something man comes home from war. Shot in

the leg, he has a shattered femur. Confined to bed for months, he has

little to do. He wants to read tales of knights and war, but only two

books are available: one about the lives of the saints and a book on

the life of Christ. He begins to imagine himself in the scenes he reads.

Like saints Dominic and Francis and Jesus, he sees himself caring for

the poor, talking about God with companions, giving people hope.

Filled with deep consoling feelings, this young man’s life takes a

sharp turn. Sort of a party guy before, he makes a conscious effort to

become other-centered rather than self-centered. He gradually comes

to realize how God has gifted him with life. Filled with gratitude, he

decides to devote the rest of his life to serving God. But how to do

that remains elusive.

This is the story of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

The road was not always easy. At the small town of Montserrat in

a chapel dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God, Ignatius prayed and

gave up his sword. Then he spent nearly a year in a small Spanish

town named Manresa in prayer and fasting and serving the poor. His

deepest desires surfaced: speaking about God with others, caring for

the poor, helping souls, but all these required more intense education,

even going back to the beginning.

Ignatius returned to school and college to learn everything he

could. He discovered gifts of attention and imagination and a zeal for

spreading the word of God to the far corners of the world. With his

college companions, the now-30-something man founded a new

religious order of men dedicated to helping souls discover their gifts.

He trained those early Jesuits to have deep conversations with others,

using his own Spiritual Exercises to reflect on their lives and God’s

work in their day-to-day experience. The Spiritual Exercises mirrored

his own experience of prayer during those days in the castle while

healing, when he used his imagination to place himself in the stories

of Jesus in the Gospel.

On July 31 we celebrate the feast day of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the

man whose spiritual and pedagogical legacy has touched millions

of people during five centuries and continues to touch the thousands

of students, alumni, faculty and staff working and studying and

worshipping at Jesuit institutions worldwide. We believe the world

benefits every day from his gifts and the gifts of those who have

been educated and touched by this spiritual journey.

Dr. Susan Mountin, Jour ’71, Grad ’94, director of Manresa for Faculty,

helps us till the soil of faith in a quarterly column on Ignatian values.

from the archives

This image of the

Marquette Players is

part of the university’s

photographic history

and dates from the

mid-1960s.

If you recognize

anyone, send a note

to marquette.edu/

magazine.

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