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2 SLU named a ‘Best Buy’ again Saint Louis University is the nation’s top educational buy among all Jesuit institutions according to U.S. News & World Report, which again recognized Saint Louis University as one of the country’s best values in higher education. Overall, the magazine also ranked SLU among the top four Catholic universities in the country. In the publication’s “America’s Best Colleges 2004” issue, SLU is No. 41 on the best values list among all national doctoral universities. This is the sixth consecutive year that U.S. News has highlighted the University as a leading educational value. SLU is the top Jesuit institution on the best value list and the No. 2 Catholic school, second only to the University of Notre Dame. U.S. News determines best values by measuring academic quality with the net cost of attendance for a student who receives an average level of financial aid. U.S. News also named Saint Louis University among the top four Catholic institutions on its ranking of best national doctoral universities, a group that includes nearly 250 schools. SLU is No. 78 on the list, with only Notre Dame, Georgetown University and Boston College ranking higher. New trustees join SLU board Three new trustees have joined the Saint Louis University board: L.B. Eckelkamp Jr., chairman of the board and CEO of the Bank of Washington (Mo.) and chairman and president of Cardinal Bancorp and Cardinal Bancorp II, which owns the United Bank of Union and Citizens National Bank of Greater St. Louis; Keith F. Muccino, S.J., assistant professor of internal medicine and Catholic chaplain at Georgetown University School of Medicine; and Robert L. Niehoff, S.J., vice president for budget and planning at the University of San Francisco. HOMELAND SECURITY: Hundreds of people attended the first town hall meeting on homeland security featuring U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Oct. 7 at Saint Louis University. An interactive event with high audience participation, the forum included (from left) Frank Sesno, host of Worldtalk and former CNN anchor; Steve Rohleder, global chief executive for government, Accenture; St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay (Law ’80); Ridge; Dr. Karen Webb, chief medical officer for Saint Louis University Hospital; and Col. Tim Daniel, director for the Missouri Office of Homeland Security. University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J., gave the opening remarks. SLU JOINS A10 CONFERENCE Saint Louis University is joining the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Billikens will begin intercollegiate athletic competition in the Atlantic 10 during the 2005-06 academic year. The Atlantic 10 Conference is in its 28th year of NCAA Division I competition. The league’s members include Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, LaSalle, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph’s, Temple and Xavier. Saint Louis University currently is a charter member of Conference USA. In early November, five C-USA member schools — Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette and USF — accepted invitations to join the Big East Conference. Five new schools — Central Florida, Marshall, Rice, SMU and Tulsa — filled C-USA’s vacant positions. For more details, visit www.slubillikens.com. Sword award to honor Westfall Saint Louis University will give its highest honor to the late George R. “Buzz” Westfall (A&S ’68, Law ’69). SLU will recognize the late political leader with its Sword of Ignatius Loyola during the DuBourg Society Dinner Dec. 7. Mr. Westfall died Oct. 27. He was 59. One of the region’s most influential public figures of the last 20 years, Mr. Westfall was elected St. Louis County executive in 1990 and was re-elected three times. Noted for his bipartisanship and regional focus, his accomplishments included the establishment of a shelter for battered women and children. The Sword of Ignatius Loyola is named for the founder of the Society of Jesus. Symbolic of the Ignatian vision of service, sword recipients have given themselves to humankind for the greater glory of God.
Three new deans now on campus Dr. Ellen Harshman (Grad ’78, Law ’92) is the new dean of the John Cook School of Business. She succeeds the retiring Dr. Leroy Grossman, who was interim dean for one year. Harshman has served SLU in several leadership roles since 1972, including associate dean of the business school, director of the career planning and placement center and assistant to the vice president for student development. She also holds the rank of associate professor of management and most recently was SLU’s senior vice provost. Among her many responsibilities in this role, Harshman administered com- Harshman Royeen Yeigh pliance with the University’s accrediting agencies, served as a liaison with state-wide educational agencies and oversaw the libraries, Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence and office of institutional study. Harshman has earned numerous honors during her SLU career and was named SLU’s Woman of the Year in 1981. Dr. Charlotte Royeen, a national leader in her field of occupational therapy, is the new dean of the Doisy School of Allied Health Professions. Royeen most recently served as associate dean for research at Creighton’s School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions and professor of occupational therapy. Prior to that, she was the founding chair and professor of occupational therapy at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., and worked for several years for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs. Royeen holds a doctorate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va., and a master’s degree in occupational therapy from Washington University School of Medicine. At the conference of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Royeen received the 2002 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award, which is the highest scholarly achievement bestowed in occupational therapy. Dr. Bjong Wolf Yeigh joined the Saint Louis University community July 1 as the dean for Parks College of Engineering and Aviation. He came to SLU from Yale University, where he was assistant provost of science and technology since 1999. He succeeds Dr. Charles Kirkpatrick, who was dean of Parks College for nine years and is on the department of chemistry faculty. Yeigh received a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from Dartmouth College, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford and a doctorate in civil engineering and operations research from Princeton. A former tactical air intelligence officer assigned to Fighter Squadron 74, Yeigh served in the U.S. Navy during the Gulf War and for a total of eight years in active and reserve duties, leaving with a rank of lieutenant. RESEARCH PLANS: Preliminary plans are under way for the design and site selection for a new research center at the Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, part of an $80 million investment in new and renovated research space. Raising money for the building is part of the University’s $300 million “Campaign for Saint Louis University: Where Knowledge Touches Lives.” NEWS BRIEFS In September, SLU sponsored a two-evening gala event called “Denim & Diamonds” to benefit public education, research and treatment of liver disease. On Sept. 12, Willie Nelson headlined “Denim,” a concert to benefit the SLU Liver Center and the Julia Spears Foundation for Liver Disease. On Sept. 13, “Diamonds” featured country music artist Naomi Judd, who spoke at a black-tie dinner to benefit SLU’s Liver Center. … Dr. Robert B. Belshe, Adorjan professor of infectious diseases and director of the Center for Vaccine Development, received the Clinical Virology Award for 2003 from the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. … Sandra H. Johnson (A&S ’73), the Tenet Endowed Chair in Health Law and Ethics is one of four winners of the 2003 Pellegrino Medal for contributions to health care ethics. … Dr. Marla Berg-Weger, professor and director of field service education for the School for Social Service since 1995, has been named associate provost. … Maria Whitehead, a member of Wake Forest’s 2002 NCAA Division I field hockey championship team, is SLU’s new head field hockey coach. The appointment is her first head coaching position. … Dr. Seung H. Kim, professor of international business and director of the Boeing Institute of International Business, has been appointed to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council for the Peaceful Reunification of the Republic of Korea. By The Numbers 4 National rank of Parks College of Engineering and Aviation’s aerospace engineering program, according to U.S. News and World Report. Overall, Parks’ undergraduate engineering programs moved up three spots on the U.S. News list to No. 27. 498 Residents sponsored by SLU’s School of Medicine in 50 different residencies, subspecialty residencies and fellowships rotating through eight affiliated teaching hospitals and 18 affiliated health care institutions. 8,742 Phone pledges made during fiscal year 2003 for a total for $1,067,000 in donations to Saint Louis University. This is a 23 percent increase over last year and the first time that more than $1 million has been raised through phoning.
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