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VOLUME 6 ISSUE 2 CALDWELL UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE WINTER/SPRING 2015 Caldwell University Magazine is produced for alumni and friends twice each year by the Media Relations Office at Caldwell University. Its goal is to provide news and information about Caldwell University’s students, faculty, staff, alumni, and administration. We welcome your comments and suggestions! Please e-mail us at cumagazine@caldwell.edu. 2 10 MANAGING EDITOR Joseph Posillico EDITOR Colette M. Liddy WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS Michael Bressman Kathleen Buse ’72 Beth Gorab Matt McLagan Jenny Mundell Bernard O’Rourke RESEARCH ASSISTANT Kate Dassing COPY EDITOR John Jurich STUDENT ASSISTANTS Joseph DiCarlo Celeste Post Samantha Rivera PHOTOGRAPHERS www.astarphotos.com Alan Schindler DESIGN Graphic Imagery, Inc. Address comments and questions to: cumagazine@caldwell.edu Caldwell University Magazine 120 Bloomfield Avenue Caldwell, NJ 07006 General information www.caldwell.edu 973-618-3000 24 table of contents 2 A Passion for Teaching: Faculty Features 8 A Triple Crown in Teaching 10 Reviving the Ancient Tradition of Contemplation Through the Arts and Wonder 17 Caldwell Bucking National Enrollment Trends 20 75th Anniversary Celebration Recap 24 Kristina Danella Returns Home to Coach at Caldwell 26 Caldwell Athletics Raises Funds, Awareness at Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Event 30 Introducing the New Chairman of the President’s Society, Frank Salerno ’02 16
PRESIDENT’SLETTER Dear Friends of Caldwell University, Caldwell University is well into the yearlong celebration of its 75th anniversary. For those of you who participated in the campus festivities on September 19, you witnessed Caldwell University at one of its finest moments. The day focused on the visionary spirit of our foundress, Mother Joseph Dunn, OP; on the ongoing contributions of time, talent and treasure of the Sisters of St. Dominic; and on our Catholic identity, Dominican heritage and liberal arts foundation. This is a day that will long be remembered by those who were present and in the memorabilia that will be left in our archives when memories fail. Special moments included the music at the anniversary Mass, particularly the Dominican Magnificat, which was unbelievably beautiful as sung by our gifted choir. The participation at Mass and the Convocation by our students—several hundred in commemorative red T-shirts—reminded us of why we continue the mission of Caldwell University; they were joined by an overwhelming majority of our faculty and staff. The attendance of alumni, including two graduates of our first class of 1943, was particularly touching. The Dominican blessing sung over the members of our sponsoring congregation moved many to both applause and tears. The preaching of Sister Honora Werner, OP, and the Convocation talk given by Father Paul Murray, OP, an Irish scholar from the Angelicum in Rome, were thought-provoking and uplifting. For our anniversary celebration, the Sisters of St. Dominic gifted Caldwell University with a magnificent bouquet of 75 red roses. I gave one red rose to each of the two graduates from the Class of 1943 during Convocation. After the Homecoming Mass the following day, I invited all alums present to take one of the roses. All of them were distributed to women and men who had graduated from Caldwell, symbolically sending the mission out with our alums. At the end of Mass, the congregation sang Caldwell’s alma mater, ‘Beautiful Caldwell,’ that was revived by former Student Government Association president, David Reeth, prior to graduation last May. Several alums wept as they sang this song for the first time in decades. Truly, this celebration marked a time to reflect upon our past, as well as an opportunity to envision our future. In my office hangs a very special plaque that was presented to Caldwell University from Ann Dassing, an alum and mayor of Caldwell. During Homecoming ceremonies she presented the university with a key to the city, only the second time that such a key has been bestowed. Mayor Dassing reminded me that in medieval times, towns were surrounded by gates that were locked at night to keep residents safe and to keep marauders outside the walls. Only the most trusted of citizens would be given a ‘key to the city.’ In my acceptance remarks after receiving the key, I recounted this story, stating that truly Caldwell had become a ‘university town’ and that we are proud to partner with our borough in many common initiatives. For me, this presentation signaled the strengthening of a key relationship with our local officials and the town in which we are located. Before I close my letter, I’d like to touch at least briefly on the Dominican pillar of contemplation and on the student-centered focus of our faculty and staff, topics that are taken up in this magazine. In this time of instant communication, hashtags and Google glasses, we can still make time to reflect. Recently, a dear friend gave me a copy of The Art of Pausing: Meditations for the Overworked and Overwhelmed, a collection of haikus, photos and meditations compiled by Judith Valente in collaboration with two other authors. Judith spoke during one of our 75th anniversary events about her own journey to self-awareness at a Benedictine monastery. Many of us in the audience were touched by her talk and discussed how we, too, can find daily moments for reflection even if our lives do not allow for a more secluded setting for contemplation. This issue also touches on the contributions of Dr. Yang Cai, Dr. Thomson Ling, Professor John Yurko, and Sister Kathleen Tuite, OP. As is evident when you read about their lives and their contributions to Caldwell, the special relationship these faculty and staff have with students makes our university unique—a place where students are truly at the center of everything we do and the reason for our existence and our success. Finally, I hope to see many of you on the first international alumni trip to Italy from May 25 through June 4. This journey, with its Dominican focus, will take travelers to Rome, Florence, Siena and Bologna, accompanied by a scholar who will provide rich commentary about the art and architecture, the history and the religious context of the sites that we visit. I am looking forward to this Italian sojourn and hope you will join me. Best regards, Nancy H. Blattner, Ph.D., OPA President CALDWELLMAGAZINE 1
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