Under the Arch

DR. GARIBALDI AWARDED HONORARY DEGREE, TO SERVE ON FOUNDATION BOARD

Dr. Garibaldi recently received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from Seton Hall University during Seton Hall’s Commencement ceremony in South Orange, N.J.

According to Monsignor Robert Sheeran, president of Seton Hall, Garibaldi was chosen for the degree for his “lifelong commitment to Catholic higher education.”

“As the president of a diocesan University, this is a special honor to receive this prestigious award from one of the nation’s largest diocesan universities,” Garibaldi said.

In addition, Garibaldi recently received a second honor.

He has been elected to serve on The Sister Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation Board. The Sister Thea Bowman Foundation was established in 1989 in honor of Sister Thea Bowman (1937-90) to carry on her lifelong mission of providing affordable Catholic higher education to African-American students and adults. Since 1989, the Foundation has helped more than 75 African-American undergraduates earn degrees from Catholic colleges and universities, several of which are in Pennsylvania.

As a board member, Garibaldi will help the Foundation set policies, raise scholarship funds, and help find potential scholars. Gannon University also will become one of the schools that will provide scholarship support to and also host Sister Thea Bowman Scholars.

“Having known this extraordinary African-American religious educator from Mississippi personally, I am committed to supporting Sister Thea’s mission to help provide African-American students with the necessary financial means to pursue a high quality, Catholic education,” Garibaldi added.

RECENT NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS

News of interest on and around campus...

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.
Hitting the road this summer? For many, the summer months allow for travel to destinations beyond the confines of Erie. Nash Library is featuring a display on travel, both worldwide and domestic, in its first-floor lobby area. Gannon faculty, staff, and administrators are welcome to stop by the library and see this interesting display. If you have an addition to add to the display, please contact Bob Dobiesz at ext. 7395. Enjoy your travels this summer!
Tenure update – the following have been approved for academic tenure, effective with the 2007-08 academic year: Mark Jubulis, Ph.D., associate professor, history, political science and legal studies; Gong Chen, Ph.D., professor, mechanical engineering; Linda Fleming, Ph.D., associate professor, counseling psychology; Patrick Headley, Ph.D., assistant professor, mathematics; Carlos Mamani, Ph.D., assistant professor, foreign languages and cultures; Deborah West, assistant professor, Nash Library; Scott Steinbrink, Ph.D., assistant professor, mechanical engineering; Catherine Gillespie, assistant professor, physician assistant program; and Sister Min-Shik Kim, Ph.D., associate professor, nursing. They were notified of their approvals by Dr. Garibaldi.

CAMPUS EVENTS

Sunday-Monday, June 17-18 – Summer Orientation, session I: Gannon employees and a spouse/guest are invited to attend the Sunday evening Parent Socials. A picnic supper will be served in the Waldron Center at 5:15 p.m. on the four Orientation Sundays; members of your immediate family are invited to attend with you, compliments of New Student Services.
Monday-Friday, June 25-29 – Young Writers’ Workshops, session I: Know a young writer (grades 4-12) who wants to develop their writing? Gannon is offering a series of workshops designed to help students enhance their skills. One-week sessions also will be offered from July 9-13 and July 23-27. Classes will be held daily from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in room 3200 of the Palumbo Center and will be led by Sally LeVan, Ph.D., professor of English, and the teachers of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Writing Project. For more information or to register, contact LeVan at ext. 7506.
“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

Tuesday, June 12 – Cathedral Preparatory School advisory board meeting; United Way Alexis de Tocqueville Society Award Program. Wednesday, June 13 – Downtown Improvement District association board meeting. Thursday-Friday, June 14-15 – Council of Independent Colleges and Universities board of directors meeting. Sunday, June 17 – Welcome remarks: Summer Orientation session I. Tuesday, June 19 – Ross University visit. Wednesday, June 20 – Downtown Improvement District association board meeting; United Way board of directors meeting. Friday-Saturday, June 22-23 – NCAA Division II Chancellors and Presidents summit. Sunday, June 24 – Welcome remarks: Summer Orientation session II.

CURRENT BIRTHDAYS

Mark Jordano. Bridget Rager. Richard Wisniewski. Tom Ostrowski. Donald MacKellar. Francis Pelczar. Dolores Sarafinski. Lisa Quinn. Greg Andraso. Nancy Holcomb. Michael Beiter. Valerie Rudzinski. Pam Reynolds. Cynthia DiGangi. Eileen Jolls. David Tobin. Julie Srnka. Rita Miller. Ed Helenski. Kathleen DeSante. Charles Persinger. Karen Groh. Karen Arndt. Robert Buzanowski. Peter Mannarelli. Jamie Plaster. Margaret Clark. William Morton. Philip Scrimenti. Cleve Wright. Luke Rosielle. Melissa Lesniewski. Rob Van Rheenen. Rose Ann Garbulinski. Msg. Steven Kurlowicz. Brenda Peyman.

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Students devote time to service: Sixteen Gannon University students made service trips to Kentucky and to South Dakota following final exams week. The students focused on both volunteerism and spirituality during their travels. The destination for the Kentucky trip was Glenmary Farm, located near Vanceburg. The group that went to South Dakota spent a week at the Cheyenne River Reservation in Whitehorse. During the second week of the trip, they stayed in Rapid City, where social justice education was the focus. In the photo at left, taken on the South Dakota trip, Gannon student Mallory Croston and a young child work together on arts and crafts.