Under the Arch

MALLOY TO GIVE KEYNOTE ADDRESS, RECEIVE UT DILIGATIS INVICEM AWARD

Gannon University on Saturday will award 570 degrees at May Commencement, to be held at Tullio Arena.

The Rev. Edward A. Malloy, CSC, Ph.D., president of the University of Notre Dame, will give the keynote address. Malloy also will be presented Gannon’s Ut Diligatis Invicem Award. The award is inspired by the motto of the university’s founder, Archbishop John Mark Gannon: “That you may love one another.”

The graduates include 346 students receiving bachelor’s degrees, 197 receiving master’s degrees, two receiving doctoral degrees, 24 receiving associate’s degrees, and one receiving a post master’s certificate. Thirty-seven students will graduate summa cum laude, 64 magna cum laude, 51 cum laude, and two with academic honors.

The graduates include international students from 12 countries, including Bahamas, Canada, Colombia, Gambia, Germany, India, Kuwait, Pakistan, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

In addition, four Gannon ROTC graduates will be commissioned as second lieutenants in a separate ceremony. The graduates, and their appointments, are: Thomas J. Cieslak, active duty, chemical corps; Kristen C. Donesec, education delay, medical service; Ashley E. Philbin, active duty, ordnance; and Carmen R. Toscano, reserve duty (National Guard), infantry.

Malloy, after having spent five years as Notre Dame’s vice president and associate provost, in 1986 was named by the Board of Trustees as the university’s 16^th president. As president, he has continued to serve concurrently as a full professor in the department of theology, conducting a seminar for first-year undergraduates. He lives amongst Notre Dame’s students, making his home in a university residence hall.

His many accomplishments as university president include leading a successful capital campaign. “Generations” raised $1.1 billion for the school, surpassing the goal of $767 million. The school’s endowment of more than $3 billion places it in the top 20 largest among private colleges and universities.

Malloy has announced his retirement as president, effective June 30.

His strong ties to Notre Dame also include being an alumnus of the school and member of the Fighting Irish’s basketball team. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English in 1963 and master’s degrees in English (1967) and theology (1969) from Notre Dame.

In 1970, he was ordained a priest in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the Notre Dame campus and joined the school’s faculty in 1974. The following year, he earned a doctorate in Christian ethics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. In 1998, Vanderbilt honored Malloy by establishing a chair in Catholic studies in his name.

Gannon previously awarded Malloy an honorary doctor of laws degree, one of the 12 honorary degrees he has been presented. Gannon honored him in September 2002, when he participated in the university’s Catholic Higher Education Speaker Series.

Malloy serves on numerous boards in higher education, including those for Vanderbilt, the University of Portland, and the University of St. Thomas (Minn.). He has served as a chair of the American Council of Education (ACE) and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB).

OUR FOLKS

Please remember all in your prayers as regretfully we announce the deaths of:

Betty Nixon, grandmother of Ian McGinnity, Gannon sophomore.

OUR EVENTS

Through May 9 – Gannon Schuster Gallery: This, the final exhibit of the academic year, will feature the printmaking designs of veteran local artist Kate Bender. As an artist, Bender has modernized and personalized what is widely considered an “archaic” form of art. Her work is varied and represents the different stages of her life. Schuster Gallery is located on the third floor of Nash Library.
Friday, May 6 – Spring Commencement: The Graduate Student Commencement Reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Yehl Room. The Baccalaureate Mass will be held at 8 p.m. at Saint Peter Cathedral.
Saturday, May 7 – Spring Commencement: The ROTC Commissioning Ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. in Schuster Theatre (reservations required). A Commencement Reception will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Yehl Room. The main ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. at Tullio Arena. The Rev. Edward A. Malloy, CSC, Ph.D., president of the University of Notre Dame, will give the keynote address and will be presented Gannon’s Ut Diligatis Invicem Award.
Tuesday, May 17 – Faculty and Staff Community Meeting: 3 p.m. in the Yehl Room. Meeting agenda will be forthcoming.
“Our Events” is intended to serve as a random sample of campus events. For a more complete listing, refer to Eventcal.

THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE

Monday, May 2 – Luncheon for new faculty. Tuesday, May 3 – President’s Dinner with Honors Program Graduates. Wednesday, May 4 – President’s Luncheon with Gannon seminarians. Friday, May 6 – Graduate School Commencement Reception; Baccalaureate Mass. Saturday, May 7 – U.S. Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony; Commencement reception, brunch, and ceremony, at Tullio Arena.

CURRENT BIRTHDAYS

Amy Buechel. Kevin Connaroe. Mary Richmond. John Ozechoski. Charles Ramsey. Patricia Oligeri. Kim Blount. Mike Panza. Kenneth Berlin. Sister Michele Healy. Rick Iacobucci. Michael Bucholtz. Sharon Krahe. Michael Bane. James LaScola. Jeffrey Costello. Delayne Shah. Dorothy Wassel. Rev. Robert Susa. Fred Beil. Thomas Wager. Rebecca Curtis. Rachid Abouabid. Ned Lottie. Denise Winschel. William Jackson. Michelle Homan. Michelle Peters. Steven Figurski. Richard Altmire. Dawn Denning. Anita Hotchkiss. Kenneth Kendzior. Kimberle Janosky.

HEARD ON CAMPUS

Richard and Chris Sukitsch would like to extend their sincere thanks to the Gannon community for their outpouring of kindness following the recent passing of Richard’s father. They said: “We were fortunate to have him for 96 years. We’re very appreciative of the visits, flowers, gifts, cards and prayers during a difficult time. It’s comforting and enriching to be part of such a caring community.”
Mark your calendars: the next Staff and Faculty Community Meeting will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 17. A meeting agenda will be forthcoming.
Business Casual and Gannon Casual Dress Guidelines will go into effect May 9 and will continue through the end of August. Colleagues are welcome to follow Business Casual or Casual Dress Guidelines on a daily basis with divisional and departmental approval. For more information, log on to http://www.gannon.edu/depts/hr/Policy/Index.ihtml.
Special thanks to Gannon colleagues for their assistance with media requests for interviews. Jim Finegan, director, career development and employment services; center for experiential education; director of counseling services; did interviews with the Erie Times-News and channel 12-WICU on graduates leaving the Erie area (“brain drain”).
At the conclusion of the academic year, Under the Arch will revert to its summer schedule of being posted every other week.