Reflections Magazine Issue #61 - Spring 2004 | Page 17

From The Alumni Office It’s a pleasure to address readers of Reflections for the first time in my new role as head of the alumni office. Greetings to all our readers: parents, friends and most of all alumni of St. Joseph College, Siena Heights College and Siena Heights University. I’d like to take this opportunity to share my philosophy of alumni relations, and to invite your feedback. The mission statement, guiding principles and operating themes listed below explain how the Alumni Association Board of Directors and I want to work with the alumni of Siena Heights. Is this what you’re looking for? Send your ideas and suggestions to the alumni office by email ([email protected]) or U.S. mail. We want to hear from you! Jennifer A. Hamlin Church Associate VP for Advancement & Director of Alumni Relations The mission of the Office of Alumni Relations is to engage, involve, cultivate and steward Siena Heights alumni in a mutually rewarding relationship with the University; and to do this work in a way that is competent, purposeful and ethical. Guiding Principles: • Maintain the personal touch: Always relate to alumni in as personal a way as possible, reflecting the individual care and concern that most alumni found here as students. Respond promptly and professionally to calls and correspondence. Siena Heights Honors Graduates During Alumni Awards Day By Erin Fuller ’05 As Reflections went into production, Siena Heights and the SHU Alumni Association honored three accomplished graduates of the University at the Alumni Awards Day celebration held March 9 on the Adrian campus. The award winners spent the day on campus, visiting classes, leading seminars and meeting with students and staff prior to the formal award presentation ceremony that afternoon. This year’s award recipients are: Sister Ann Joachim Award Emery Harlan ’86 Emery Harlan is an attorney and partner in the law firm of Gonzalez, Saggio and Harlan, L.L.P in Milwaukee, Wis. He is also a founder and chairman of the board of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF), a trade association to help attorneys of color who work on their own. He also served on then-Gov. Tommy Thompson’s Judicial Advisory Committee. St. Dominic Award Sister Patricia Brady, OP ’63 Sister Patricia Brady, OP of Westchester, Ill., was a teacher and administrator for 30-plus years before moving i