Inside Parmer Hall: The Academic Impact - Dominican University

More documents

Recommendations

Info

DU NEWS Stars T Shine in Fall he fall season drew to a close for the department of athletics in mid-November with the men’s soccer team earning its sixth straight at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championships, eventually falling to Washington University (MO) in the second round of the national tournament. Dominican logged a first-place finish in the Northern Athletics Conference in men’s soccer, a second-place finish in the women’s soccer conference tournament, a fourth-place finish in women’s tennis, a sixth-place finish at the women’s cross country championship and ninth-place finishes in women’s volleyball and men’s cross country. Some of the hardworking Dominican University athletes. 22 www.dom.edu The Stars landed 16 athletes on NAC All-Conference teams with nine first-team selections. Junior Matt Kochanowski was named the NAC Men’s Soccer Player of the Year and freshman Michael Kapusta was named the NAC Men’s Soccer Rookie of the Year. Senior Elvin Perez was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) College Division Scholar All- America Team. The association considers both academic and athletic success in awarding the honor; just 11 other studentathletes from non-NCAA Division I institutions joined Perez on the College Division First Team. Throughout his four-year career, Perez has anchored the Stars’ defense as senior defender for the men’s soccer team. In the classroom, he has maintained a 3.65 cumulative grade point average. He will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. n At DUPAC: Jazz/blues diva Catherine Russell (left) and bluegrassmaster Jim Lauderdale (center) are just two of the artists exploring the legacy of the Grateful Dead as part of The American Beauty Project. DUPAC: T Recent Successes and a Hint of What’s To Come his season at Dominican University Performing Arts Center (DUPAC) has proved rich with successes—from the DUPAC-arranged collaboration between string quartet Ethel and Englewood-based Kaotic Drumline, which received bountiful media coverage, to the musical Working, so popular that it played for an extra weekend and added an American Sign Language interpreter for hearingimpaired audience members. Though several exciting events remain in the current season, the center has already revealed a few of next year’s performances. The final show in this season’s Theatre Arts Lab Series is Lillian Hellman’s searing drama Toys in the Attic. The Traditions Series still holds in store The American Beauty Project, a roster of musicians— including recent Grammy-winner Jim Lauderdale (Best Bluegrass Album), gospel-inspired vocalists Ollabelle, jazz/blues vocalist Catherine Russell, mandolinist Larry Campbell and singer Teresa Williams—revitalizing classic songs of the Grateful Dead, and closes with a rafter-raising concert by the Windy City’s global ambassador for the soulblues sound: Otis Clay. That concert, with Sharon Lewis sharing the bill, is part of the Blues and the Spirit Symposium (see page 25). DUPAC has announced only a few events in its 2008-2009 season, but highlights include Turtle Island Quartet performing its Grammy-wining interpretation of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme in the Chamber Series, Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet in the Traditions Series, and the musical Chicago in the Theatre Arts Lab Series. For information or tickets, call the box office at (708) 488-5000 or visit www.dom.edu/pac. n
Dominican Bestows 2008 Bravo Award Upon the Welsh Sisters At left: Marlene Welsh Phillips, Bravo Award recipient, addresses the audience at the 28th Annual Trustee Benefit Concert on Sunday, March 9, 2008 in Lund Auditorium; center (from left): junior Nathaniel McInnis holds the award (presented annually to recognize civil, cultural or philanthropic contributions to the community and to the arts) for Phillips, Shirley Welsh Ryan receives her award from junior Susan Walsh, and Raymond I. Skilling FA Decade of Great Results or the tenth year in a row, US News & World Report has ranked Dominican University in the top tier of Midwest master’s-level universities in its prestigious annual publication America’s Best Colleges. Dominican is one of only four Illinois institutions to rank in the top 25. Additionally, Dominican University is one of only two master’s-level universities in Illinois to be named a “Great School at a Great Price.” US News & World Report relates each school’s academic quality to the net cost of attending the school to determine its ranking in the category. America’s Best Colleges is an annual examination of 1,400 accredited four-year American colleges and universities. The rankings, based on categories created by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, supply hard data and analysis to help college applicants compare schools across the country. In addition to the US News & World Report recognition, Colleges of Distinction, an online college guide, has included Dominican University in its listing of selected national colleges that have engaged students and offer great teaching, a vibrant community and successful outcomes. The university also has been recognized as a competitive college by Peterson’s Guide and is highly ranked in the National Survey of Student Engagement. n receives from freshman Victoria Whooper the award for his late wife, Alice Welsh Skilling—to whom the university dedicated the concert; right (from left): Raymond J. Reid and Rosemarie Komen Reid ’65, event co-chairs, baritone Thomas Hampson, the featured artist, and Jacqueline Simon and R. Matthew Simon, event co-chairs, gather on the stage of Lund Auditorium before joining the cocktail reception. Steven L. Herb—Follett Chair The Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) has appointed Steven L. Herb to the Follett Chair in Library and Information Science, endowed through a gift from the Follett Corporation and one of only four chairs in library science in the country. Herb succeeds Edward J. Valauskas, though Valauskas remains on faculty. GSLIS selects the Follett Chair for outstanding teaching ability and superior scholarly achievement, two areas in which Herb excels. He is head of the education and behavioral sciences library and an affiliate professor at Penn State University. Co-author of two children’s literature textbooks, Herb has a special interest in storytelling. He was named Penn State’s most-innovative faculty member in 2000 on the basis of his seminar “Stories and Storytelling: How Humans Become People.” His research explores the relationships among multiple literacies: oral language development in infants and toddlers, print literacy in preschool and elementary school students, and computer and information literacy across all ages. During his appointment at Dominican University, which began on August 1, 2007, Herb is teaching courses, pursuing research in youth services, and developing strategic initiatives to benefit GSLIS. Steven L. Herb, Follett Chair “I’m delighted to be joining the excellent faculty at Dominican University,” Herb says. “I’ve been a very fortunate person throughout my career, but to be able to work in a strong library school that truly cares about educating professionals to work with children is indeed a blessing.” n SPRING 2008 DOMINICAN UNIvErSITY 23
Page 1 and 2: M A G A Z I N E Spring 2008 Inside
Page 3 and 4: page 6 page 18 page 2 page 12 On Th
Page 5 and 6: Building Distinction John C. and Ca
Page 7 and 8: While Parmer Hall hosts classes in
Page 9 and 10: “I’ve decided to be a dentist b
Page 11 and 12: A Special Approach Special Ed to Ar
Page 13 and 14: Ben Freville, assistant professor o
Page 15 and 16: explains, “It has high-tech equip
Page 17 and 18: the program to what an individual n
Page 19 and 20: Well-known Chicago-area artists als
Page 21 and 22: FOUNDERS’ COURT SPRING 2008 DOMIN
Page 23: The Carol and Paul Kraus Conference
Page 27 and 28: DU Hosts Nation’s First Blues and
Page 29 and 30: Adrian Kok, assistant professor, Gr
Page 31 and 32: REFLECTIONS ON PARMER HALL SR. MARY

Inside Parmer Hall: The Academic Impact - Dominican University

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?