Reflections Magazine Issue #63 - Fall 2005 | Page 2

From The Editor A Magazine for Graduates and Friends of Siena Heights University Throughout this issue of Reflections I invite you to travel with SHU from Adrian to Italy, from Mexico to South Africa and to many places in between. In this issue. . . . Our Dominican heritage encourages us to be itinerant and to seek truth wherever it can be found. As travelers, our students, faculty and staff, alumni and friends learn much about our world and bring those experiences and heightened understandings back to our community. I am pleased to be able to share some of these excursions with you.  Distance Learning ................................................................................................................ 5 President’s Message.............................................................................................................. 1 Siena Heights News ......................................................................................................... 2– 4 On The Road With Siena Heights .................................................................................. 6 –13 Alumni News................................................................................................................ 14–15 Class Notes ................................................................................................................... 16–21 On The Cover On The Road With Siena Heights. . . Travel adds meaning to our lives and gives us important insights about the people, nature, cultures, thoughts, and ideals that make up this stunning world. Travel can change ideas, minds, hearts and lives! As you travel in your community, throughout the country, or around the world we hope you will remember to take Siena Heights along and to let us know what adventures you’ve had and what journeys you’ve taken of late. “We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.” – John Hope Franklin (Historian) Keep in touch and enjoy the trip! Sara Bingham [email protected] SHU Alumni Association Board of Directors Joseph Balusik, III ’90, President Deborah Carrington Keller ’74, ’75, ’02, Vice President Amy Cousino ’96, Secretary Keith Rusie ’99, Past President Reflections Staff Editor: Sara Bingham Graphic Design: Jeff Masse Alumni News: Jennifer Hamlin Church Contributors: Jill Bakewell Joseph Balusik ‘90 Deb Carter Tommy Herrman ‘04 Nick Kaplan ‘04 Pat McDonald, O.P. ’69, ’83 MA Steve Ott Jere Righter ‘95 Keith Rusie ‘99 Lad Strayer Peggy McCaffrey Aniol ’73, ‘74 Geraldine Boykin ‘81 Shannon Bruley ’04 (Metro Detroit Program) Sarah Lyons Cooke ‘96 Patricia J. Cummings ’01 (Metro Detroit Program) D. Jean Heller-Durst ‘75 Mary Fairweather ’01 (Theological Studies Program) Judy Hill ‘74 Tootie Horn ‘68 Matthew Keller ‘03 Michael Lane ‘05 Claire Lubaway ‘73 Christa Marsik, OP ‘59 Jeanne Whitlow Mosely ‘59 Dennis Reeder ‘78 John Stoyka ’04 (Metro Detroit Program) Erin Mareel ’07, Student Representative Anthony Scioly, Faculty Representative Office of Alumni Relations Jennifer Hamlin Church, Associate VP for Advancement & Director of Alumni Relations [phone], [email protected] The Mission of Siena Heights University The mission of Siena Heights, a Catholic university founded and sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters, is to assist people to become more competent, purposeful and ethical through a teaching and learning environment which respects the dignity of all. Reflections is © 2005 by Siena Heights University.