Under the Arch     March 29, 2004     Volume 5, Number 29

 

GANNON STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF EMBARK ON FOOD DRIVE

           Gannon students, faculty, and staff have set a goal of collecting 12,000 pounds of food during the school’s 27th Annual Golden Harvest Food Drive.

On Saturday, April 3, more than 250 students will go door-to-door collecting donations of non-perishable food items in neighborhoods in the City of Erie and in Millcreek Township. The students will target an area with the following boundaries: north, Bayfront Highway; south, Kuntz Road/Zimmerly Drive; west, Asbury Road; and east, State Street.

Students will canvass the neighborhoods in two shifts: from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., and from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. A number of students have volunteered to work both shifts.

Four collection sites will be set up the day of the event: Saint George Church, 5145 Peach Street; Blessed Sacrament Church, 1626 West 26th Street; Villa Maria Academy, 2403 West 8th Street; and McDowell Intermediate High School (north parking lot), 3320 Caughey Road. Non-perishable items can be taken directly to any of the collection sites.

All items will be delivered to Erie’s Second Harvest Food Bank, 1703 Ash Street, for distribution to less fortunate Erie families.

Gannon’s Office of Student Living is coordinating the drive.

 

 

OUR EVENTS

  • Tuesday, March 30 – Lenten Reconciliation Service: 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel.

  • Thursday, April 1 – Community Mass: 11 a.m. in the Chapel.

  • Friday, April 2 – First Friday Erie Mass: Father Michael Kesicki will discuss "The Passion of Christ – A Scriptural Perspective." 7:30 a.m. in the Chapel. Also: Faculty Awards Convocation: 3 p.m. in the Yehl Room, reception to follow.

  • Saturday, April 3 – Gannon University Golden Harvest Food Drive: Students will target neighborhoods in Erie and Millcreek for donations of non-perishable food items. All items will be delivered to Second Harvest Food Ban for distribution to less fortunate Erie residents. Also: “A Child’s World,” auction to benefit the Gannon University Social Work Club Christmas Dinner. The auction will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Yehl Room. Auctioned off will be more than 50 paintings done by children from three local agencies: the Boys & Girls Club of Erie, Small World Child Care, and the Martin Luther King Center. Call 7781 or 7263 for more information.

  • Friday, April 9 – Gannon University Erie Chamber Orchestra: This concert will feature soloist Laura Nelson (alp horn). Offered at 7:30 p.m. at the Central High auditorium, 3325 Cherry Street.

  • Thursday, April 15 – Community Mass: 11 a.m. in the Chapel.

  • Saturday, April 17 – Gannon University Distinguished Alumni Dinner: Ten individuals will be honored. A reception for the honorees will be held in Gannon’s Old Main, and the dinner will be held in the Yehl Room. Also: Family Fun Day: Scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. at the Horan Apartments (formerly Franklin Terrace). Gannon nursing students and faculty will administer a number of free health-related screenings. Call ext. 5520 for more information. Also: Financial Aid Workshop: Provides an overview of the entire financial aid process. Offered at 10 a.m. in Palumbo 1200.

  • Sunday, April 18 – Spring Open House: Registration will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the lobby of Waldron. A number of activities will be offered for students and their families. Also: Founder's Day Student Awards Convocation: 3:30 p.m. at the Avalon Hotel, 16 West Tenth Street. Admission by ticket only.

  • Wednesday, April 21 – APB Speaker Series: Featuring David Stollman on “Buy in or Get Out!” As a consultant, Stollman has helped nearly 200 Greek systems nationally increase their memberships. Offered at 7:30 p.m. in Zurn 104. Sponsored by APB.

  • Thursday, April 22 – English Awards Night: Will include a poetry reading by Adam Zagajewski, a Polish poet, novelist, and essayist. Also, winners of the 2003-04 High School and University Writing Contests will be announced. Offered at 7:30 p.m. in the Yehl Room.

  • “Our Events” is intended to serve as a random sample of campus events. For a more complete listing, refer to Eventcal.

 

OUR FOLKS

Sympathy extended: please remember all in your prayers as regretfully we announce the death of:

  • Paula King, mother of Dr. Douglas King, assistant professor, English.

 

CURRENT BIRTHDAYS

Deborah Anderson. Patricia Zybowski. Donald Tronetti. Maj. Darrell Burger. John Rouch. Lyndia Lee. Joseph Steele. Sharon Crisman. Bonnie Hamwi. Brenda Wilson. Derick Jackson. Elizabeth Skladanowski. Stephen Wagner. Joy Armbruster. Linda Kobler. Michael Wellington. Bill Eilola. Timothy Downs. Rick Diz. Kim Coddington.

 

 

THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE

Monday, March 29 – Annual meeting of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania. Wednesday, March 31 – Erie Technology Incubator Business Plan Presentation; Speech to parents of students attending elementary, middle, and high schools in Erie School District. Friday, April 2 – Executive Committee meeting of the Gannon University Board of Trustees; Faculty Awards Convocation. Saturday, April 3 – Eta Kappa Nu Honors Society for Electrical Engineering Inductions. Sunday, April 4 – Kappa Delta Pi Inductions; Michael Corbett Memorial Ceremony; Honors Program Spring Banquet.

 

 

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Come and help honor your colleagues at the Faculty Awards Convocation, to be held in the Yehl Room at 3 p.m. this Friday, April 2. Awards will be presented to the following: Distinguished Faculty Award, Marjorie Krebs, Ph.D., and Tony Rao; The Bishop Trautman “Feed My Sheep” Award, Terry Giles, Ph.D.; 25 Years of Service Award, Mary Crane and Tony Rao; and Retirement Award, Tony Rao.

  • Special thanks to Gannon colleagues for their assistance with recent media interviews. Bill Eilola, dean of enrollment, did an interview with Veronica Gorley of the Erie Times-News on forthcoming changes to the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Mehmet Cultu, Ph.D., professor, electrical and computer engineering, did an interview with Joan Benson-Cacchione of the Erie Times on Gannon's annual International Night.

  • More than 200 students attended last week's Tech Expo in the Yehl Room. Gannon served as host for the event. The attendees included college students as well as students from area high schools and tech/business schools. Organizers considered the event a success.

  • Gannon University will celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week through April 7. Gannon colleagues, organizations, and departments can go out of their way to brighten someone else's day. You can also stop by the Waldron Center and make a Kindness Card for a friend, co-worker, student, faculty, or staff member (sponsored by P.R.O.M.I.S.E.).

  • The Office of Admissions announces the Second Annual “GU Moments Photo Contest.” Gannon students, faculty, staff, and alumni can submit up to three pictures related to Gannon (an event on campus, a group of students, etc.). The grand prize is a $100 gift certificate to the Gannon bookstore. (At least 15 photos must be entered in order for the prize to be awarded.) For information regarding submission guidelines and to download an application, log onto www.gannon.edu/admiss/photocontest.asp. Entry forms can also be picked up from the Office of Admissions and at the Waldron Center Information Desk. The entry deadline is April 16; winners will be announced by April 30. For more information call ext. 7413 or e-mail cruz002@gannon.edu.

  • The Gannon University Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, the International Honorary Association for Professional Counseling, will hold an inaugural initiation ceremony and recognition dinner on April 17. Thirty-two master's students in the community counseling program, counseling alumni, and professional counselors in the community will be inducted as Chi Sigma Iota members.

  • Worth Publishers on March 26 threw a pizza party for students of Charlie Bennett, assistant professor, finance program. Bennett's students reviewed two chapters from Paul Krugman’s and Robin Wells’ forthcoming text in Economics.