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