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Numbers, Names & Faces!
In the upper outside corner of many pages of
Reflections are photos of students, alumni,
faculty, staff and friends of Siena Heights
University. How many do you know?
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VP for Advancement Don Taylor
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Joy Artman Tonniges, daughter of President
Rick Artman, with her own daughter Alexi
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Anthonita Porta, OP ’63, adjunct faculty in
education
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Susan Matych-Hager
professor of music
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Nadine Foley, OP ’45, adjunct faculty in
religious studies
’68,
associate
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generous gift of $300,000 for the
Siena Heights endowment will establish the University’s first endowed lecture series.
The recent pledge from Warren and
Catherine Reuther of Lambertville will
help endow an ongoing lecture series
focusing on contemporary issues in ethics.
The gift is made in loving memory of
Catherine’s parents, Mildred Fontana and
Emilio Chiodini.
The endowed fund will support annual
lectures planned around interdisciplinary
themes such as medical ethics, ethics and
the law, and ethics in business The program will bring prominent speakers to the
Adrian campus and to Siena’s Off-Campus
centers.
The Reuthers are generous, long-time
supporters of Siena Heights; Warren (photo
top left) is secretary of the University’s
Board of Trustees. Endowing a lecture series on ethics appealed to the Reuthers as
an effective way to support Siena’s Catholic identity. The ethics program also
seemed a good way to honor Catherine’s
parents, for whom ethics and honesty were
very important. As with all endowed funds,
their gift will generate support in perpetuity and will be a living memorial to
Catherine’s mother and father.
Siena hopes to attract another $200,000
to complete the proposed $500,000 endowment for the lecture series.
Bob Price, trustee
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New Gift endows Lecture Series
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Ethics &
Education
Crystal Starkey ’00, English major
10 Miriam Michael Stimson, OP ’36, professor
emerita of chemistry
11 Psychology/social work major Scott Price ’99
and art major Michaela Jenzen ’99
12 Mathematics major Scott Long ’00
13 Music major Mindy Mohsen ’02
14 Mathematics major Vernon Johnson ’01
15 Child develop. major Heather Simpson ’00
16 Warren Reuther, trustee
17 Ken Phillips ’75, 1998 recipient of the
Outstanding Alumni Award
18 Mary Helen Kloeckner ’89 (left), 2000 recipient
of the Recent Graduate Award, with mentor
Mary Weeber of the English department
19 Susan Conley Weeks ’67, professor of
religious studies (left) and Jodie Screes, OP
’53, past coordinator of the Theological
Studies Program
20 Donna Milbauer ’89, administrative assistant
and adjunct faculty in art
21 Margie Bacarella, director of the Monroe
County Community College Center.
22 Deb Carter, dean of off-campus academic
affairs
23 Tim Bauer ’82, head cross country/track
coach and recipient of the 2000 Outstanding
Alumni Award
24 Jennifer Berry ’91, director of the SHU
Metropolitan Detroit Program
25 Susan Strupulis ’95, director of the Kellogg
Community College center in Battle Creek
26 Karla Pennington ’00, president of Student
Senate for 1999-2000
27 Norm Bukwaz, retiring this summer as dean
of off-campus and transfer programs after
26 years at Siena Heights
Lives Well Built:
Alumni award winners find success in the Siena spirit
The men and women honored each spring by
the Alumni Association demonstrate the impressive
outcomes possible with a Siena Heights education.
This year’s alumni award winners (pages 17-18)
were recognized for professional achievement,
volunteer leadership, and service to God and
community. In careers ranging from athletics to
education, they have become role models for
today’s students, building lives that are competent,
purposeful and ethical.
Who should the Alumni Association honor in
2001? Honorees may be graduates of any Siena
Heights center. Graduates may be nominated by
other alumni, faculty, staff or trustees. Nominations
should include the nominee’s name, address and
telephone number; a description of the qualities
and accomplishments that merit award
consideration; and the names of others who could
provide information about the nominee.
Nominations for the Outstanding Alumni Award,
Recent Graduate Award, Sister Ann Joachim Award
and Saint Dominic Award may be sent to the Siena
Heights University Alumni Office, 1247 E. Siena
Heights Dr., Adrian, MI 49221.
For further information, visit our website
(www.sienahts.edu) or contact Lynne Hill at (517)
264-7149 or [email protected].