Reflections Magazine Issue #79 - Fall 2013 | Page 7

Campus News

center stage
“Inclusion on the 2014 list of Military
Friendly Schools shows Siena Heights
University’s commitment to providing
a supportive environment for military
students,” said Sean Collins, vice president at Victory Media. The 2014
list was compiled through extensive
research and a data-driven survey of
more than 10,000 VA-approved schools
nationwide. The survey results that comprise the list were independently tested
by Ernst & Young LLP based upon the
weightings and methodology established
by Victory Media. Each year schools
taking the survey are held to a higher
standard than the previous year via
improved methodology, criteria and
weightings developed with the assistance of an Academic Advisory Board
(AAB) consisting of educators from
schools across the country.

Award-Winning Author
Speaks at SHU
Siena Heights hosted award-winning
author and poet Chitra Divakaruni Sept.
18 in Francoeur Theater (below). Divakaruni is the author of “One Amazing
Thing,” a novel published in 2010 detailing how a group of people attempted
to survive in a dark, debris-filled office
after an immense earthquake hit. The
book was the 2013 Summer Reader
for freshmen students at SHU. Her
themes include women, immigration,
the South Asian experience, history,
myth, magical realism and diversity.

Editor’s Note: “Center Stage” is a new
feature in this issue that highlights news
of interest from around our College for
Professional Studies degree completion
centers statewide and online program.

Battle Creek
Scott Rubley ’09 was recently featured
in the Battle Creek Enquirer newspaper
for an unusual achievement: He has never
missed a day of school (kindergarten
through college) or a day of work. Rubley,
who received his bachelor’s degree in
business administration from SHU’s
Kellogg Community College center, told
the newspaper his “get up and go” positive attitude as well as his family upbringing probably contributed to his feat.
Rubley is currently employed with the
Sturgis Bank and Trust in Climax, Mich.

Lansing
Rahman Shareef ’02
was named the new
CEO of NewYoungFathers.com, a Lansing,
Mich.-based organization that empowers men
under the age of 25
to become responsible fathers through
community outreach programs, support,
media and educational materials.
Shareef was previously the organization’s
treasurer and also works as the public
relations coordinator for the Ingham
County Department of Transportation
and Roads. He resides in Lansing, Mich.

Monroe

Students at Monroe County Community
College can now earn a bachelor of arts
degree in criminal justice from Siena
Benton Harbor
Heights University on the MCCC campus.
Paget Mangold was
MCCC President Dr. David Nixon and
recently promoted to
SHU President Sister Peg Albert officially
assistant director of
announced the launch of the new
SHU’s Lake Michigan
program last spring at a press conference
College Center. Mangold on the MCCC campus. “We are seeing
earned her associate’s
a greater demand for criminal justice
degree from Lake Michi- graduates in our workforce—which is
gan College, her bachelor’s degree
exemplified by a 95 percent job placefrom SHU and her master’s degree from
ment rate for our graduates in this area—
Aquinas College. Before her promotion,
and this opportunity provides students a
she was an advisor in the SHU@LMC
seamless transition from Monroe County
Center. Mangold was previously employed Community College to Siena Heights,”
in various student service capacities at
said President Albert. “This collaboration
LMC for 14 years b