Under the Arch

THETA OMEGA HONORED AGAIN, NAMED OUTSTANDING CHAPTER

A Gannon University student organization recently was honored by a national biological honor society.

The honor society, Beta Beta Beta (Tri Beta), has designated Gannon’s Theta Omega as an Outstanding Chapter for the 2005-06 academic year. Theta Omega is Gannon’s Tri Beta chapter and has about 75 student members, said Steven J. Ropski, Ph.D., professor, Gannon biology department, and advisor to Theta Omega.

Theta Omega, which competed with more than 300 other campus chapters nationally, was recognized for its excellence in advancing Tri Beta’s objectives: the support of sound scholarship, the dissemination of scientific knowledge, and the promotion of research in biology.

Beta Beta Beta bestows a number of awards on its campus chapters. The Lloyd M. Bertholf Award is the organization’s highest award. Gannon has been selected for the Bertholf Award on four occasions: for the 1975-76, 1995-96, 2001-02, and 2003-04 academic years.

Tri Beta also gives Honorable Mention awards as well as the Outstanding Chapter awards.

Beta Beta Beta is a society for students, particularly undergraduates, who are dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and to extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research. Since its founding in 1922 at Oklahoma City University, more than 175,000 persons have been accepted into lifetime membership.

RECENT NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS

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Summer schedule for Under the Arch: With the academic year now concluded, Under the Arch will revert to its summer schedule. During the summer, Under the Arch will be published every other Monday, instead of every Monday. As always, submissions are welcome and encouraged. Please e-mail to pronko@gannon.edu.
Gannon colleagues are invited to participate in Summer Orientation 2007 events. Four sessions are scheduled: June 17-18, June 24-25, July 8-9, and July 15-16. You and a spouse/guest are invited to attend the Sunday evening Parent Socials on June 17 and 24 and July 8 and 15 in the Yehl Ballroom, from 9-10:30 p.m. A Picnic Supper will be served in the Waldron Center at 5:15 p.m. on the four Orientation Sundays: June 17 and 24 and July 8 and 15. Members of your immediate family are invited to attend with you, compliments of New Student Services. If you are interested in attending, please contact New Student Services at ext. 7597 by the Thursday preceding each dinner to make a reservation and request your ticket(s). A ticket will be required for each person for admission to the picnic supper.
Now that the academic year has concluded, and with divisional and/or departmental approval, Gannon colleagues are welcome to follow Casual Dress Guidelines. You can review the specifics of the guidelines at the following link: http://www.gannon.edu/depts/hr/Policy/.

CAMPUS EVENTS

Thursday, May 17 – Ascension Thursday Masses: To be offered at 8 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. in the Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel.
Friday, May 18 – Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and Learning: Regional symposium to be offered by Gannon’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL). Steven W. Gilbert, founder of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Group of Takoma Park, Md., will be the event’s keynote speaker. The symposium will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Yehl Room. There is no charge for Gannon faculty, staff, and administrators.
Friday, June 8 – Transfer Student Orientation: To be held at 8:30 a.m. in room 219 of Waldron. For more info, call ext. 7413.
“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 14 – Faculty and Staff Community Meeting; Health Foundation Board of Corporators’ Spring Business Meeting. Tuesday, May 15 – Academic Sports League Celebration Luncheon. Wednesday, May 16 – Downtown Improvement District board meeting.

CURRENT BIRTHDAYS

Richard Altmire. Anita Hotchkiss. Kenneth Kendzior. Kimberle Janosky. Gretchen Fairley. Jeffrey Taylor. Denise Simon. David Marino. Cornell Petty. Gretchen Seth. Daniel Kane. Carl Hultman. Melanie Karsak. Bobbi Jo Fye. David States. Rae Ann D’Aurora. Elizabeth Garloch. Nancy Kelly. Scott Miller. Jana Hunt. Jonathan Strub. Linda Wagner. Mark Kauffman. Ward McCracken. Eileen Barron. Cathy Fresch. Angela Jones. Jerry Fisher. Jon Nagle. Andrew Lapiska. Thomas Klobchar. Roy Voshall. John Lovett. Marina Bovkun. Patricia Maughn. Mary Pirrello. Nancy Kulhanek. Lori Lindley. Marta Acosta. Latroy Farrow.

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Dr. Garibaldi honored: Last week, Dr. Garibaldi was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the Commencement ceremony for Seton Hall University, located in South Orange, N.J. Seton Hall’s web site noted that Garibaldi was chosen for the degree for his “lifelong commitment to Catholic higher education.” Here, he is shown being congratulated by Most Rev. John J. Myers, Archbishop of Newark, N.J.