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Under the Arch December 11, 2006 Volume VIII, Number 16
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GANNON UNIVERSITY FACULTY STAFF NEWS The following Gannon University faculty and staff members have been making news. Berwyn Moore, associate professor of English, recently was named the winner of the Bellevue Literary Review’s second annual Magliocco Prize for Poetry. Moore’s winning entry was titled “After the Light.” She dedicated to the poem to her mother, Constance Doris Roberts Moore, who died in February. The poem is also about her father, George Moore, M.D., and her parents’ marriage of 60 years, as well as Berwyn Moore’s relationship with her mother before her passing. In addition to a $1,000 prize, her poem will be published in the spring, 2007 issue of the Bellevue Literary Review. The review is published by the department of medicine at New York University and includes previously unpublished works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that touch upon relationships to the human body, illness, health, and healing. James E. Miller, assistant professor and director, accounting program, recently was recognized for five years of service as faculty adviser to the Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society in Business Administration. Delta Mu Delta recognizes and encourages academic excellence of students at qualifying colleges and universities to create a community that fosters the well being of its individual members and the business community through lifetime membership. Miller received a framed certificate for his service to the organization. Sally L. LeVan, Ph.D., professor, English, and Cheryl O. Rink, assistant director, Experiential Education, and adjunct lecturer, business administration, presented at the Mid-Atlantic Cooperative Education and Internship Conference. The conference, titled “Co-op and Internship Ideas, Resources and Strategies for the 21st Century,” was held in Rehoboth Beach, Del. LeVan and Rink gave two presentations: Preparing ESL Students for the Workplace and Using the Mock Interview Process to Link the Classroom and Experiential Education. Sister James Francis Mulligan, SSJ, adjunct lecturer, College of Humanities, Business and Education, recently was chosen for papal honors. Sr. Mulligan was a recipient of the Papal Cross.
RECENT NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS News of interest on and around campus...
CAMPUS EVENTS
THE PRESIDENT’S SCHEDULE Monday, December 11 – Strategic Plan II Task Force meeting. Tuesday, December 12 – Cathedral Preparatory School Advisory Board meeting. Wednesday, December 13 – United Way of Erie County Board of Directors meeting. Thursday, December 14 – Downtown Improvement District meeting. Friday, December 15 – President’s Staff and Provost’s Council Christmas reception.
PRAYER CONCERNS Please remember all in your prayers as regretfully we announce the death of:
CURRENT BIRTHDAYS Vincent Fetzner. Paula Barrett. Heather Turner. Gary Garnic. Karen Weston. Barry Brinkman. Ronald Lombard. Joseph Nelson. Donna Green. Michael Alexander. Cheryl Rink. Richard Zack. Jon Glass. Carole Galletta. Chris Viscuso. Mary Crane. Julie Hartmann. Scott Stevens. Lisa Wenner. Stan Zagorski. Britt Daehnke. Kevin Hart. Mary Sibley. Tony Fulgenzio. Michael O’Neill. Beth Shick. Jennifer Mailey. Susan Kerner. Sandra Driscoll. Christine Thompson. Rev. Casimir Wozniak. Thomas Lieb. Jesse Goins. Matthew Trejchel. Doug Zimmerman. Yvonne Wright. Perry Hilburn. Joseph Dimperio.
FROM THE EDITOR
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