Reflections Magazine Issue #50 - Spring 1999 | Page 8

Kudos! Professional Activities of Note by Siena Faculty and Staff
John
Wittersheim
(art) completed
a church
commission in
Lewisville, TX,
with Sisters
Barb Chenicek,
OP ’57 and Rita
Schiltz, OP ’46
of INAI Studios, which has won a
national award for architecture and
design. The three artists completed a
similar partnership project at the Sisters
of the Precious Blood Motherhouse in
Dayton, OH.

Whit Hames (psychology) and his wife
Linda once again served as co-chairs of
the Lenawee International Club’s Sister
Cities Program. They found home-stays,
raised funds, and arranged activities for
13 delegates from Moriyama, Japan.

Pat Schnapp, R.S.M. (English) has had
her article, “Re-Thinking Criminal
Justice,” accepted for publication by St.
Anthony Messenger magazine. Several
of her poems also are scheduled for
publication: “Syro-Phoenician Woman”
in the National Catholic Reporter,
“How Often Must I Forgive?” in Review
for Religious, and “Wise and Foolish” in
Sisters Today magazine.

Lois Spear (history) published an article
titled “Forgotten Work of Mercy” in the
journal America.

Saleem Peeradina (English) had one of
his essays, “Erasing God,” published in
New Spiritual Homes (University of
Hawaii Press), a book about religion and
Asian Americans. A second essay, “The
Scent of Chameli,” appeared in the
Canadian literary journal Des Pardes.
Peeradina’s poem, “Meditations on
Desire,” appeared in Cold Mountain
Review (Appalachian State University)
along with a feature interview with the
author.
Simone Yehuda (English) received her
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and
Creative Writing from the Union
Institute last fall. She delivered a paper,
“The Sign of a Free Man: Three Kinds
of Crypto Jews,” at last December’s
Modern Language Association
Conference. Her play, “The Sign of a
Free Man,” was given a stage reading in
Detroit in March as part of the Jewish
Ensemble Theatre’s Festival of New
Plays.

Peter Barr (art history) has been
invited to contribute an essay on
“Bernice Abbott’s Changing New York
photographs and the urban planning
debates in the 1930’s” for the anthology,
The Built Surface: Architecture and
Pictures from Antiquity to the
Millennium, to be published in 2000 by
Ashgate Press, London.

Barbara
Cervenka, OP
(art) curated
“Ayacucho:
Tradition and
Crisis in
Peruvian Popular
Art,” which was
exhibited at
Siena Heights
and the University of Michigan. She
also lectured at U of M on “Sendero
Luminoso and the Response of Peruvian
Artists.” She curated “O Pelourinho!
Popular Art from the Historic Heart of
Brazil” at the Dennos Museum Center in
Traverse City; that exhibition was
shown at Siena Heights last year.
Cervenka and Marion Jackson of Wayne
State University spoke in February at
the Dennos Museum on “Orixas and
Exus: The African Roots of Brazilian
Popular Art.” Cervenka also curated “In
Memorium” at Siena Heights last fall,
an exhibition of women’s artwork in
memory of loved ones.
Brady Wilson (athletics/women’s
basketball) published an article in the
March issue of Coach & Athletic
Director. In “Adapting Your Transition
Defense to the Evolving Offense,” he

looks at how teams can defend full-court
offenses effectively by extending the
basic principles of their half-court
defensive philosophies.
Susan Matych-Hager (music) is editor of
Bella Voce, the newsletter of the
American Choral Directors Association.
She also recently gave a workshop for
cantors from St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s
parishes in Adrian and the Motherhouse.
Scott McClure (athletics/sports
information) served as the venue press
chief at the 1999 NAIA men’s golf
championships May 25-28 at the PGA
National Golf Club in Palm Beach
Gardens, FL. Last year, he was the venue
press chief for the women’s golf
championships in Tulsa, OK.
Sharon Robertello (business manager/
treasurer) has been appointed to the
membership committee of the Central
Association of College and University
Business Officers. CACUBO is a nonprofit association representing chief
business officers at 700+ institutions
throughout the north central US.
Debra Hoffmaster (biology) helped 5th
grade science students in Adrian light up
their Christmas trees with glow-in-thedark bacteria. With her volunteer help,
the students filled petri dishes with
bacteria that emit a greenish glow as they
multiply.
Bob Gordon
(graduate studies)
displayed his
photos from the
1997 Fanjeaux,
France Seminar at
Dominican
College (NY) and
Edgewood
College (WI).
Thus far, the prints have been exhibited at
eight Dominican institutions around the
country. Gordon was also awarded the
Distinguished Director’s Award from the
Lenawee Training and Education
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