THE MAGAZINE OF SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

DEAR ALUMNI& FRIENDSOF SETON HILL,P R E S I D E N TEarlier this year, Bishop Lawrence Brandt invited the administration,faculty and staff of Seton Hill University and Saint VincentCollege to join him at a forum where our Catholic identity andmission were the topics of the day. There, our keynote speaker,the Very Reverend David M. O’Connell, C.M., president ofCatholic University, concluded in his opening address, “At theend of the day, it is not enough simply to presume on ourCatholic identity and mission. We have to make it happen.”Mission and IdentityIn the discussion which followed, Seton Hill faculty membersspoke passionately of how they “make it happen” on this campus.In their coursework, their research, and in their everydaycommitments as academics who teach and learn in a Catholicintellectual setting, our faculty members described ways theymake the Catholic identity and mission come alive at Seton Hilltoday.PHOTO: SEAN STIPPSister Victoria Marie Gribschaw, associate professor of family andconsumer sciences, spoke of the urgency we currently feel in educatingfuture leaders about Catholic Social Teaching, and offoundational courses designed to introduce today’s students tothe critical principles of Catholic Social Thought. Others notedthe curriculum development workshops presented for Seton Hillfaculty by Dr. Barbara Wall, special assistant to the president formission effectiveness at Villanova University. These activities giveevidence of the lively commitment of the faculty to the Catholicintellectual tradition on Seton Hill’s campus. Their work is supportedby the creativity of our Campus Ministry team as they engagewith students and by the opportunities offered here forprayer and participation in the sacraments.We intend in the coming year to continue efforts to keep ourCatholic mission evident in all we do, and I am delighted to announcein this respect, that effective this past July, I named SisterLois Sculco as vice president for Mission and Student Life. SisterLois has led our Mission Effectiveness Team successfully foryears. Now as an outcome of our intention to integrate our missioninto all that we teach and do, and to make us mindful as weplan, this important responsibility is reflected in the title of asenior administrator at Seton Hill.4Forward ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

PHOTO: MICHAEL RAYAcademicsSo too are the enhanced responsibilities in the area of academics of Dr. Mary Ann Gawelek, formerlyvice president and dean of the faculty who has been named provost and dean of the faculty. Asprovost and dean, Dr. Gawelek continues her duties as chief academic officer and leader of the facultybut additionally assumes responsibility for all assessment and accreditation activities, both institutionaland disciplinary. As assessment and accreditation grow more prominent, and universitiesare asked to measure and demonstrate the effects of their educational endeavors, responsibilities inthis area become increasingly critical aspects of our work. Provost Gawelek will provide importantleadership in these institutional efforts.This past year brought evidence of movement forward in a number of curricular areas at Seton Hill.The Farrell Family Foundation of Pittsburgh has provided a leadership gift to Seton Hill to establishThe Farrell Innovation in Business Fund. The Fund will support the creation of The Farrell Chair forInnovation in Business and the development of The Farrell Business Programs.This gift reinforces Seton Hill’s ability to recruit and to graduate students whohave entrepreneurial mindsets and who possess the liberal arts skills and qualitiesemployers tell us they are looking for, including flexibility, leadership,problem-solving, and communication. We are also pleased to announce thatDr. Lloyd G. Gibson will serve as the newly appointed chair and director ofthe University’s MBA program.A grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services’Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will support anew youth development program at Seton Hill’s Center for Family Therapyin downtown Greensburg. The cognitive-behavioral therapy program assesses drugand alcohol use by local young people and studies the attitudes of youth toward such abuse.Prevention is the key to this program because it reaches children before their problems become insurmountable.This program will support the efforts of our faculty and graduate students who continueto make contributions in the area of health in our community.In August we began construction for our University Center for the Performing Arts in downtownGreensburg. This new facility will provide our faculty with the kind of specifically designed spaceneeded to support Seton Hill’s dynamic theatre and music programs and help us attract greater numbersof students into these academic areas. The University Center project, developed by Seton HillSeton Hill CreatesEntrepreneurial Chairwww.setonhill.edu Forward 5

Right: Members of the Seton HillPipe Band shown here are (l-r byrow): Row 1 (kneeling) JoellaGearhard, Teresa Werkheiser;Row 2: A.G. Lee,Jr., DarrenHumbert, Debbie Lee, AshleaLee, David Werkheiser, DavidThompson; Row 3: HannaWhittaker, Alex Lee,III, JillWhittaker; Row 4: Zach Tanyer,Ian Lee, George Stewart,George Stewart, V, Mark KnoxPHOTO: ERIC SCHMADELand its partners, the City of Greensburg, the County of Westmoreland, the Redevelopment Authorityof the County of Westmoreland, the Westmoreland Trust and the Greensburg Salem School District,is already helping to create a new era for Greensburg. Because it is led by community partnerships,our project continues to garner regional and national attention. Indeed, Seton Hill’s project is oftencited by government and community leaders as a model of the way universities can expand their impactby getting involved in the civic and economic life of their communities.Seton Hill Breaks GroundThe Performing Arts Center is heraldedas a Greensburg triumphThe Allegheny and District Pipe Band recently entered an affiliation agreementwith Seton Hill. As a result, the band will officially be known as the Seton HillUniversity Pipe Band. The bagpipers and drummers will become part of SetonHill traditions such as commencement, honors convocation, alumni weekend, andhomecoming. We view this affiliation as a first step toward the development of apiping and Scottish drumming program at the undergraduate level and for thecommunity.Seton Hill hosts studentshere to soak up AmericaInternationalTwenty-three students from Beijing Union University (BUU), Seton Hill’s sister-schoolin Beijing, China, spent two weeks at Seton Hill this summerstudying English and United States culture and visiting Westmorelandcounty and Pittsburgh attractions. The BUU students were accompanied bytwo Beijing Union directors, Ms. Wang Tianhong, director of LanguageTraining, International School, and Mr. Wang Zijun, senior officer of Students’Affairs. We formalized our sister-school relationship with BUU in 2006 and continue to worktogether to develop joint educational programs, including Seton Hill University degree programsthat will be taught on Beijing Union’s campus, joint research projects, and student and professor exchangeprograms.OutreachConcern for others remains an important part of the Seton Hill learning experience, best exemplifiedby the fact that three separate groups of Seton Hill students, faculty and staff used their spring“break” to assist their neighbors, near and far. Dr. Susan Cooley, director of Seton Hill’s Marriageand Family Therapy (MFT) graduate program, took six MFT students to New Orleans to work with6Forward ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

Left: Seton Hill students ScottKaran, '07 and Andrea Denniston,'07 help build the roof of a newhouse in Birmingham, Alabamaduring Campus Ministry’s 2007Spring Break Habitat forHumanity trip.PHOTO COURTESY OF CYNTHIA BOLANDNo break in this spring breakSeton Hill students spend week fixinghomes of poor in KentuckyRenewing Hope In New Orleans. The group worked onhomes damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and hadthe opportunity to assist homeowners living in FEMAtrailers.Twenty students and three Seton Hill staff membersvolunteered for Campus Ministry’s annual Habitat forHumanity Spring Break Trip, coordinated by Cindy Boland,director of Campus Ministry. The Seton Hill group worked on five differenthomes in Birmingham, Alabama, doing everything from painting to hauling drywall to helpingto install roofs.Our Education Club, accompanied by their faculty adviser, Dr. Joann Migyanka, headed to rural easternKentucky to participate in the Christian Appalachian Project’s WorkFest 2007. The Seton Hillteam replaced siding, repaired roofs and provided other household repairs in Owsley and ClayCounties in Kentucky.AthleticsSeton Hill’s athletic programs remain vibrant and exciting examples of the DivisionII philosophy of life in the balance: academics; athletics; and service. The equestrianteam continues to attract young students with competitive show experience.Earlier this year one of our riders qualified to represent the University at the EasternStates Exposition, the national championship held in Massachusetts. Ourbaseball team, led by coach Marc Marizzaldi, had another solid performance aswell, and celebrated when computer science graduate, Rick Austin, became the firstGriffin baseball player to be drafted in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft bythe Philadelphia Phillies in June. Soccer coach Dan McCarty reports that Daryl Ferguson, a 2007Seton Hill graduate, recently returned from Barbados where he trained with the Olympic NationalMen’s (Under 23) Soccer Team to participate in qualifying rounds for the 2008 Olympic Games inBeijing. Daryl also played for the Delaware Dynasty, the premier soccer development league and isbeing invited by professional teams for individual and team tryouts. Football coach Chris Snydergreeted 95 players for camp this past August, and the team just completed its third season at OffuttField in Greensburg. Seton Hill cheerleaders continue to amaze with their gymnastic and acrobaticskills. Our squad lifts our spirits—and each other. Seton Hill’s new pep band, the first in Universitywww.setonhill.edu Forward 7

PHOTO: MICHAEL RAYhistory, and under the direction of Dr. Ted DiSanti, associate professor of music, beganplaying at Seton Hill sporting events and celebrations this fall. We expect the lively new“Griffin Band” to have more than 50 members by the end of its first season.AccoladesThis past summer, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Authority, Yad Vashem, honored Sr.Gemma Del Duca, SC, of Seton Hill’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education(NCCHE) with the Excellence in Holocaust Education Award. Sr. Gemma’s honor representedthe first time a non-Israeli was recognized in this award category. It was a momentousoccasion for our twenty year-old Center and I was delighted to travel to Israel with Sr. LoisSculco and Wilda Kaylor, associate director for the NCCHE, for the presentation. Washington DCArchbishop Donald W. Wuerl said about the Center and Sr. Gemma, “They have become in themselvessymbols of the effort to help others, and in a special way Catholics, to recognize the uniquecharacter of the Holocaust and how it helps define Jewish-Catholic relations.” Sr. Gemma’s tirelesslabors continue to remind us that the work of understanding, reconciliation and peace, is neverdone.P I T T S B U R G HBUSINESSTIMESSBA Designates Seton Hill’sE-Magnify as Women’sBusiness CenterEarlier in the year our women’s business center, E-Magnify, announced new and expanded programmingas a result of being designated a Women’s Business Center (WBC) by the U.S. SmallBusiness Administration. Led by Director Jayne Huston, E-Magnify joins forces with the 99other WBCs that exist nationwide to assist women in starting, growing, and expanding theirbusinesses.The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) named Seton Hill University’spublication, “Coming Attractions: The Seton Hill University Center for the Performing Arts,”the winner of a gold medal in its District II Accolades Awards Program. “Coming Attractions” tookthe gold in the Fundraising Publications/Case Statements category. A group of alumni and SetonHill staff gathered in New York City’s Rockefeller Center for the award presentation. Recognition byCASE places the University, and one of its publications, in the national spotlight.8Forward ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

The Seton Hill University Choir, directed by Associate Professor of Music Marvin Huls, performed atthe Pennsylvania Music Educator’s Association State Conference earlier this year. Seton Hill’s choirwas one of only two collegiate choral groups in the state selected to perform, out of more than 200who applied.Seton Hill earned the number 12 spot among the “Best Baccalaureate Colleges in theNorth Region” in the 2008 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” published by U.S.News and World Report. The exclusive rankings appeared in the magazine’s August2007 edition.Enrollment & FinancesWe continue to achieve our enrollment goals. This year’s freshman class of328 students brings our total enrollment to more than 2,000. The creation offour full-tuition scholarships for freshmen who are outstanding scholars hasbrought tremendous interest from prospective students. The four recipients ofthese more than $100,000 scholarships, known as Seton Scholars, began their careersas Setonians this fall. The help of alumni, particularly those who are part of ourAlumni Ambassador network, makes an important difference in our enrollment efforts.We value the vote of confidence you cast when you recommend a student toSeton Hill and when you send a Seton Scholar this way.I can report with confidence that for the ninth consecutive year we have a surplusin our budget and have achieved a 4.8 percent operating margin. In addition, asthe result of the generous support of alumni and friends, Seton Hill’s endowmentfund now totals more than $14.6 million.A $100K SurpriseSenior receives full scholarship toSeton Hill UniversityWe had another notable year in fund raising in 2006-2007 with more than $5million achieved in private gifts and grants for the Annual Fund and capital projects,compared to $3.9 million in 2005-2006—representing a 31 percent increase in such commitments.We are well on our way to meeting the requirements of The Richard King Mellon Foundation Challengefor the Annual Fund as well. Alumni and friends have responded to our calls for new, increasedand multi-year gifts and pledges with commitments totaling more than $425,000 toward the$500,000 challenge that expires in December. As a result of your generosity the capital and endowmentcampaign, begun so hopefully nine years ago, has now reached the grand total of more than$66 million!When I meet with alumni and friends across the country I am touched by the genuine love for SetonHill that inspires them to remain involved in the life of this special place. During a recent trip to SanDiego, alumni from class years as early as 1933 and as recent as 2007 delighted prospective studentsand their families with shared Seton Hill experiences. I thank you for your continuing support ofSeton Hill University. The words of our Seton Hill motto come to mind: Hazard Yet Forward.Sincerely,JoAnne BoylePresidentwww.setonhill.edu Forward 9

S P R I N G C O M M E N C E M E N T 2 0 0 7SETON HILL COMMENCEMENTSPEAKER RICK SEBAK PROVIDESNEW SETON HILL ALUMNIWITH PRACTICAL – ANDENTERTAINING – ADVICE FORLIFE AFTER GRADUATIONQuestion Everything.Keep Learning.And AlwaysPHOTO: T. GOMBAR“And, of course, soon after I said yes to President Boyle, it wasannounced that that other school nearby would have the Presihata day! A glorious day. A perfect day for a graduation.It’s a day of pomp and ritual and silly hats. What more can you askfor on a spring Saturday in Greensburg?Here’s the truth. I’ve been nervous about giving this speechsince I first got the invitation from Dr. Boyle. Full of trepidation,to put it mildly. Maybe because I think I haven’t been tomany commencements since my own graduation from highschool. I graduated from college but did it in December anddidn’t ever go to a ceremony like this. And I want to be worthyof this event.But I try not to turn down unexpected invitations. You probablyheard that Kurt Vonnegut died last month. Well, I oftenthink of something that he wrote in his book called Cat’sCradle. (Vonnegut was one of my heroes, and few books are aseasy and fun and terrifying as Cat’s Cradle. And if you don’tknow it, get a copy.) It includes a religion that Vonnegut invented,or a character in the book invented, called Bokononism.Bokonon is the character. And one of the tenets of thisreligion is that “Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessonsfrom God.”I’ve re-interpreted that to mean “travel” in any sense, even just35 miles from Pittsburgh to Greensburg. I now rephrase it as“Unexpected invitations are dancing lessons from God.” That’sreally why I’m here.10Forward ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

S P R I N G C O M M E N C E M E N T 2 0 0 7dent of the United States there as its commencement speaker.No pressure there. No matter what you may think of theguy… that’s calling in the big guns. The President of the UnitedStates. I just make programs for public television…And the buddy says, “How do you know all that?”And Bob says, “Well, you know, the sun rises in the East andsets in the West.”But here we are. It’s a landmark day in so many people’s lives.Congratulations to all you students who have done it: gottenyour degree. You will soon have what the Wizard of Oz told theScarecrow was more important than a brain: a diploma. Congratulationsalso to all you connected people who’ve helpedmake all this possible: families, professors, and teachers, androle models. Friends. I’m guessing most of you who aren’twearing a silly hat know at least one person who is.These are people here who today are marking the completionof this phase of their education.But it’s just one phase. I can see thatmost of you are annoyingly young.But what is youth if it’s not the needand the will to learn? And so I’lltake the moment to offer some bitsof advice.Take advantage of your youth. Dolots of stuff. Goof off. I know thatI’m not that different than the guywho graduated from college 32 yearsago. And I’m warning you: just amoment from now, you will turnaround, and it will be 32 years sinceyour graduation. And you want tofill those years with exciting andworthwhile experiences. And keepyour education going, filling in thegaps. Oh, you’ve learned a lot hereat Seton Hill, but I’m guessing thereare some details you’ve missed.Gaps in education make me think of a story that my cameramanBob Lubomski told me. (Bob happens to be here today,but I didn’t plan that.) Bob has a million stories. One of myfavorites is about a trip after he got out of the Army. He and abuddy decided to spend some time out west, driving to Vegasand Palm Springs and such, celebrating. They had some wildtimes I’m sure as they headed toward the Pacific, and one nightafter some big time partying, they tried to follow a suggestedshort cut, an “unexpected travel suggestion.” And they endedup lost, somewhere in the desert, and pulled over to the side ofthe road and decided to sleep for a while in the car. When theywoke up the next morning, Bob’s buddy says, “Wow. Where arewe? Which way do we go?” And Bob says, “Well, I don’t knowwhere we are, but the sun’s over there, so that’s north, and wehead north till we find a left turn and that’ll point us towardthe Pacific.”“And I’m warningyou: just a momentfrom now, you willturn around, and itwill be 32 years sinceyour graduation. Andyou want to fill thoseyears with excitingand worthwhileexperiences.”And the buddy says, “Every day?”It was just one of those gaps, one of those days that guy was absentfrom grade school.But at least he was still asking the questions and learning.There’s tons that we all don’t know — even if we have a degree.Now I don’t want to waste your time with a lot of advice. Ithink the best advice in life is simply two words: questioneverything. Be skeptical. Don’t blindlyaccept what anyone tells you. Reconsider.Think. How can you know whatis the truth? But you’ve been in schoolfor many years now. You know thatquestioning everything is crucial. It’swhat education is all about. Educatedpeople don’t agree with everythingthey hear on TV. They don’t agree witheverything they read. They question.Everything.I think some of my nervousness todaycomes from questioning all this. Howcan I be of help or interest to you students?Should I have sat down as soonas I said “Congratulations?” Why exactlydid you invite me to do this?Well, the truth is, I have an interestingjob. And when I think about my job,advice and graduation, I think of mydad. I was very lucky. And I wish youluck. I was lucky because when I graduatedfrom college, 32 years ago, my dad told me to wait forthe right job. And he helped pay my bills till I found one that Ireally wanted. I don’t want to put a damper on the day, but I rememberthe 6 months after I graduated as the worst days of mylife, trying to find my first real job. I wanted to work in TV. Nomatter what you’re interested in, you may be in for some of thesame. Good luck. Work at it. Wait as long as you can. Wait for ajob you want, doing at least some of the things you’ve learnedto love while you’ve been in school. Or at least a step towardthings you love. No one below the age of 30 wants to hear thatyou may have to pay some dues before you get to do exactlywhat you want to do, but it often works out that way.But I wish for you a job as good as the one I now have, a jobthat comes with a built-in educational component. My jobforces me to learn new things constantly. It’s a job thatchanges all the time, and a job that lets me meet andwww.setonhill.edu Forward 11

S P R I N G C O M M E N C E M E N T 2 0 0 7PHOTOS: SEAN STIPPtalk with new people in ever changing environments: fromKennywood to coal mines, hot dog shops to cemeteries. Iknow there are people who hate their jobs and who hate gettingup in the morning, but not me, and not most of the peopleI work with. I wish you the luck and the perseverance tofind your way to such a situation.Now, I remember another bit of advice my dad gave me: In arestaurant, especially at lunch, always order the special. Nowthis may seem like frivolous advice at a graduation, but I thinkit’s really the kind of common sense reminder that sometimesgets forgotten in the course of formal education. Food is importantand powerful. It’s often the start of good conversation,pleasant times and strong friendships. Dr. Samuel Johnson,the great 18th century English writer, once wrote that a personwho doesn’t pay attention to what he eats probably won’t payattention to anything else either. Order the special.While I was in high school, one of my teachers, Dr. WilliamSwitala, gave our class a bit of practical advice that I’ve rememberedever since. It was this: Always be reading a book. Hispoint was that reading was one of the things that elevated ushumans above the other animals. He didn’t mean that you hadto be constantly reading, but rather that you should always bein the middle of at least one book, maybe two or three. Andwhen you finish one book, start another one right away. I’vedone that ever since. And I encourage you to do the same.Don’t watch so much TV. Turn off the computer every now andthen. But always be reading a book.I’ll tell you: it helps to read the newspaper every day too. Onlineif you’re so inclined, but the actual paper is still an amazingbargain. Full of information and opinions and stuff youmight need to know. I’m often looking for articles that includea bit of local history because many of my programs deal withlife and history in western Pennsylvania.And my next bit of advice has to do with the Pittsburgh area,western Pennsylvania and young people like most of you. Myadvice: Get the hell out of here. Even if it’s just for a month ortwo. Get out of this world for a while, especially if you’ve beenhere for years. Go on a trip. If you haven’t ever really traveledanywhere, go now. Leave this country. Check out Afghanistan![Note: Seton Hill University honored Dr. Thomas Gouttierre, oneof the country’s foremost experts on Afghanistan, with an HonoraryDoctor of Humane Letters degree during the commencement exercisesfor which Sebak served as speaker.]See what people think of America and Americans from a distance.If you have already been places, go somewhere new,some place you’ve never been. Go to Paris. Hong Kong. Australia.Prague. Go to Buffalo if you’ve never been there. Gosomewhere. See everything. Spend some time in a coastal city.Global warming may change all of them sooner than we think.As far as I’m concerned, Pittsburgh is a pretty wonderful city,for lots of reasons, but there are other wonderful places elsewheretoo. You can come back. Lots of people do. Me included.Remember: “Peculiar travel plans are dancing lessonsfrom God.” Be sensitive to those opportunities.I love Pittsburgh, but I loved living in South Carolina for 11years too, and I went to school in North Carolina, and I livedin France for a year when I was 20. I wouldn’t give up those experiencesfor anything. The truth is though, getting out andabout gets harder as you get older and you start accumulatingbaggage. For most of you, now is sublime. Go. You may eventuallycome back and love this part of the world for a wholenew set of reasons, but it’s good to see things and gather someexperiences while you can. Take a hike.And while you’re out and about, talk to people. I took a coursein journalism once, and my teacher, Bill Emerson, at the Universityof South Carolina, had written an essay about “The Importanceof Small Talk.” You know, just shooting the breeze.Telling jokes. Interacting with people. Playing around withfolks. The way you treat people every day — the cashier at thegrocery store, waiters and waitresses, the dry cleaner, the peopleat the coffee shop, guys at the gas station — that’s not trivial.All that’s very important because it’s an everyday manifestationof your personality, and that may be your most important12Forward ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

S P R I N G C O M M E N C E M E N T 2 0 0 7PHOTOS: SEAN STIPPPHOTO: JONATHAN NAKLESwork: creating your personality. Your small talk reveals a lotabout how you value and appreciate your fellow human beings.Of course, your family and good friends are very important,but don’t discount how you treat the rest of the world.Make good small talk.And remember you’re not alone. Appreciate the people whohave helped you and who help make you the person you are.Now because I’ve worked for a while in public television inPittsburgh, of course I knew Mister Rogers. He gave a lot ofcommencement speeches, and he had this good trick, this gimmick,where he’d ask people to pause for a minute and thinkabout the people who helped you get here. People he called,“those who nourish you at the deepest part of your being ...anyone who has ever loved you and wanted what was best foryou in life.” He’d say, “Some of those people may be heretoday. Some may be far away, some may even be in Heaven, butif they’ve encouraged you to come closer to what you know tobe essential about life, I’d like you to have a silent minute tothink of them.” Well, I’m not going to give you Fred’s silentminute, because you’re probably doing it already. You can do itanytime. Think about parents and family and the peoplewho’ve helped you get to this moment in your life. People whohelped financially or spiritually or intellectually. Everybodycan do this, and we don’t do it enough.You know, I mentioned my dad earlier, and I should have mentionedmy mom. And all they taught me. I mentioned a coupleof teachers. There were many. The people I traveled with.Kurt Vonnegut, my cameraman Bob, even Mister Rogers himself.Think of the people who have helped you get this far, and,as Fred would say, “Imagine how grateful they must be that atthis extra special moment in your life, you’re rememberingthem with such thanksgiving.”Before we go, let me recap. Remember all the people who havehelped you. Make good small talk. Travel. Get away for awhile. Always be reading a book. Order the special. Try tofind a job that makes you happy and ready to get up everymorning. And, most importantly: question everything, includingeverything I’ve told you today. Your education is not over.And tomorrow the sun will rise in the east and set in the west…How odd it is to hear myself saying some of these things. Buthow wonderful to have this opportunity. Thank you. And congratulationsagain. You’re educated, off to seek your fortune.The best of luck. Find a future where you continue your education.Where you learn the proverbial something new every day.And when your buddy looks at you and says “Every day?”You can say “Every day.”My time is up. Your time is just beginning. Congratulations.”Rick Sebak, producer, WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh, served ascommencement speaker at Seton Hill University on May 12, 2007. Sebakis best known as the creator of popular documentaries that consider variousaspects of modern American life and the unexpected charms of Pittsburgh andwestern Pennsylvania. Sebak has produced 19 individual special programs thatmake up the Pittsburgh History Series, including “Kennywood Memories,”“Pittsburgh A To Z,” “North Side Story,” and the much imitated “Things That Aren’tThere Anymore.” PBS stations around the country rebroadcast Sebak’s programsbecause audiences respond so favorably to his blend of Americana, places andpersonalities. Sebak also received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degreefrom Seton Hill during the commencement ceremonies on May 12.Photos: Opposite page, far right: Graduating senior James Pirlo received the President’sAward for Service at Seton Hill’s May Honors Convocation. This page, far left: GreensburgBishop Lawrence E. Brandt with recipients of the Certificate in Pastoral Ministry. This page,center: Commencement speaker Rick Sebak with Michele Ridge, chair of Seton Hill’s Boardof Trustees, and President Boyle. This page, far right: Dr. Thomas Gouttierre, dean ofInternational Studies and director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University ofNebraska, and dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, who received an honoraryDoctor of Humane Letters degree during the commencement ceremonies.www.setonhill.edu Forward 13

UNIVERSITY RECEIVES FUNDING FOR BUSINESSPROGRAMS & NAMES MBA PROGRAM DIRECTOREntrepreneurial Approachin MBA Program TransformsBusiness as UsualBy MOLLY ROBB SHIMKO, ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENTPHOTO: JONATHAN NAKLEShe Farrell Family Foundation of Pittsburgh hasmade a leadership gift to Seton Hill University tocreate The Farrell Innovation in Business Fund.The Fund will support the creation of The Farrell Chair for Innovationin Business and the development of The Farrell Programsfor Innovation in Business at the University. Dr. Lloyd G. Gibsonwill serve as the newly appointed Farrell Chair and directorof the University’s MBA Program. Michael J. Farrell will serve asthe Chair of the Advisory Board for The Farrell Programs for Innovationsin Business at Seton Hill.DR. LLOYD G. GIBSONThrough the creation ofThe Farrell Programs forInnovation in Business,Seton Hill will help studentsdevelop the entrepreneurialskills needed tocompete in a rapidlychanging world by integratingentrepreneurship,grounded in the liberalarts, into all levels of theUniversity’s business andmanagement programs.According to Seton Hill President Dr. JoAnne Boyle, “The Farrellgift reinforces Seton Hill’s ability to recruit and to graduate studentswho have an entrepreneurial mindset and possess the liberalarts skills employers tell us they are looking for, includingflexibility, leadership, problem-solving, and communication.”Michael J. Farrell, president of The Farrell Family Foundation,added, “Our family foundation is delighted to support SetonHill. The University’s administration, faculty and staff use anentrepreneurial approach to education that values the importanceof traditional business faculty as well as senior corporateexperts in providing the best education possible to students.This approach encourages students to become thoughtful risktakers and to operate as visionaries and opinion leaders in theirfields of expertise,” according to Farrell. He noted, “I am especiallypleased to Chair the Advisory Board for the Farrell Programsand look forward to working with members of the boardto promote Seton Hill’s offerings and provide networking andmentoring opportunities for students.”In addition to his role as president of The Farrell Family Foundation,Farrell is currently the president of Farrell & Co., a merchantbanking firm specializing in heavy manufacturingcompanies. He serves as chief executive officer of StandardSteel, LLC. He has also served in executive capacities for MK RailCorporation, Motor Coils Manufacturing Co. and Season-All Industries.Farrell is a Certified Public Accountant.Dr. Lloyd G. Gibson earned his MBA at The Wharton School ofthe University of Pennsylvania where he specialized in finance,public management and accounting, and his Doctor of Sciencein Information Systems and Communications from Robert MorrisUniversity. Dr. Gibson also earned both BS and MA degreesfrom the University of Pittsburgh.Prior to joining the Seton Hill University faculty, Dr. Gibsonhad an extensive career in banking with a focus on conductingfinancial turnarounds while maintaining market leadership.Most recently, Gibson served as president, chief executive officer14Forward ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

and director for New Asia Bank, a Chinese AmericanBank, in Chicago, Illinois, where he led thebank’s restructuring and reduced costs to return thebank to profitability. Gibson’s banking career ismarked by his commitments to working withentrepreneurs and business owners to promote thegrowth of small- and medium-size businesses, toproviding high quality customer service, to promotingcommunity development, and to initiatingsubstantive training and development initiativesfor employees.“Seton Hill has an excellent reputation for teachingthe importance of entrepreneurial thinking anddeveloping in students the value of creating jobsrather than simply taking them,” according to Dr.Mary Ann Gawelek, provost and dean of the facultyat Seton Hill. “The Farrell Programs for Innovationin Business are a natural next step for us and Dr.Gibson represents well the problem-solving mindsetwe seek to develop in Seton Hill students,”adding that “Dr. Gibson’s business acumen andattention to detail will help him manage the fullintegration of innovation and entrepreneurship toSeton Hill’s business and management programs,and his familiarity with Asian banking will be ofcritical assistance to us as we move forward withour partnerships in China leading to joint MBAdegrees.”Gibson says that he is pleased to join Seton Hill atsuch an exciting time. “Seton Hill’s idea thatentrepreneurial thinking and behavior ought topermeate the liberal arts promotes innovativethinking in all areas of study at the undergraduateand graduate levels.”Dr. Gibson serves on the boards of the PittsburghHistory and Landmarks Foundation and as amember of its Preservation and RevitalizationCommittee. He has served in leadership volunteercapacities for the Chicago Chinatown Chamber ofCommerce, the American Heart Association HeartWalk, the Allegheny County United Way, the FoxChapel Area High School Choral Parents andSite-Based Management Team, and the JeffersonCounty Economic Development Council.Seton Hill’s MBA program includes specializationsin management and entrepreneurship. Theaccelerated eight-week sessions allow students theopportunity to complete the program in onecalendar year. For information, please visit SetonHill’s website at www.setonhill.edu or contact theOffice of Graduate and Adult Studies by e-mail,gadmit@setonhill.edu or by phone, 724-838-4283.PERSPECTIVE FROMMichael J. Farrell,CHAIR OF THE FARRELL ADVISORY BOARDichael J. Farrell found it a natural fit to support Seton Hill’s business programs,“Seton Hill uses a forward-thinking approach to education that I wouldcompare to good business. For example, when a company makes an employee astakeholder and goals are shared, the company is able to reach the level of innovationand entrepreneurial spirit that brings about success. Students notably are the primarystakeholders at Seton Hill and their success isdriven by quality academic programs that aremade more dynamic by a solid career developmentcenter in CareerWorks, and certainly byE-Magnify, the University’s women’s businesscenter. It is a privilege for me to be part of theplanning that will enhance the shared outlook forentrepreneurial thinking that currently exists atSeton Hill.”Farrell earned a bachelor’s degree in accountingfrom The Smeal College of Business at the PennsylvaniaState University. He founded Farrell & Co. in 1982. The company is an investmentbanking firm specializing in manufacturing. It makes investments in companies inthis sector, owns them outright, or arranges mergers and acquisitions for them. Farrellalso is a board member with Federated Investors Inc., and Standard Steel, LLC. He is amember of the Shadyside Academy board of directors in Pittsburgh and serves on theboard of visitors of The Smeal College of Business of the Pennsylvania State University.He is also a member of the Financial Executives Institute, the American Institute ofCertified Public Accountants, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants,and the foundation board of Shadyside Hospital. Photo: © michael black | BLACK SUN ®FARRELL ADVISORY BOARDMICHAEL J. FARRELL, CHAIRPresident & Chief Executive Officer, Farrell & Co.DAVID G. ASSARDFormer President & Chief Executive Officer, Elliott TurbomachineryBIBIANA BOERIO ’75Managing Director, Jaguar CarsWILLIAM D. GRABController, Engineered Products Group (EPG), Kennametal, Inc.RUTH O’BLOCK GRANT ’53Former Chief Executive Officer, Louis A. Grant, Inc.DAVID IWINSKI JR.Chief Executive Officer & President, Acusis LLCKATHLEEN RYLANDER SARNIAK ’80President & Chief Operating Officer, Jeannette Specialty Glass/Oceana LLCLARRY SEGALPresident, Impact Pennsylvania Strategies, LLCKELLEY MURRAY SKOLODA ’86Partner & Director, Global Brand Marketing Practice, Ketchum Inc.SHUMING ZHAOProfessor & Dean, School of Business, Nanjing Universitywww.setonhill.edu Forward 15

SETON HILL WELCOMES FOUR NEW TRUSTEESSeton Hill University’s Board of Trustees welcomed four new members in June 2007: Sister Brycelyn Eyler, SC,Sister Brigid Marie Grandey, SC, David Iwinski Jr., and Sister Catherine Meinert, SC.Sister Brycelyn Eyler, SC has recently been elected to the U.S. Provincial Council of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hilland will serve in this capacity from 2007 through 2012. An alumna of Seton Hill University with a BA in biology, she earnedan MEd from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, an administrative certification from Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland,and has studied theology at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia. Since 1995, she has served asprincipal of Aquinas Academy in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Her other experience in the Diocese of Greensburg includesserving as the principal of Conn-Area Catholic School of Connellsville for six years and as a teacher at Greensburg CatholicMiddle School. Sister Brycelyn has also served in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, teaching at Resurrection School for four yearsand serving as principal at St. Therese for four years. In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, she served at Sacred Heart Schoolas a teacher for five years and principal for six years. A member of the Pennsylvania Junior Achievement Board, SisterBrycelyn also serves on several committees, including the Sisters of Charity Budget Committee, the Diocese of GreensburgLanguage Arts Curriculum Committee, and the Diocese of Greensburg Holocaust Curriculum Committee.Sister Brigid Marie Grandey, SC has recently been elected to the U.S. Provincial Council of the Sisters of Charity of SetonHill. A native of Pittsburgh, she is a graduate of Seton Hill University, where she earned a BA in English. Sister Brigid Marieearned her MA in English from the University of Arizona, an MA in theology from Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota,and an MEd in secondary education administration from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For thepast five years, she has served as assistant superintendent for Secondary Schools in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. She hasalso served as principal of Sacred Heart High School and assistant principal at Seton-LaSalle High School. Sister BrigidMarie also ministered in the Greensburg Diocese, serving as principal at Greensburg Central Catholic High School. Shetaught English in several high schools, including Bishop Canevin High School, the former Boyle High School, and SacredHeart High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Salpointe High School in Tucson, Arizona. She has also served as aninstructor in education at Seton Hill University. This is Sister Brigid Marie’s second term as a trustee of Seton Hill University.She also serves on several other boards, including Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School Board of Directors, the NorthCatholic High School Board, and the Crossroads Foundation Board.David Iwinski Jr. serves as president and chief executive officer of Acusis Medical Transcription Services. Headquarteredin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Acusis provides outsourced medical transcription services for hospitals, clinics, and physicianpractices across the nation. Prior to joining Acusis, Iwinski served as general manager for Respironics in Hong Kong, andlater became managing director for China and Southeast Asia. In that role, he was responsible for all Asian manufacturing(including plants in China, Hong Kong and the Philippines) and for China sales and marketing. Prior to working withRespironics, Iwinski was employed at Daimler-Benz for eight years as an International Commercial Coordinator. Iwinskigraduated in 1984 from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature. In1988 he earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. David Iwinski is a member of the World AffairsCouncil of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Technology Council. He serves on the board of directors for the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra and is chairman of the Symphony’s governance committee. In addition, he serves as chairman ofFriends of Propel, an association established to support Propel Schools, a charter school organization with an elementaryschool in Homestead that opened in 2003. Iwinski also serves on the board of advisors for the International Business Centerand the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.Sister Catherine Meinert, SC has recently been elected to the U.S. Provincial Council of the Sisters of Charity of SetonHill. She assumes these duties after serving as principal of Conn-Area Catholic School in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. SisterCatherine also served as principal at St. Therese School in Munhall, Pennsylvania. Sister Catherine has held the position ofeducational consultant for the Diocese of Pittsburgh for 14 years, during which time she chaired the Diocese of PittsburghAssessment and Social Studies Committees and supervised 28 schools. She has served as a trustee for Seton Hill Universityand as a member of the National Catholic Executive Department. In 1992, she addressed the National Catholic EducationalConvention in St. Louis, Missouri. Sister Catherine has also published educational articles for Momentum magazine.In 1996, the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania presented her with their Teacher of the Year Award in recognition ofher leadership. Sister Catherine currently serves as a member of the boards of Connellsville Board of Health, Seton HillChild Care Center, Alternative Yes Pregnancy Support, and until her election to the Provincial Council, was chairperson ofthe Diocese of Greensburg Catholic Culture Committee. An alumna of Seton Hill University, from which she earned a BA inhistory, Sister Catherine earned a master’s degree in education and administration certification from Duquesne University inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in theology from Wheeling Jesuit University, in Wheeling, West Virginia.Sister Brycelyn Eyler, SCSister Brigid Marie Grandey, SCDavid Iwinski Jr.Sister Catherine Meinert, SCwww.setonhill.edu Forward 17

SHU Professor Travels to Israel to Research PeacemakingSociology Professor and Director of New Program in Genocide and Holocaust Studies SpendsTwo Months in Israel Interviewing Israeli and Palestinian Peace ActivistsBy BECCA BAKER, Associate Director of Media Relationsr. James Paharik, associate professor of sociology, spenttwo months in the spring of 2007 traveling in Israeland the West Bank interviewing individuals involved inwhat he refers to as “peacemaking activities.” Dr. Paharik usesthis term to encompass everything from the work done by Sr.Monika Dullmann, SJA, who directs the only hospice inJerusalem that serves Jews, Christians and Muslims together, tothe founding of the Arik Institute for Reconciliation, Toleranceand Peace, an organization created for bereaved Israeli andPalestinian families by an Israeli businessman after his son waskilled by Hamas.During his time in Israel, Dr. Paharik recorded interviews with25 Israelis and Palestinians - Christian, Jewish, and Muslim - involvedin peace activities. He asked them about their motivations,the challenges they’ve experienced, and their visions forthe future. Dr. Paharik also kept an online journal, The LongJourney, an engaging read that chronicles his travels in Israelwhile providing historical context for his experiences and thestories relayed by his interviewees.Dr. Paharik became interested in Israeli/Palestinian grassrootsconflict resolution activities while attending the NationalCatholic Center for Holocaust Education’s (NCCHE) CatholicInstitute for Holocaust Studies at the Yad Vashem InternationalSchool of Holocaust Studies in Jerusalem during the summer of2005.“As immersed as I was in the study of the Holocaust, and how,as a professor, to teach the Holocaust, I couldn’t help lookingaround and wondering about the current conflict,” Paharik says.“The fact that there is so much hostility in what is the holiestplace on earth, for so many of us, is very disturbing. I startedlooking around for someone I could learn from about attemptsat conflict resolution.”Paharik’s interest in the topic led him to Father JohannesOravecz, OSB, at the Benedictine Abbey at the Basilica of theDormition of Mary on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem. The monasterythere has served as a neutral place for meetings and political negotiationsbetween Israelis and Palestinians since 1948. In2005, Father Oravecz was the director of the then newlyfoundedBeit Benedict Peace Academy, a means of extendingand institutionalizing the programs and initiatives of the Bene-20Forward ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAMES PAHARIKdictines on behalf of peace. Dr. Paharik became such a strongbeliever in the interfaith academy that he and his wife, HelenePaharik, co-founded the Beit Benedict Foundation to promotesupport for the academy in the U.S. (The Pahariks received theIslamic Center of Pittsburgh’s Humanitarian Award in 2006 inrecognition of their work with the Beit Benedict Foundation.)Father Oravecz and the Dormition Abbey helped to facilitate Paharik’s2007 research, as did manypeople in the U.S., Israel andPalestine, including ZoughbiZoughbi, the director of Wi’am(Palestinian Conflict ResolutionCenter), in Bethlehem, WestBank; and Dr. Gershon Baskin,co-director of the Israel-PalestineCenter for Research and Information– the only joint Palestinian-Israeli public policy think-tank inthe world.Dr. Paharik, a Seton Hill professor for 25 years, has until thepast few years concentrated on research closer to home, includingprojects for the Mental Health Association in WestmorelandCounty and the Westmoreland Coalition on Housing. He creditsthe NCCHE for sparking his interest in the research, andteaching, of the Holocaust.used by organizations in Jerusalem, tentatively titled “Breakingthe Barriers: The Theory and Practice of Interreligious Encounters.”His interview of 84-year-old Ester Golan, a survivor of theHolocaust who is now a peace activist in Jerusalem (pictured,left, with Dr. Paharik), is described in the article “Ester Golan: ALife of Tragedy and Forgiveness,” published in the Spring/Summer2007 issue of the NCCHE’s newsletter. He also wrote a researchreport for the Dormition Abbey, based on informationhe gathered during his research onpeace activities, titled “Envisioningthe Future of Beit Benedict PeaceAcademy: Obstacles, Opportunities,Recommendations.” The LongJourney has already been acceptedfor publication by the LiturgicalPress.“Prior to becoming involved withthe Center, my research centeredon the local community,” Pahariksays. “Now, after visiting Israel, and having the opportunity tostudy at Yad Vashem, the preeminent center for Holocaust research… I still feel I do community-based research, it’s just thatmy community has grown.”Dr. Paharik’s current research is the foundation for an academicjournal article on approaches to interfaith dialogue that arewww.setonhill.edu Forward 21

F A C U L T YDr. Susan CooleyMs. Denise PullenDr. John SpurlockDr. SusanEichenbergerDr. Rebecca HarveyMarriage and Family Therapy Director TakesStudent Therapists to New Orleans to Learnand RebuildDr. Susan Cooley, director of Seton Hill’s Marriage andFamily Therapy (MFT) graduate program, took six MFTstudents to New Orleans to work with Renewing HopeIn New Orleans (RHINO) from March 3–10, 2007.While there, the group gutted homes damaged by hurricanesKatrina and Rita, and had the opportunity to meetseveral of the homeowners, living at the time in FEMAtrailers. Seton Hill’s Graduate Advisory Council namedthe participating students 2007’s Outstanding GraduateStudents for their work in New Orleans, and for participatingin a longitudinal study of the impact of this humanitarianwork on both their personal andprofessional development as marriage and familytherapists.“The students worked within a community that is severely,chronically, traumatized,” says Dr. Cooley. “Theylearned the impact of disaster on a community at large,and on particular individuals. [The students] had to findways to balance exposure to great tragedy with activitiesthat nourished them, so that they could be emotionallyand physically prepared to return to their work the nextday…This intense laboratory served as the beginning ofa 3 – 5 year study, and also provided the students withskills they can use daily in providing therapy to couples,individuals and families.”SHU Theatre Professor’s Voice CarriesAssociate professor of theatre Denise Pullen has beenproviding professional voice-over services for the past 12years, “selling everything from birthing rooms to nuclearpower plants.” She also lends her voice to industrialtraining videos, phone answering systems (includingSeton Hill’s), and marketing and promotional videos.According to Pullen, she’s “sneezed, wheezed, spoke andsang in dialects including Hungarian and Hispanic, andcreated voices for all kinds of characters and critters.”Pittsburgh area residents have heard her voice on Foodlandcommercials, and as an announcer for the PittsburghSymphony Pops. During the summer of 2007, herclients included Rite-Aid, Akron Art Museum, and AonConsulting. Pullen continues to train toward certificationin Fitzmaurice Voicework, a comprehensive approachto voice training that can include, as needed,work on breathing, resonance, speech, dialects, impromptuspeaking, text, singing, and voice with movement.Pullen shares her talents and experience with herSeton Hill students in Voice and Speech and Oral Interpretationclasses, and has been pleased to discover thatmany of them have been offered professional voice-overwork after completing her courses.Humanities Chair Promotes “Total Immersion”for Learning LanguagesDr. John Spurlock, chair of the Humanities Division atSeton Hill, has been instrumental in developing “totalimmersion” courses for students wishing to learn, orhone their skills in, a foreign language. Seton Hill currentlyoffers two study abroad courses at foreign languageinstitutes, a J-Term course in Mexico at theUniversidad Internacional (UI) for the study of Spanish,and an M-Term course at the Institut d’Enseignement dela Langue Francaise sur la Cote d’Azur (ELFCA) inHyeres, France, for the study of French. A third coursewill be offered during the 2008 M-Term at Beijing UnionUniversity, for students interested in learning Chinese.Students at language institutes are tested upon arrivaland placed into courses that match their command ofthe language. They are then placed in small classes at theinstitute; at UI, for instance, classes are limited to nomore than six students per instructor. In addition tointensive language study, students often study the hostcountry’s culture as well.“In an immersion program,” says Dr. Spurlock, “studentsuse all four language skills in a given day–listening,speaking, reading, and writing. This means that in threeweeks at UI students will hear and speak more Spanishin the classroom than during two full semesters of conventionallanguage classes at Seton Hill. In addition,many institutes house students with local families,where the language being learned is the predominant(sometimes only), language spoken.”Director of Seton Hill’s Center for FamilyTherapy and SHU Sociology Professor Partneringin Research on Workplace DynamicsDr. Susan Eichenberger, assistant professor of sociology,and Dr. Rebecca Harvey, director of Seton Hill’s Centerfor Family Therapy, are pursuing a shared research interestin how differences in gender, race, and sexual identityaffect working relationships. Drs. Harvey andEichenberger utilize an interdisciplinary perspective,blending both sociological and psychological principlesin their research and in their presentations on the topicto faculty, students, and social service agencies. Theyhope to use what they’ve learned, according to Dr.Harvey, to “help a variety of people in a variety ofsettings examine their work and improve their workingrelationships.” They will begin a joint research project in2008 on college students’ attitudes toward racism andhomophobia.22Forward ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

in focusPHOTOS BY JONATHAN NAKLESBusiness Professor Teams Up with Career-Works and E-Magnify to Develop and PresentNational Workshops on Connecting HigherEd. to the WorkplaceRebecca Campbell, director of Seton Hill’s CareerWorks, and Dr. Doina Vlad, assistant professor of business,presented the workshop “Entrepreneurial Skills Development:Connecting Higher Education and theWorkplace” at The Entrepreneurial Retreat for Professors,a workshop opportunity at Juniata College in Huntingdon,Pennsylvania in June 2007. This retreat attractedfaculty members from all academic disciplines interestedin integrating entrepreneurship into their courses. Theworkshop has also been presented at two national entrepreneurialeducation conferences - the United States Associationfor Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s“The Wide World of Entrepreneurship” January 2007conference, and the Consortium for EntrepreneurshipEducation’s December 2006 conference - by Campbell,Vlad, and Jayne Huston, director of Seton Hill’s E-Magnifywomen’s business center. “Entrepreneurial Skills Development:Connecting Higher Education and theWorkplace” highlights the Seton Hill University entrepreneurialskills component of the liberal arts core curriculum,activities for a multi-phased studentdevelopment process, and a model for small business internshiptraining.Psychology Professor Works with SHUAlumna and Graduate Student to DevelopNew Instrument for Measuring Drug-RelatedBehaviors and Attitudes in AdolescentsDr. Alvaro Barriga, associate professor of psychology,and colleagues are happy to announce the upcoming releaseof the “How I Think about Drugs and Alcohol”(HIT-D&A) questionnaire through Research Press ofChicago. The HIT-D&A is a new measure of drug-relatedbehaviors and attitudes, designed specifically for usewith adolescents. Barriga states that “the adolescent yearsare important in the formation of lifelong health habitsthat can too often include maladaptive drug use. Targetingadolescents for assessment and treatment makesgood sense toward preventing long-term negative consequencesfor individuals, families, and communities.”Questionnaire co-authors included Ohio State Universityprofessor John Gibbs, Seton Hill University alumnaMichele Konopisos, ’04 and current Seton Hill art therapygraduate student Kristin Barriga. “The project took afew years to come to fruition and the accompanyingtechnical manual was not always fun to write,” Dr. Barrigaadded. “But the upcoming release feels very rewardingbecause it should help teenagers and their familiesreceive better drug assessment and treatment services,and lead more fulfilling lives.”Art Therapy Professor Appointed toSecond Term on National Art TherapyCredentials BoardNina Denninger, ATR-BC, LPC, director of Seton Hill’sart therapy program, has recently been appointed to asecond two-year term as a member of the Board of Directorsof the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB). TheAmerican Art Therapy Association (AATA) created theATCB to be the national credentialing body for art therapy,and its mission is to protect the public by promotingthe competent and ethical practice of art therapy.Denninger serves as the board liaison to the ATCB RegistrationStandards Committee and as the liaison to theEducation Committee of the American Art Therapy Association.She has participated in developing and promotinga new clinical supervisor credential that will soon beoffered by the ATCB. In addition, Denninger has completedall her coursework for an EdD in Counselor Educationand Supervision at Duquesne University and willbe completing her doctoral studies with research intothe subject of self-supervision.Social Sciences Division Chair Active on Stateand National Associations for Family and ConsumerSciencesSr. Victoria Marie Gribschaw, SC, PhD, Chair of SetonHill’s Social Sciences Division, recently completed a twoyearterm on the board of directors of the AmericanAssociation of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)and is the immediate past president of the PennsylvaniaAssociation of Family and Consumer Sciences (PAFCS),an organization in which she’s been active since 1977.The AAFCS, and its state affiliate, PAFCS, are dedicatedto improving individual, family, and community wellbeing;influencing the creation of public policy; shapingsocial change; and impacting the development, deliveryand evaluation of consumer goods and services. Assecretary of the AAFCS board, Sr. Victoria Marie helpedto guide the organization through a period of transformation,provided necessary research in the hiring of anew executive director, and revised the association’s policiesand procedures manual. She has made presentationsat both the national and state level conferences, andserved as co-chair of the PAFCS 2007 annual conference“Focus on the Future” that provided critical contentprogramming for the professional development of themembership.Ms. RebeccaCampbellDr. Doina VladMs. Jayne HustonPHOTO: CHRIS HAYDr. Alvaro BarrigaMs. Nina DenningerSr. Victoria MarieGribschaw, SC, PhDwww.setonhill.edu Forward 23

SETON HILL HONORSD I S T I N G U I S H E DALUMNAEDuring its June 2007 Alumni Weekend, Seton Hillpresented its Distinguished Alumni Leadership Awardto 10 alumnae who have demonstrated outstandingachievement and leadership in one (or more) of the followingareas: education, business and professions, science andtechnology, arts, voluntary services, and philanthropy. Listedbelow, in alphabetical order, are Seton Hill’s 2007 DistinguishedAlumni Leadership Award recipients.Rosanne Caretti Gjostein ’57 has lived by DorothyHeight’s words: “Without community service, we wouldnot have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the personwho serves as well as the recipient. It’s the way inwhich we ourselves grow and develop.” After earningher Bachelor of Arts in Education at Seton Hill, Rosannedevoted much of her life to community service. As hertwo children grew, so did Rosanne’s volunteer involvementin their activities, and in her work with the Children’sHospital of Michigan (CHM). Her strongconnection with CHM began when she became a memberof Tea and Crumpets, a benefit that she laterchaired. She also helped to launch the Festival of Trees,now an annual fundraising event for the hospital, andbecame chair of the event as well as president of the InternationalFestival of Trees. Elected to the Hospital’sBoard of Trustees, Rosanne serves as Trustee Chair ofthe Development Committee and is active on the Researchand Medical Affairs committees. Other volunteerefforts include chairing the Henry Ford Estate DinnerDance Committee as well as organizing the annual RitzCarlton-Dearborn Event and serving as past presidentof the Women’s National Farm and Garden Association.Rosanne is also a member of the Child’s Hope Committeeand the Volunteer Council and Women’s Associationof the Dearborn Symphony. The National Society ofFundraising Executives recognized Rosanne by namingher Volunteer of the Year for the University of Michigan– Dearborn. She received the Association of FundraisingProfessionals award as Children’s Hospital of MichiganVolunteer of the Year and the Child’s Hope Award.Mary Sue Hyatt ’70, a native of Ruffs Dale, Pa.,earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Seton Hill.Hyatt brings to the concert stage a well-seasoned Americanand European career after having sung in majorcities such as New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles,Cleveland, Washington DC, Phoenix, Toronto, London,Belfast, Munich, Lucerne, Rome, Venice, Tessaloniki,Guadalajara, Paris, and Florence. The mezzo sopranohas also performed as soloist and presented masterclasses in Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin during the KentCamerata’s China Tour of 2002. Hyatt studied voice withSister Helen Muha and Margaret Garrity at Seton Hill,and with Joyce Zastrow at Western Michigan University.She is also a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Musicwith formal training under Max Rudolf, Dino Yannopoulos,Giulio Gari, and Maria Callas. Hyatt held the titleand rank of Professor at Kent State University andserved her last two years as Interim Director of theHugh A. Glauser School of Music. She has been recognizedfor her “outstanding contributions to internationalculture” by receiving the Kent State University InternationalAward in the field of International Communicationand Cross-Cultural Achievements for teaching and performing.In the course of her career, Hyatt has performedin over twenty operas, including MadameButterfly, Don Giovanni, Carmen, Dido and Aeneas,Hansel und Gretel, and Cavalleria Rusticana. Her CDreleases include: Song Upon Song (TimeGrabber,1997), and A Musical Painting Comes to Life (CrystalRecords, 2001), where she is a featured soloist. Nowretired from Kent State, Mary Sue performs for specialoccasions as one of a three-member ensemble, DesertDivas, and as a member of the Kent Camerata, an internationaltouring American vocal/instrumental ensemble.Sister Vivien Linkhauer, ’67, who is embarking onher second five-year term as the Provincial Superiorand President of the United States Province of the Sistersof Charity of Seton Hill, has also had a distinguishedcareer as a Professor of French and anadministrator at Seton Hill University. Following hergraduation from Seton Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degreein French, Sister Vivien received her master’s anddoctoral degrees in French from Tufts University.Teaching assignments in schools in Pittsburgh and Tucsonpreceded her 20 year tenure at Seton Hill, whereshe taught French and served as academic dean andassociate dean for Graduate Studies. During this periodSister Vivien established exchange programs with NanjingUniversity in China and Nanzan Junior College inNagoya, Japan. Other accomplishments included promotingthe revision of the core curriculum to includemore attention to global concerns, directing the HonorsProgram, and chairing the Steering Committee of theMiddle States Institutional Self-Study. Sister Vivien leftSeton Hill University in response to a leadership callfrom her community to serve as First Councilor and AssistantMajor Superior of the Sisters of Charity. Her responsibilitiesincluded the supervision of the formationprogram of the Congregation, the oversight of the HistoryProject, and the liaison with the Korean Region ofthe Congregation, as well as service as Secretary in theLeadership Conference of Women Religious, Region IV,and the Tri-Diocesan Sisters Leadership Conference. Amember of the Mercy Jeannette Hospital Board ofTrustees, the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Board ofDirectors, Catholic Health East’s Sponsor Board, theSeton Hill University Board of Trustees, the Board of theDePaul School for Hearing and Speech, the Board ofElizabeth Seton Center, and the Board of St. AnneHome, Sister Vivien pursues her interests in the FrenchSchool of Spirituality and the Advisory Committee of theElizabeth Ann Seton Writing Project.Anita Lavin Manoli ’52, retired teacher of Spanish,is a role model for energetic community service. Shehas generously shared her time, talent, and resourceswith many local organizations, including Seton Hill University,where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree inSpanish. Anita, who began her education in 1948 withthe Class of 1952, took a hiatus that included positionsat KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Kennametal in24Forward ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

D I S T I N G U I S H E D ALUMNAE(CONTINUED)her parish, St. Vincent DePaul, on the Urban ResourceDevelopment Corporation, whose mission it is to improveand stabilize the neighborhoods of northwestPhiladelphia; and is a member of the Neighborhood InterfaithMovement’s Congregation and CommunityCouncil. She has also served on the Seton Hill UniversityAlumni Corporation Board.Bruning Company, Pat received a graduate scholarshipto Mt. Holyoke College and earned an MA in Chemistry.She then joined American Cyanamid, where she appliedher graduate experience in vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopyto become a member of a team headed by Dr.Robert Hirt, one of the leading spectroscopists in thecountry. The team researched the development of protectivetiles for spacecraft and produced artificial lightMary Anne Spellman McGrath ’59, generousbenefactor to Seton Hill along with her husband Jack,received a scholarship through the Sisters of Charitythat enabled her to attend Seton Hill, from which shegraduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish. Agraduate of Sacred Heart High School in Pittsburgh,which was staffed by the Sisters of Charity, she wasever mindful of her gratitude for the grant “that made allthe difference in the world for me.” Mary Anne taught ina junior high school in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Her subsequentmarriage to Jack spanned four decades and wasblessed with two daughters and a son. Diagnosed withmultiple sclerosis at age 30, Mary Anne bravely battledthe affliction for 40 years. Recently, Mary Anne and Jackestablished an endowed scholarship for Seton Hill University,a gift to provide opportunity to students with potentialgreater thanresources. The giftwas made with MaryAnne’s characteristichumility, grace, andgratitude: “I amsticks for the US Navy. Other responsibilities at AmericanCyanamid, which included research on ultravioletabsorbers and reflective coatings, preceded Pat’s selectionto work on a project for Lederle Laboratories that involvedthe production of tetracycline. A transfer toAmerican Cyanamid’s Breck and Shulton division providedPat with experience as a group leader in HairCare, where she remained until her move to NaardenInternational as manager of the Fragrance ApplicationsLaboratory. Following the sale of Naarden, Pat foundedLenco Soap. Author of several publications on thestructure of various organic compounds, and the ownerof several patents, Pat’s avocation has been showingdogs in obedience training. Despite some health problems,she has forged ahead in her gym training and haswon medals in Senior Olympics shot put, discus, andjavelin events. An officialresident of Columbia,Tennessee,Pat commutes toWarren, Rhode Islandto lead her business.happy to give back.”On March 20, 2007,just days after shewas selected to receiveSeton Hill’sDistinguished AlumniLeadership Award,Mary Anne lost hervaliant battle to theillness that cast aPHOTO: JONATHAN NAKLESAbove: Meghan McIntyre, daughter of Mary AnneSpellman McGrath, with her father, Jack McGrath.Cheryl Napsha’77, an innovative librarianwho has beenrecognized for herunique library programming,took a circuitousroute to reachher career goal. AnEnglish major atshadow over her life for so many years. Her spirit andgenerosity will live on at Seton Hill and in the lives of theyoung men and women who are given a chance toexcel, thanks to her kindness. Mary Anne’s husband,Jack, and daughter, Meghan McIntyre, accepted heraward.Seton Hill, from which she graduated with a Bachelor ofArts degree, Napsha earned her Master of Library Sciencefrom the University of Pittsburgh. Cheryl servedas assistant to the University librarian and head of the library’sbusiness office while at the University of Illinoisin Chicago. During her nine-year tenure at the AdamsMemorial Library in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, she doubledPatricia Mullen ’57, has combined her scientificknowledge and her entrepreneurial skills to establish asuccessful soap manufacturing company, Lenco SoapCompany, in Warren, Rhode Island. Pat received herBachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Seton Hill,and, following a brief stint in the workforce where sheassisted in developing a copying system for Charlesthe circulation, tripled the collection size, increased thesize of the staff from 7 to 28, and launched new programs,including one that attracted attention from theWall Street Journal: a non-traditional full-service librarybranch located inside a supermarket. During this periodshe became a fellow in the Snowbird Institute, an internationalprogram for emerging library leaders, and in thePennsylvania Rural Leadership Program. Directorshipsat the Williams Library in Ohio and at Sewickley Academyin Pittsburgh, her alma mater, preceded her appointmentas director of the Bethel Park Library. Inaddition to managing a major renovation there, shelaunched more innovative programs, including one inwhich caregivers and infants visit a local nursing homefor story time. In 2006, the library began volunteeringservices and time to the Homeless Children’s EducationalFund. With the help of a state grant, resource librarieswere established in all 18 homeless shelters inAllegheny County. In May 2007, Cheryl relocated toWestland, Michigan, where she accepted the directorshipof the William G. Faust Public Library.When Irene O’Brien Nunn ’67, recognized portraitartist and art teacher, graduated from Seton Hill with aBachelor of Arts in Art/Studio Arts, she knew that artwould be the centerpiece of her life. Her career beganas an art teacher in the Philadelphia Public Schoolswhere her students received city and state awards, thehighlight of which was their Salute to the States exhibitduring the Bicentennial Celebration. Featured at FirstContinental Bank in Philadelphia, the 50 panel montagerepresented the economic and cultural contributions ofall 50 states. At this time Irene also began to acceptcommissioned portrait work. Following her marriage toWally Nunn and the adoption of their daughter, Irene leftteaching and became a full-time mother and volunteer.Her interest in adoption led her to a position on theboard of the National Adoption Center, where sheserved on committees, planned major fundraisers, andcoordinated arts and crafts projects. After being electedto the Upper Darby School Board, Irene, with her husband,initiated a Sponsor a Scholar Program thatmatched qualified students with area employers whoprovided financial and educational support for their aspirations.Irene also worked with the National ForumFoundation to coordinate programs in the Philadelphiaarea that brought together opposing social critics andjournalists for panel discussions on welfare, education,and foreign policy. Her interest in art undiminished,Irene returned to teaching at her daughter’s schoolwhile continuing her commissioned portrait and landscapework and conducting workshops from her studioin the Manayunk section of Philadelphia. Her awardsand recognitions include The Neuman Saunders Awardfor Excellence, The Delaware County Community CollegeAnnual Exhibit, and the American College SummerJuried Exhibit.26Forward ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

SHU ALUMNUSRICK AUSTIN ’07DRAFTED BYPHILADELPHIAPHILLIESPHOTO: DAVE MILLEReton Hill University right handed pitcher Rick Austinbecame the first Griffin baseball player to be draftedin the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft on June 8,2007 when he was drafted by thePhiladelphia Phillies in the 27th round.He was the 19th pick in the 27th roundand the 833rd pick of the draft overall.Austin had just graduated from Seton Hill onMay 12 with a BS in computer science.Austin’s climb to professional baseball hasbeen an interesting one, considering he didnot play high school baseball until his senioryear.COURTESY OF THE WILLIAMSPORT CROSSCUTTERS“Rick made tremendous strides both as apitcher and a person during his time here at SetonHill,” says head baseball coach Marc Marizzaldi. “Hededicated himself from day one to reaching his fullpotential, and he has certainly earned this awesomeopportunity to continue his baseball career. With his workethic, the sky is the limit…This is a terrific event for our baseball program, and reallyreflects how far we’ve come.”Austin’s Seton Hill career was highlighted by a trip to the NAIAWorld Series during his junior season. Named an AllWVIAC Team Honorable Mention in 2007, Austinearned honors in 2006 as an NAIA All-AmericanHonorable Mention, and as an All-NAIA Region IXFirst Team and All-AMC North First Team selection.He was named to the Second Team All-AMC Northduring his sophomore season. Over his four years atSHU, Austin, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,had a 22-18 record with a 4.00 ERA. Hethrew 256.1 innings, giving up 165 runson 239 hits, while striking out 238 andwalking 116. Austin holds the Seton Hillsingle season record for ERA with a 2.31ERA during his senior season. He alsoholds the Seton Hill career record for strikeoutswith 238.As of August 2007, Austin is pitching for the Williamsport, Pa.Crosscutters, a Class-A short season Phillies club.MORE BASEBALL ALUMNI NEWSSHU’S BACHMAN PICKED UP BY FRONTIER LEAGUEFormer Griffin hurler John Bachman signedwith the Slippery Rock Sliders of the FrontierLeague on July 31, 2007. Bachman played thefirst half of his professional season with theOneida Barge Bucs in the New York StateLeague. Both the New York State League and theFrontier League are professional independentbaseball leagues.QUICKFACTSSETON HILL UNIVERSITY BASEBALLHead Coach: Marc Marizzaldi, 724-830-1169SHU Baseball Website: http://www.setonhill.edu/o/index.cfm?PID=35&T1=5&T2=0&T3=0Sports Information Director: Jason Greene,greene@setonhill.edu or 724-830-1132Griffins Athletics Website: http://www.setonhill.edu/o/index.cfm?PID=8www.setonhill.edu Forward 27

ALLOWS TAX FREE CHARITABLE GIVINGCHARITABLE IRA ROLLOVER EXPIRES DECEMBER 31Making a lasting mark through your support of Seton Hill University is a wonderfulthing. Having the chance to see the immediate impact of your legacy is even better.If you are 70 ½ or older, a provision of the Pension Protection Act allows you tomake cash gifts totaling up to $100,000 a year from your traditional or Roth IRA toSeton Hill without incurring income tax on the withdrawal.This is good news for alumni and friends who want to make a charitable gift duringtheir lifetime from their retirement assets, but have been discouraged from doing sobecause of the income tax penalty. The provision is effective for the 2007 tax yearonly. Donors must act by December 31 to take advantage of this opportunity.MAKING A GIFT TO SETON HILL THROUGH YOUR IRAIf you are considering a gift, please consult your attorney or financial advisor toconfirm your eligibility and learn how to initiate the transfer:• Instruct your financial advisor or plan administrator to make a “qualifiedcharitable distribution” or “charitable IRA rollover” and to transfer a specificamount directly to Seton Hill University.AN EXAMPLE OF HOWTHE CHARITABLE IRAROLLOVER WORKSMary, age 74, received a generousscholarship to attend Seton Hilland she would like to help currentSeton Hill students in the sameway. Mary is a member of TheHeritage Society and has includeda provision in her will to leave$50,000 to the University toestablish an endowed scholarshipfund in her name. The PensionProtection Act allows Mary toroll over $50,000 from her IRAthis year—and establish thescholarship and see it at work—during her lifetime.• The distribution may be made by check or direct cash wire with your nameincluded on the check or wiring documents. Compliance with the PensionProtection Act requires that the check or distribution proceeds come to SetonHill directly.• Gifts made to Seton Hill through the Pension Protection Act can be designatedfor a specific purpose, used to create an endowed scholarship, or build anexisting scholarship.• Gifts made to Seton Hill through the Pension Protection Act may be used tofulfill pledges.WHY NOW?Whatever your investment objectives, the Pension Protection Act can help you realizeyour Seton Hill legacy and make an impact more significant than you ever thoughtpossible. But time is running out. Congress has specified that the provision is ineffect through December 31, 2007. It expires on January 1, 2008.PHOTO: SEAN STIPPMORE QUESTIONS?Please contact Molly Robb Shimko, AssociateVice President for Institutional Advancement, at724-830-4620. As always, your financial planner isthe best source of information related to yourpersonal circumstances. Thank you for yourconsideration of this opportunity.

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