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Wallitsch travels to Japan
Founders Day 2002
Dean’s Notes
Class Notes
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BELLARMINE MAGAZINE
LETTER FROM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
“An undeniable trait
o f Bellarmine alumni
is that they become
leaders in a variety
o f fields and pursuits
due to a passion f or
learning and
achievement taught
in Bellarmine’ s
When I first arrived on the Bellarmine campus in 1994, I was immediately
struck by a campus community that was kind and caring. In my first months
as Executive Director of the Bellarmine University Alumni Association I have
met with many alumni. It is evident from those face-to-face meetings that the same
qualities, kindness and caring, permeate throughout the Alumni Association even though
the alumni I have visited have left the confines of the Bellarmine campus. Kindness and
caring should not be mistaken for passivity or mediocrity, however. An undeniable trait
of Bellarmine alumni is that they become leaders in a variety of fields and pursuits due to
a passion for learning and achievement taught in Bellarmine’s unique educational
environment.
Because you are kind, you care about your alma mater and you are a leader, a common
question I hear is, “what can I do to help?” There is a misconception that if you do not
give monetarily, that your input is less important. Nothing could be further from the
truth. Two of the objectives of the Alumni Association are to encourage alumni to return
to campus to re-engage with their alma mater and to aid in the recruitment effort of high
school students so that they may share the same positive experience that you had while
attending Bellarmine.
unique educational
environment.”
On page 26 of the Bellarmine Magazine, you will find a form in which we ask you to
send in the name of a potential student who you feel is a strong candidate for Bellarmine.
The student that you recommend will receive information about Bellarmine, an
application, and the appropriate correspondence for prospective students. In addition,
because the recommendation has come from one of our most valued resources, our
alumni, the $25 application fee will be waived if the prospect is a legacy (son/daughter,
brother/sister, grandson/granddaughter of an alumnus).
This simple act encompasses the spirit of Bellarmine alumni, to give future generations
the chance to experience kindness, caring and the opportunity to develop into leaders
just the way you did during your days at Bellarmine. I look forward to meeting you in
the coming months and years and I hope you take the time to visit Bellarmine and see all
of the remarkable changes that have taken place.
Sincerely,
Ian Patrick
Executive Director
Bellarmine University Alumni Association
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Letter from the Executive Director
F E A T U R E S
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Putting the Bellarmine Mission to the Test
Bellarmine Coaches Bellarmine
Running Down A Dream
E V E N T S
BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
DR. JOSEPH J. MCGOWAN
President
DR. JOHN OPPELT
Provost
VINCE MANIACI
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
IAN PATRICK
Executive Director, BUAA
Editor
WES BURGISS
Chief Marketing Officer
JOHN SPUGNARDI
Director of News and Information
Co-Editor
DONNA ARMSTRONG ’01
Director of Communications
Magazine Coordinator
BRAD CRAIG ’01
Publications Associate
Creative Director and Designer
Contributing Writers:
Ian Patrick
Pat Ballard
Joan Riggert
John Spugnardi
Brad Craig ’01
Allison Becker
Sarah Wimsatt ’01
Jim Vargo ‘82
Tina Kauffmann
Beth Ennis
Susan Keating
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Founders Day 2002
2002 Alumni Awards
Knight of Knights
May Commencement
Guarnaschelli Lecture
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Dean’s Corner: Bellarmine College
Dean’s Corner: Lansing School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Bellarmine bids farewell to Nell Crews
Bellarmine Women’s Council Designers’ Show House
U.S. News and World Report Ranking
Jazz Guitar Clinic and Concert
Bagby named Director of Athletics
Dr. Margaret Mahoney Endowed Scholarship
Bellarmine adds lacrosse
Ultimate Questions Lecture Series
Focus on Development
Chris Pullem appointed basketball coach
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Class Notes
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Board of Directors
Rob Bader ’78
George Ballard ’71
Rita Bowman ’74
Stephanie Tracy Clemons ’89
Jason Cooper ’96
James E. Forst ’72
Jack Horn ’84
J. O. Kampschaefer ’54, Treasurer
Christopher J. Klein ’87
Stephanie L. McKune ’90/’94
Mary Lynn Meyer ’86/’88/’93
Kathleen Voor Montano ’84
Vanessa Cox Pollard ’99
Frank Pontrich ’71, President
Gina Schmitt Priddy ’91
Harry Rothgerber ’69
Todd Siegel ’95/’99
Christa Spalding ’97
Chris Sternberg ’87
Robert E. Thieman ’79
Faculty Representatives
Dr. Dan Bauer
Dr. Anne Moll ’81
Mary Ellen Pike ’81
Dr. Ruth Wagoner ’71
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Putting the Bellarmine
Mission to the
Test
Many Bellarmine graduates are shining
examples for the ideals and goals set forth
in the Bellarmine mission statement, but
perhaps no one better embodies this than
recent graduate Kristen Wallitsch ’00. With
the ink on her diploma just barely dry,
Wallitsch decided to put her knowledge
and preparation to the test by embarking
on a journey that took her far from home
and tested her ability as teacher and many
of the components included in the
Bellarmine mission.
Wallitsch’s journey took her to Japan to
teach English as a second language to
Japanese elementary and middle school
children. As part of this experience, she was
forced to acclimate to a new culture on her
own and apply the skills learned through a
Bellarmine education.
As a senior at Bellarmine, Wallitsch
served on an International Special
Education Committee on the Council for
Exceptional Children. Her role on the
committee required her to travel extensively
throughout the United States, including a
stop in Washington, D.C. to lobby
congressional and senatorial leaders for the
allocation of special education funds. The
stateside travel sparked an interest in
traveling abroad. Others involved in the
council suggested that she apply for the
Japan Teaching and Exchange Program
(JET).
Wallitsch received full support from
Bellarmine faculty members Dr. Maureen
Norris (Dean of Education) and Dr. Anne
Moll, both of whom wrote
recommendations for Wallitsch to be
included in JET. “It is a very intense
application process—essays, signatures. I do
not know what Dr. Norris and Dr. Moll
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“…where
diverse persons of all faiths
and ages develop the intellectual,
moral, and professional competencies to
lead, to serve and to make a living and a life
worth living.”
had to
do, but I
could
not have
gotten
-excerpt from the
into the
Bellarmine
University
program
mission statement
without their
help,” said
Wallitsch. The work of
the Bellarmine staff and Wallitsch’s individual efforts led
to an interview in Washington, D.C., at the Japanese
Embassy. Wallitsch left for Japan in the summer of 2000,
and stayed overseas for two years. “The program really
looks for younger people,” Wallitsch said. “I think they
want energetic people right out of college to give the
Japanese an excitement about American and other
English-speaking cultures.”
Upon learning she had been accepted to the program,
Wallitsch began meeting with a tutor to practice speaking
Japanese at her own expense. “Learning Japanese is not a
requirement of the JET program, but you cannot begin to
learn the culture unless you know the language,” said
Wallitsch. “In any culture, the spoken language is so
intertwined with understanding daily life.”
Wallitsch worked for a Board of Education in the town
Wallitsch with two Japanese students
of Yuwa, which is in the prefecture of Akita. “My town
had 8,000 people in it,” said Wallitsch, “and I was
responsible for two junior high schools and two
elementary schools. Every child in each of
the four schools saw me once a week.”
Wallitsch likened her role to that of an
art or music teacher in the United
States where children rotate to the
teacher on a consistent, but not daily,
basis.
The Japanese students have a
Japanese teacher who teaches English to
the students everyday. Wallitsch would take
the teacher’s place once a week and her role was to
make English fun, as well as evaluate the students’
performance. “The Japanese high school approach to
teaching English is very boring for the students,” said
Wallitsch. “The town of Yuwa’s philosophy was to bring
an American in and get the elementary students really
excited about English, so by the time they get to junior
high school and high school, they will love English and
dive right in. In addition, a lot of Japanese teachers are
very shy about speaking English and teach English to the
students in Japanese. You cannot really learn a language
without speaking it, that is where people from my
program were called upon. My role was to speak English
to the students.”
In America, curriculum is decided on a state-by-state
basis, where Japan has a national curriculum. In Japan,
teachers have tremendous pressure to teach to a national
exam. As a result, the Japanese high school approach
focuses on reading and writing, to prepare the students
for the national exam. Wallitsch focused on speaking and
communicating to help teach children the language and
make it more fun for the students.
Wallitsch credits the dual certification program
offered by Bellarmine’s School of Education with helping
prepare her for her experience abroad and
her present experience in the west end of
Louisville. Currently, Bellarmine is the only
university in America to require students to
be certified in both regular education and
Learning and Emotional Behavior Disorders.
“The dual certification at Bellarmine
helped me so much,” Wallitsch said. “There
are so many parallels between teaching
English as a second language and special
education. The kids in Japan did not know
English that well—it was almost like a
disability, so I had to prepare my lesson
plans and objectives as if I were preparing to
“The dual certification at
Bellarmine helped me so much,
there are so many
parallels
between
teaching
English as
a second
language
and special
education.”
work with a special education student,” Wallitsch
explained. “It was also a great learning experience for me
because, in a way, I was in the shoes of the person with
the disability in Japan. My Japanese sounded funny to
them. People stared at me. People gawked at me. People
gave me a hard time. But it was all worth it to gain that
learning experience.”
Since her return, Wallitsch teaches children with
behavior disorders in a self-contained classroom at J.B.
Atkinson Elementary School. In looking at the American
model of education compared to the Japanese model,
Wallitsch compares the difference to two pyramids, one
pointing up, the other pointing down. “In Japan, the
children are given a lot of freedom at a young age, and
are forced to become less creative and more conformist
when they get older. It is not ‘cool’ for Japanese high
school students to be different. By high school, Japanese
students do a lot of group work and co-existing within the
group is stressed. In America, there are more rules for
younger children like hall-passes, for example. As students
get older in America, everyone wants to be different. We
encourage and accept free thinking, individuality, and
creativity in American high schools much
more than the Japanese, from my experience,”
said Wallitsch.
Wallitsch is looking forward to
continuing her role as a teacher in the short
term, but her belief in the strength of the
dual certification program at Bellarmine, her
experience with the Council for Exceptional
Children, and her experience abroad have
sparked a long-term interest in lobbying on
behalf of special education interests.
Kristen Wallitsch working with
students at J.B. Atkinson Elementary School
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coaches
BELLARMINE
COACHING THEIR ALMA MATER
Alumni choose to give back to their institutions in
many ways. Some volunteer time, some actively engage
on boards, some give financially. In the case of Tim
Chastonay ’93, Jim Vargo ’82, Angela Clark Archer a full-time coach to work with both
’98, Scott Wiegandt ’89, Shannon Avis Main ’99 and the men’s and women’s teams. “It was
my goal to be a college coach and I
knew Bellarmine would be a great
return to their alma mater to improve the sports experience because I understood it as a
programs that they enjoyed while undergraduates at player and as a student,” said
Chastonay, “My hope was that I could
TIM
Bellarmine by serving as head coaches.
give the kids something I might not
CHASTONAY ’93
have experienced.”
Chastonay has certainly met his goal. The men’s
“My senior year at
program improved from five wins two years ago to 11 last
Bellarmine was the first
year and the program qualified for the GLVC tournament
time I thought about
for the first time since the league expanded to 12 teams.
coaching because we had
The women’s team turnaround has been even more
some success, and the
impressive. After a four-win season followed by a ninecoach we had my senior
win season, the women are presently 12-4 and qualified
year encouraged me to
for the GLVC tournament for the first time in school
consider coaching
history.
[soccer],” said Chastonay.
“I remember my great education and the friendships I
Although he first
made while a student at Bellarmine. Now I see the same
envisioned himself
friendships forming with my present teams,” said
earning his degree in
Chastonay. “It is also great to see the alumni players that
business and returning to
come back and
his native hometown St.
support us.
Louis to work, he took
Even though
the advice of his coach
they have
and began a successful
graduated,
Soccer coach Tim Chastonay coaching career with
they are still
youth teams in the area. From there he moved to Eastern
spending time
High School, where he led Eastern to the state
together and
championship in 1996.
supporting us
Soon after the state championship, Dr. Fred Rhodes
Yearbook photo of Chastonay in his playing days
at the games.”
called Chastonay and mentioned that BU was looking for
Greg Stephenson ’88, they each made a commitment to
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SCOTT
WIEGANDT ’89
Scott Wiegandt was
attracted to Bellarmine
as a student for its
excellent undergraduate
reputation. Even
though Wiegandt had
full scholarship offers
from Division I
schools, he chose
Bellarmine to
experience the best of
both worlds: playing
baseball and getting a
great education.
Wiegandt giving advice
As a senior,
Wiegandt was selected as an All-American, helped
Bellarmine to a top-5 ranking in the nation for Division
II baseball, led the Knights to an undefeated record in the
GLVC and posted a 9-2 record with a 0.77 ERA.
Wiegandt played for 10 years in the minor leagues before
an injury brought him back to teaching and coaching at
Holy Cross.
After being inducted into to the Bellarmine Athletic
Hall of Fame in 2000, Wiegandt received a call from the
athletic director, at the time, David O’Toole, about
possibly coaching at Bellarmine. “Initially, I had started
coaching just to stay around the game, but when I got to
the high school level, I realized that college would be a
better fit for me,” said Wiegandt. “When David O’Toole
called, I was extremely interested. I have been really lucky
because I have been able return to both of the schools
where I played to coach them.”
Like Chastonay, the time, effort, and energy have paid
off. Wiegandt inherited a team that won four games in
the GLVC and quickly
improved the team’s
record to 11 GLVC wins
in his first season and 12
the next. In addition,
Wiegandt’s efforts have led
to a new baseball locker
room and new playing
surface which is identical
to that of Louisville
Slugger Field. Wiegandt
also began his career with
a team of 28 players.
Today, the squad consists
Wiegandt on the mound
of 46 players and a JV
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program has been added to accommodate the interest.
“We are still rebuilding and we are not where I want
to be yet, but everyone’s attitude about Bellarmine
baseball has changed. The administration, other GLVC
teams, conference officials, and our players all perceive us
differently, and the new perception is extremely positive,”
said Wiegandt. To help reach his goals Wiegandt has also
employed four alumni as assistant coaches: Jack Haury
’56, Bryan Wiegandt ’94, Pat McClinton ’94, and
Dominic Catalano ’02.
Wiegandt notes that while the campus has grown and
changed since he played, Bellarmine still has a family
atmosphere. “I still keep in touch with a lot of the guys I
played with. Each sports team is like a fraternity or
sorority at Bellarmine. I like the fact that I never see my
guys alone, they are always with each other. Anywhere
from 10 to 15 guys meet once a week to go bowling and
spend time together.”
JIM
VARGO ’82
Like Wiegandt,
Jim Vargo was
inducted into the
Bellarmine
Athletic Hall of
Fame in 2000.
Vargo, a former
Academic AllAmerican, was
hired by David
O’Toole to create
a track and field
program for both
the men and
Vargo and Vitalis run through campus women and to
enhance the existing
cross country programs.
While at Bellarmine, Vargo graduated at the top of his
class and helped the team to NCAA appearances in cross
country in both 1980 and 1982. In addition, Bellarmine
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finished 7th in the nation during Vargo’s senior year.
Unlike Wiegandt and Chastonay, Vargo brought more
than 11 years of collegiate coaching to Bellarmine having
served as an assistant coach at the University of Louisville
and as an assistant and head coach at Georgia Southern
University. Vargo built the track and field program at
Georgia Southern from club to varsity status. “When
David O’Toole contacted me about the coaching
position, I immediately saw it as an opportunity to build
a program from the ground up like I had done at GSU,”
said Vargo. “I also saw it as an opportunity to give back
to a place that I have a great fondness and respect for.”
Vargo started the track program with 20 men and
women most of whom also competed in cross county.
Today, the men’s and women’s track program fields 50
student-athletes. “Looking at where we are today,” said
Vargo, “I am extremely proud of the fact that our athletes
are students first, our women’s team GPA is a 3.2 and our
men’s a 2.96. I am also proud that many of our track
members have been dually recruited to play other sports.
While some schools force
specialization, we have
allowed and encouraged
the athletes to compete in
more than one sport. We
have become a place
where a student can be a
student and they can
enjoy the sports they love.
A lot of that comes back
to a group of alumni like
Scott (Wiegandt), Angela
(Archer) and Tim
(Chastonay) working well
together. Because we all
understand what Bellarmine Vargo as a Bellarmine runner
stands for and because we all respect
each other as fellow alumni, we work
together to help the students develop as
student-athletes.”
ANGELA
ARCHER ’98
Angela Clark Archer knew that she wanted to coach.
After working in the corporate world, she knew that
teaching and coaching field hockey would make her
happy. In addition, she knew that Bellarmine was the
place she wanted to coach. “I always wanted to coach at
Bellarmine—to return and coach where I played,” said
Archer.
In just her first season, Archer has instilled a new
sense of team unity, a focus on fundamentals, and has
demanded that the players play to a level that commands
the respect of all on campus. Archer was MVP of the
K.I.T. and her own experience at Bellarmine has played a
role in her
expectations.
“When I
played at
Bellarmine, we
won the K.I.T.
for 2 straight
years,” said
Archer. “I
expect us to
return to that
level—we have
expanded our
recruiting to
any area where
field hockey is
Asher coaching one of her players
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prominent and we will
add off-season work in
both the winter and the
spring. The girls we
have now are totally
turned around both
fundamentally and the
way they get along with
one another. I bring up
my playing days a lot to
show the girls that we
can improve and we can
get back to a high level
where we do not just
compete, we compete to
win.”
Asher charging in her playing days
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coaches
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GREG
STEPHENSON ’88
Though Greg Stephenson played his tennis as an
undergraduate at Eastern Kentucky, he earned a second
degree from Bellarmine in 1988 on the advice and
counseling of Sister Pat Lowman. “My focus at Eastern
was playing tennis, and Sister Pat encouraged me to get
a second degree. I went at night while I was coaching
and working as the teaching pro here at Bellarmine. I
always had a passion for history and I earned my BA
degree with a 3.6 GPA from Bellarmine which I am
proud of.”
Stephenson can also be proud of the foundation he
established for the tennis program at Bellarmine. He
started the women’s program and led the men to six
consecutive GLVC titles. The women won the GLVC in
just their third year of existence under Stephenson’s
tutelage. In addition, in coaching both the men and the
women, Stephenson has had only one player not
graduate in his years as head coach. Stephenson took
some time away from coaching in the mid-90s and
returned to the team in 2000.
“Bellarmine has done a lot of good things. The
addition of the Student Recreation Fitness Center
(SURF) has been great. I like seeing the kids over here
using the facility and having a place where they can
relax and hang
out,” said
Stephenson. “The
athletic department
is also on track
which is another
reason I returned. I
will always fight for
tennis and my goal
is to add six new
courts for our
athletes to play on.”
Stephenson also
leads by example in
terms of his own
playing ability. In
Tennis coach Greg Stephenson
2000, he was ranked
number one in the South in U.S.T.A. play for his age
group. He is currently ranked 14th in the nation in
U.S.T.A. play. “I have always respected all of the
Bellarmine players as students and people. We have a lot
of players go on to very successful careers and they are
also great people. The men’s team I have now could be
very special and they have been working extremely
hard.”
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coaches
BELLARMINE
SHANNON
MAIN ’99
“I always had an
interest in teaching
golf,” said Shannon
Avis Main. “My coach
at the time, Skip
Welch, was great
because I expressed that
interest to him and he
allowed me to start
teaching some of the
younger players and
Main checking a golfer’s swing worked with me on teaching
the game to others.”
Upon graduation, Main stayed in golf by serving as
the Director of Junior Golf for the Kentucky PGA. “We
had a lot of kids go through the PGA program and in
addition to teaching, I took an interest in helping them
find colleges because I had gone through the experience
myself. Recruiting on the other end is different because
you not only have to find someone talented, you have to
find someone who will do well academically and, most
importantly, find girls who will be a good fit in terms of
their personality. We want a strong sense of team unity
here,” said Main.
Main views her undergraduate experience in a new
light now that she is on the other end as a coach. “I brag
to everyone about playing at Bellarmine. I love to watch
the women I have now
and know how much they
will appreciate the
experience later in their
lives. Coaching and
teaching the game of golf
is a passion and working
at Bellarmine has made
me appreciate my college
experience even more. I
remind the women often
how fortunate they are,” Main with former players
and Coach Skip Welch
said Main.
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RUNNING DOWN
Vitalis Lanshima
A
Dennis Ogbe
Two N i g e r i a n Pa ra l y m p i c At h l e t e s E n ro l l
Dennis is an outstanding thrower who competes in the
Two years ago, Vitalis Lanshima and Dennis Ogbe had
shot
put, discuss and javelin. What makes him unique is
finished competing at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games
that he competes not by standing, but by throwing these
and were preparing to depart Australia with a distant dream
implements from a wheelchair. The youngest child in a
– to one day leave Nigeria and become student-athletes in
family of 12, Dennis was hospitalized at age three with a
the United States. Shortly before closing ceremonies in
severe case of malaria. During his period of hospitalization,
Sydney a Nigerian teammate encouraged Vitalis and Dennis
he also contracted polio. Close to death, Dennis eventually
to speak with the “American” coach because he may be able
recovered, but has lost all function in his left leg.
to help them. That “American” coach happened to be Jim
Late this spring, all of the pieces fell into place to make
Vargo, Assistant Athletic Director and Director of Track and
the dreams of Dennis and Vitalis come true. John Partington,
Cross Country at Bellarmine.
from the Church of Christ in London, completed a fund
After a brief conversation and exchange of contact
raising campaign through the Hope Foundation that
information, Vitalis and Dennis returned home to Nigeria
secured the remaining financial resources necessary for
and Coach Vargo to Bellarmine. Several months passed
Vitalis and Dennis to attend Bellarmine. Keith West, from
before Vargo received a call at his office that turned out to be
the Church of Christ in Louisville, made the necessary
Vitalis and Dennis. They were in London and wanted to
housing arrangements and has been instrumental in making
know how quickly they could complete the process that
their transition to Louisville a good
would enable them to enroll as fullone. Numerous people in the
time students at Bellarmine. With no
Bellarmine community also assisted in
financial support, no contacts in the
the endeavor.
States, difficulty obtaining academic
In less than two months, Vitalis
records from Nigeria, and visa delays
and
Dennis have taken the Bellarmine
due to the tragic events of Sept. 11, it
community by storm engaging
appeared improbable that their dream
everyone on campus who comes into
to come to the States and study at
contact with them. Enthusiastic,
Bellarmine would be realized.
upbeat, encouraging, amazing and
Vitalis and Dennis experienced
inspiring are but a few of the words
difficult lives growing up in their
people often use to describe them.
native country of Nigeria. Each found
Vitalis writes for the student
athletics as a means to improve their
Vitalis (left) and Dennis (right) talk with Vince Maniaci
newspaper. Dennis plays on a
life situation, but each had many
community-based wheelchair basketball team. Vitalis won a
obstacles to overcome and constant life long challenges to
seat on the Student Government Association. Dennis is a
face. College recruiters rarely come knocking on the doors of
parliamentarian for the Student Government Association.
persons who live in remote countries such as Nigeria, and
Vitalis is on the Mock Trial Team, Dennis is active in both
even rarer if you have a physical disability.
the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Bellarmine
Vitalis is a track sprinter who runs the 200 and 400Activities Council. Vitalis has been selected to represent
meter races. His times in both events are competitive at the
Bellarmine at the NCAA Action Academy. Vitalis plans to
college level. What makes Vitalis unique is that he is a
major in communications or psychology. Dennis is a
double-arm amputee. He lost both of his arms above the
business major with an emphasis in international business.
elbow at age eight when a metal high jump bar he was
What this dynamic duo will do following graduation is
holding in both hands came into contact with a live power
unknown,
but one can only imagine the impact they will
line. In Nigeria, power lines are often dangerously close to
have
on
the
lives of others.
the ground, not 20 feet overhead as in the U.S.
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BELLARMINE MAGAZINE
Founders
ay
D
2002
C E L E B R A T I O N
This year marked the third year of
Bellarmine’s annual Founders Day
Celebration. Alumni, students, faculty, staff and
friends gathered to celebrate 53 years of education.
Beginning on Thursday, the celebration began with
a new twist as celebrants enjoyed a Caribbean style
picnic with Caribbean cuisine and drink. The Java
Men, comprised of Bellarmine alumni and faculty,
provided sounds for the event. A limbo contest
accented the day with the winner, Patricia Grimes,
given her pick of Bellarmine attire from
www.buwear.bellarmine.edu.
Dr. Margaret Mahoney was awarded the
inaugural Founders Day Award
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Founders
Day
2002
which recognizes a distinguished
member of the Bellarmine community who
has had an impact on the lives of
Bellarmine graduates and who continues to
foster the personal relationships students
enjoy while at Bellarmine. Closing out the
evening on Thursday was a showing of
“Spiderman” on the hillside in which many
alumni and their families enjoyed.
On Friday, past and present alumni
award winners gathered at Glenview, the
Pioneer Class gathered in the Pioneer Room of
the W.L. Lyons Brown Library, the Mock Trial
Alumni gathered to honor the Alumnus of the
Year, Jim Wagoner and the Varsity Club was
introduced to new Athletic Director, Rick
Bagby.
A Bellarmine tradition, the Alumni
Golf Tournament, took place on
Saturday with morning and afternoon
flights. Saturday evening, the Alumni
Association honored this year’s awards
recipients at the Alumni Association
Awards Dinner and Dance. Young
Alumni joined the group after
dinner and danced the night away
to the music of “The New Breed.”
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(left) President
McGowan
welcomes past
and present
Alumni Award
Recipients to
Glenview.
Members of the Pioneer Class gathered on
Friday of the Founders Day Celebration to
view documents donated by Pioneer Class members
and Monsignor Horrigan. The items were placed
on display in the Pioneer Room of the W.L.
Lyons Brown Library. Items included photos,
newspaper articles, and one of the first class
schedules ever printed at Bellarmine. In the
Spring of 2004, the Pioneer Class will
celebrate their fiftieth class reunion.
(left) Kaelin
Rybak ’74
(front center)
catches up with
Bob Lockhart at
the Awards
Recipients’
Reception.
(above) Pioneer Class member John
O’Regan ’54 shares stories at the
Pioneer Class reception.
(left) Jimmy
Ford ’86/’98
and Linda Gleis
’74 speak with
Paul Browne
’69 at the
President’s
Reception.
(left) Former
Mock Trial
members gather in
the Student Center
at a reception
honoring Alumnus
of the Year, Jim
Wagoner ’72.
(left)Two Pioneer Class members
view a 10-year reunion photo in
the Pioneer Room of the W. L.
Lyons Brown Library.
(below) New Athletic Director Rick
Bagby (back to camera) welcomes
softball coaches Joe Elston, David
Guild and their spouses to the
Varsity Club reception.
Founders
Day
2002
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2
Awards
Founders
ALUMNI
Day
2002
R E C I P I E N T S
(right)
2001
Alumnus of
the Year Jim
Lintner ’71
visits with 2002
Alumnus of the Year
Jim Wagoner ’72.
(left) Mock
Trial Alumni
share stories
about Jim
and Ruth
Wagoner at
the Mock
Trial
Reception.
(right)
Alumni
Award
recipients
enjoy a
beautiful
Autumn
evening at
Glenview.
Alumnus of the Year
James R. Wagoner ’72
Scarlet and Silver Society
Monsignor Horrigan
Distinguished Service Award
James P. Ford ’86/’98
(left) Local
meteorologist
Kevin Harned
of WAVE 3
interviews
students Robbie
Tindall and
Kendrick
Durham at the
Caribbean picnic.
Dr. John “Jack” Ford
Gallery of Distinguished Graduates
Dr. Rex Lagerstrom ’77/’80
Claudia Chervenak McCrocklin ’89
Michael F. Seibold ’71
K. Greg Smith ’73
E. Joseph Steier ’89
Doris ComleySwenson ’83/’87
(right) Ian Patrick,
Jimmy Ford
’86/’98 and Dr.
McGowan share a
laugh at the
Alumni Awards
Dinner.
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EVENTS
.Events.Events.Events.Events.Events.Events.Events.Events.
FESTIVAL DI MONTEPULCIANO
Bellarmine transformed into an
Italian city for Knight of Knights
Bellarmine University hosted its
fourth Knight of Knights event on
October 5, 2002. This annual
recognition for President’s Society
members (any donor who gives
$1,000 or more annually) also
honors one special member of the
Bellarmine community with a
ceremonious knighting, hence the
name Knight of Knights. This year,
in recognition of his outstanding
contribution to Bellarmine and the
entire community, we were pleased
to bestow knighthood on
Bellarmine friend,
long-time donor and
former Trustee, Mr.
James A. Patterson.
For the event,
Bellarmine completely
transformed the indoor
tennis courts located in
Bellarmine's Sport,
Recreation and Fitness
Center into the village
of Montepulciano,
Italy, the birthplace of
St. Robert Bellarmine, to replicate
Montepulciano's knighting ceremony
held in the fall. Following the Knight
of Knights event
on Saturday,
Bellarmine hosted
an Italian dinner
in the same
facility for its
students to enjoy
the fantastic
surroundings.
Thanks to the
generosity of the
event sponsors as
well as other table
sponsors,
Bellarmine raised more than $150,000
on the event, of which $110,000 was
directed for student assistance.
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Tom Evers
’99, Young
Alumni
President’s
Society
member with
his date
Jenna Kelly,
networking
with fellow President’s
Society members.
(left) Hugh Ella
Robinson (left)
speaking with
student
representative on
Board of Trustees
Kendrick
Durham ’03
and his date
Amanda
Larkins ’06.
President Joseph J. McGowan
(left) Dr. Joseph
J. McGowan,
President, presents
Mr. Jim Patterson,
the 2002 Knight,
with a replica
of Excalibur
following the
knighting
ceremony.
(below) Ron Burbridge (center)
talking with Executive in Residence
and former Trustee, Dr. Sam
Robinson and his wife Hugh Ella.
(lower left) Chairman of
the Board of Trustees, Jim
Lintner ’71 with Vice
Chair Len Spalding ’59
talking with Dr.
Tony Vuturo ’62.
(right) Many President’s
Society members danced
to the sounds of The
Band, etc.
EVENTS
.Events.Events.Events.Events.Events.Events.Events.Events.
BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY
Commencement
held May 11
Bellarmine University’s Alumni
Association increased by approximately
400 members after the 49th annual
commencement exercises on
Saturday, May 11, in Knights Hall.
Former Congressman Lee Hamilton
encouraged the graduates to engage in
public service in his commencement
address.
In addition to the address and
conferral of the traditional degrees,
other highlights of the commencement
exercises included awarding the
Archbishop’s Medal of Scholastic
Excellence to Allyson Daugherty;
the Wilson W. Wyatt Fellowship to
Janine Minton (student) and Frank
Slesnick (faculty); and the In
Veritatis Amore Awards to
Daugherty and Peter Kremer-Schmidt.
Honorary doctorates were bestowed on Hamilton and
Morton Boyd, a local banker and philanthropist.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Jared Diamond delivers
Bellarmine
University’s 2002
Guarnaschelli Lecture
Jared Diamond delivered
Bellarmine University’s Guarnaschelli
Lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 18, to
an overflow audience in the Wyatt
Center for the Arts. The Pulitzer
Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel: the Fates of
Human Societies, used slides to illustrate the traits of different
societies and summarized much of the work published in his
book during his well-received presentation.
A professor of physiology at the UCLA School of Medicine,
Diamond first gained national acclaim for his book, Why is Sex
Fun? and followed that up with the widely acclaimed, The Third
Chimpanzee (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for
the best science book of 1992). Originally published in 1997,
Guns, Germs and Steel remains one of the top-selling science
books in the United States. The book answers the question,
“Why did Europeans and Asians conquer the indigenous
peoples of Africa, the New World, Australia and the South
Pacific instead of being conquered themselves?”
As a scientist, Diamond also is an awardwinner, garnering a MacArthur Foundation Fellow- Diamond
ship (known as the “Genius
Award”) and numerous research
prizes from organizations such as
the National Geographic Society
and the American Physiological
Society.
The Guarnaschelli Lecture
Series is designed to bring leading
arts and humanities speakers to
the Louisville community. It is
made possible by a grant from Dr.
John and Marty Guarnaschelli of
Louisville.
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Be sure to catch Dr.
Dan Bauer and Dr.
Maureen Norris in the
Spring Edition
BELLARMINE MAGAZINE
DEAN’S CORNER
BELLARMINE
COLLEGE
(Home of the Arts & Sciences)
STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS
Dr. Mary Jo Vesper
“When I came to Bellarmine in
fall 2001, I found a treasure
trove of faculty and student
accomplishments awaiting me.
Now I have a chance to share
some of these with you. I hope
they awaken for you fond
memories of what it was like
being at Bellarmine. The good
stuff still happens, and your
good memories will become
even better as you read our
stories.”
In the spring of 2002, five writers,
editors, and the advisor of the Concord
participated in the Kentucky
Intercollegiate Press Association
annual convention and competition,
a time of multiple workshops, speakers,
and on-site events. Bellarmine students competed
well in on-site competitions and secured the 2004 State
Convention for Bellarmine (after a tussle with Centre).
Rhonda Ruffra, senior English major and editor, won 1st place in
the copy-editing competition for small colleges, and Erica Osborne,
junior Communication major and managing editor, won 2nd place
in deadline writing competition for small colleges. Staff members
earned 22 additional awards.
1st Place
NEWS ANALYSIS - Rhonda Ruffra
EDITORIAL CARTOON - Jeni Hortin
CARTOON - Ken Stacy
NEWSWRITING - Rhonda
Ruffra
EDITORIAL - Rhonda Ruffra
Special Earth Day Section Staff
FEATURE - Erica
Osborn
SPORTS COLUMN - Dave O'Bryan
3rd Place
CONTINUING NEWS - Diane Simrall
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY - Alan Adelberg
PHOTO ESSAY - Leigh White
Alan Adelberg
DR. MARY JO VESPER, DEAN
BELLARMINE COLLEGE
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2nd Place
REVIEW - Diane Simrall
REVIEW - Lisa Messer
Honorable
Mention
Diane Simrall
FRONT PAGE DESIGN - Staff
FEATURE PAGE DESIGN - Diane
SPECIAL SECTION ON 9/11 - Staff
COMIC STRIP - Jeni Horton
NEWS PHOTO - Kyle Spalding
FEATURE - Erica Osborne
FEATURE - Malia Wilkinson
PHOTO ESSAY - Diane Simrall
PHOTO ESSAY - Kyle Spalding
Simrall
Bellarmine Mock Trial
The Mock Trial members and coaches had a strong showing
in last year’s National Mock Trial Tournament in Des Moines,
Iowa, April 5-7, 2002. The team ranked 11th in the national
division. A tied ballot kept the team from being in the top 10.
Allison Brown, junior and team captain last year, was
selected as a top 10 national attorney in the division. She
qualified to be part of a pool of 20 of the national attorney
winners eligible to be selected for a full scholarship to Stetson
University Law School. Bellarmine graduate and current Drake
Law student Jason Butler is the author of this year’s national
case.
Last year’s team members: Allison Brown, Kristen Collett,
Sandy Davis, Steve Hughes, Aubrey Keene, Lora McDaniel,
Billy Merrifield, Jarrod Roby, Soha Saiyed. The coaches were
Jason Cooper, Dr. Ruth Wagoner and Jim Wagoner, J.D.
FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS
METROVERSITY AWARD
For the third time in four years, Mathematics professor
Michael Bankhead was one of four winners of Kentuckiana
Metroversity’s 2002 Award for Instructional Development. Mr.
Bankhead’s proposal was entitled “How to Use a Simple New
Teaching Methodology that Reduces Anxiety, Improves
Standards and Maximizes Student Participation and Student
Interaction in Any Course in Which It Is Used.”
POETRY TRANSLATION
A collection of poems by English professor Frederick Smock
will be included in a project by Russian poet Vladimir
Gandelsman. The English-language poetry translation is a
Russian tradition, previously focused on the classics. The goal
of it is to introduce Russians to contemporary American poetry.
A series of bilingual books will be published by Ars-Interpres of
New York. The series will include the works of Billy Collins,
Robert Hass, Joris Graham, Anthony Hecht, Paul Muldoon,
Charles Simic, and Mark Strand, as well as Bellarmine’s Fred
Smock. In addition, Smock’s poem “In a Country Church,”
from his forthcoming collection, “Guest House,” was cowinner of the 2002 Frankfort Arts Foundation Poetry Prize.
Smock also taught literature courses in Denmark in the
summer of 2002 after being selected through the KIIS program
and taught in the Governor’s School for the Arts.
INTERNATIONAL WORK
The Kentucky Institute of International Studies approved two
members of the Arts & Sciences faculty for teaching abroad
during the summer of 2003. Page Curry will be teaching two
French courses in Paris, and Richard Burchard will be teaching
two music courses in Salzburg, Austria.
English professor Anthony O’Keeffe has completed a yearlong sabbatical in Romania, during which he participated in
conferences, presenting papers and chairing sessions as well as
working with the Rector of Lucian Blaga University and Dr.
Dumitru Ciocoi-Pop as editor of “Selected Poetry of Lucian Blaga.”
A Benediction of Place
by Fr. Clyde Crews
This book sets out to intr oduce the
intense, time-honor ed and visually
r ender ed pr esence of C atholicism
thr ough a focus on historic sacr ed sites
in K entucky and
Souther n Indiana.
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Proceeds support the ongoing service of Our Lady of the Woods Chapel to the Bellarmine Community.
The book is dedicated to those who perished in the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
PUBLICATIONS
Chair of the English Department Dr. Carole Pfeffer’s essay will
be included in Multiple Literacies for a New Millennium. Her
essay on portfolios in the Kentucky high schools will be included
in a volume to be published by Southern Illinois Press.
Dr. Kathryn West, Associate Professor of English and Director
of the Honors Program, published a review of The Web of Iniquity:
Early Detective Fiction of American Women in American Literature
(March 2002) and an article on Pam Houston in Dictionary of
Literary Biography, American Short Stories Writers Since 1945.
“Leibniz’s Non-Tensed Theory of Time” in International Studies
in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2002 is Michael
Futch’s first publication as a member of the Bellarmine faculty.
He joined the Philosophy Department in August 2002.
Dr. Tom Wilson, Associate Professor of Psychology, has
published an article under the pseudonym of Will Thomson. The
article, “They’re at the Post, So Who’ll Be the Winner?” appears
in The Journal of Irreproducible Results. Well known for its
tongue-in-cheek perspective on academic issues, the publication
of Dr. Wilson’s is a testimony to his intellect as well as his wit.
Dr. David Porta, Biology professor and Bellarmine alum, has
been invited to write a chapter for Forensic Medicine of the Lower
Extremity: Human Identification and Trauma Analysis of the Thigh,
Leg, and Foot (Humana Press). The chapter will cover fracture
pattern analysis in aviation incidents, drawing upon practical and
experimental experiences. The text will be used by physicians,
forensic anthropologists, engineers, and criminalists.
Dr. Robert Korn, Biology professor, has recently published two
articles: “Biological Hierarchies, Their Birth, Death and Evolution
by Natural Selection,” Biology and Philosophy 17: 199-221, 2002
and “Chimeric Patterns in Juniperus Chinensis ‘Torulosa
Variegata’ (Cupressaceae) Expressed During Leaf and Stem
Formation,” American Journal of Botany 89(5): 758-765, 2002.
Mr. Mark Sawyer-Dailey, Director of Bellarmine’s Theatre
Program, coordinated a summer project with the Louisville Zoo
directing the Gorilla Interpreters, a group of actors, including five
Bellarmine students, who enhance visitors’ experience in the zoo’s
new Gorilla Forest by “becoming” researchers, natives, or safari
guides giving information about the gorillas and answering
questions posed by guests.
OTHER NOTES
Adjunct Art Professor Fong Choo won first place at the American Craft Council Show in Baltimore February 23-24, 2002. Adjunct
Communication Professor Jim Wagoner had an article included in the newly published book, Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia.
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BELLARMINE MAGAZINE
DEAN’S CORNER
THE ALLAN AND DONNA LANSING
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND
HEALTH SCIENCES
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UPPDAT
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from the six departments in The Lansing School of Nursing and Health Sciences
PHYSICAL THERAPY
The Commission on Accreditation in
Physical Therapy Education of the
American Physical Therapy Association
approved the substantive change in the
Bellarmine program curriculum and
voted to, “continue accreditation of the
physical therapist education program at
Bellarmine University.”
CARDIOPULMONARY SCIENCE
The Committee on accreditation for
Respiratory Care found that the CPS
program at Bellarmine met or exceeded
all currently set thresholds for success on
each of the required outcome measures.
CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE
Dr. Sue Davis
“There is an incredible shortage
of healthcare professionals. One
in 10 jobs in the Louisville area
are in the healthcare industry
and seven of the top 21
employers in Louisville are in
the healthcare industry. Our
departments and programs at
Bellarmine are meeting the
needs of the region and
contributing to the healthcare
industry.”
DR. SUE DAVIS, DEAN
LANSING SCHOOL
OF NURSING AND
HEALTH SCIENCES
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The CLS/MedTech Alumni and Friends Group
has reconvened on Bellarmine’s campus. For
information on joining the group and for news
on upcoming meetings and events email the
group at cls@bellarmine.edu.
NURSING
CY TOTECHNOLOGY
Bellarmine’s MSN program has
been funded by the Department
of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services
Administration for tuition
assistance to MSN students
attending part-time and within
12 months of completing the
program. The BSN secured
funding for minority scholarships
from the William Randolph
Hearst Foundation. Dr. Maggie
Miller will be presented with the
2002 KNA Distinguished Nurse
of the Year Award.
The American Society of Cytopathology
has found Bellarmine’s program, “to be
in compliance with the Standards and
Guidelines for an Accredited Educational
Program for Cytotechnologist.”
Bellarmine’s program also boasts a 100%
pass rate on the cytotechnology registry
exam for its May 2002 graduates.
H E A LT H C A R E
A unique minor designed for nonhealthcare majors to help students
obtain a background in the healthcare
industry.
Physical Therapy
Enjoys New Home
The Physical Therapy program has
been happily ensconced in the first floor
of Miles Hall for over a year and is
feeling very much at home after a
hurried transition from the University of
Louisville to Bellarmine. Once UofL
decided to close the school of Allied
Health, the decision was made by
Bellarmine to move several programs,
including Physical Therapy, into the
University. The feeling of acceptance
helped the faculty settle in quickly and
develop a sense of place in their new
environment.
One of the many positive changes
noted by the faculty is the benefit of
having a student population with a
strong liberal arts background as part of
the PT program. The PT faculty
recognizes the advantage of a broad
based education in developing clinicians
with more than technical skills and
Bellarmine allows that to occur.
Several of the program’s former
students attended Bellarmine prior to
PT school. One of them, George Herbig
’92, PT, Director of Fern Creek PT, felt
that his education prior to PT school
and the extra time it took gave him a
more mature approach to learning and
the ability to see the big picture more
clearly than he would have going
straight into the therapy program. He
also stated that the program fits
Bellarmine with small class size,
individual attention from faculty, and
similar philosophies on education and
learning. “It will be nice for the program
to be a part of the main campus as
opposed to being on a satellite site,” he
remarked. Both George and his wife are
graduates of Bellarmine.
In a recent discussion with new
faculty, Dr. John Oppelt, University
Provost, sums it up best, “If I am ever
feeling down, I go visit the PT
department and I am instantly cheered
up because of the positive energy I feel
from the program.” The faculty and
students both are enjoying and
embracing change in the new Bellarmine
environment.
Now’s the Timeto be a
There is a shortage of clinical
laboratory scientists and it is expected
to worsen. Many clinical laboratory
positions in the Louisville area are
currently vacant and laboratory
administrators are expecting a large
number of practitioners to retire within
the next decade. In anticipation, area
hospitals are offering scholarships to
entice people to pursue a degree that
would qualify them as clinical laboratory
practitioners. The majority of funding
is reserved for people who have either
earned a degree or have completed at
least two years of science and general
education prerequisites and been
accepted into the upper division clinical
program and the accelerated second
degree program. Scholarships ranging
from $6,000 to $18,000 per year are
attracting the interest of people with
diverse backgrounds.
Representing the norm are Bellarmine
graduates, Nathan Richards and Katie
Goodman, who recently began the
second degree program after earning their
degrees in biology. The availability of
scholarships and the increased awareness
of employment opportunities in clinical
laboratory science, however, are attracting
interest from students with degrees from
such unrelated fields as English and
anthropology.
Jennifer Lewis, who earned a B.A. in
anthropology, recently entered the Clinical
Laboratory Science accelerated second
degree program. Until a few weeks before
the fall semester began, Jennifer had
never heard of clinical laboratory science.
She saw an advertisement in the paper
and felt that CLS sounded like a good fit
with her career goals. Although a degree
in anthropology seems completely
unrelated to clinical laboratory science,
her undergraduate work included diverse
courses in engineering, biology, history
and culture of populations. The idea of a
challenging health career with wide career
opportunities appealed to her as did the
minimal patient contact. She also admits
that the prospect of funding influenced
her decision to return to school and is
now receiving financial support from
Jewish Hospital and from a federal grant
administered by Greater Louisville, Inc.
CLS
Andrea Baxter-O’Connor earned a
degree in English and worked in public
relations, a career that she really enjoyed,
but where opportunities are scarce.
Andrea’s mother had worked in a clinical
laboratory and enjoyed the profession so
Andrea decided to follow in her mother’s
steps.
Like Bellarmine graduates Nathan and
Katie, Jason Hasch and Mandy Steffan
are more typical of Clinical Laboratory
Science second degree students. They
each earned a bachelor’s degree in biology.
Mandy earned a bachelor’s with a double
major in biology and chemistry. Jason
earned a bachelor’s in biology with a
concentration in cellular biology and
physiology. Jason learned about clinical
laboratory science on the Internet as he
searched for opportunities related to his
interest in science. He is now a part-time
student, works part-time in a clinical
laboratory, and is receiving funding from
his new employer to support his
education.
Mandy was also unaware of the
profession when her co-workers at the
American Red Cross told her about the
program and encouraged her to pursue
her second degree. She likes the idea of
being able to help people without “seeing
them in pain.” Like Jason, Mandy is a
part-time student who juggles a full-time
job with her studies. She knows the hard
work now will result in terrific career
opportunities later.
Katie, Nathan, Mandy, Jason, Andrea
and Jennifer
are pursuing
a common
goal to
graduate and
become
nationally
certified
clinical
laboratory
scientists. If
you are
A CLS hard at work
interested in a
career change, or if you know of someone
who might be interested, contact Dr.
Susan Keating at
skeating@bellarmine.edu or call
502.452.8387 for information.
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NEWS
.News Briefs.News Briefs.News Briefs.News Briefs.News Briefs.
Bellarmine bids farewell
to Nell Crews
Bellarmine bade a fond farewell to one of its most beloved
employees this fall at a ceremony
honoring retiring switchboard
operator Nell Crews. An
employee of Bellarmine for 22
years, “Nell”—as just about
everyone calls her—befriended
scores of students, faculty and
administrators.
In fact, it was because of Nell’s
dedicated following, that Bellarmine still has personal contact
when the public calls the general Bellarmine phone number.
President Joseph J. McGowan shared the story that several years
ago, Bellarmine was considering replacing the switchboard staff
with an automated telephone line, but when word of that spread,
the public outcry was so defensive of Nell that Bellarmine quickly
abandoned the idea of
an automated line.
In addition, other
faculty and
administrators shared
“Nell stories” that
ranged from hilarious to
heart-wrenching.
Dozens of other former
students and faculty
submitted stories that
Melissa Swan interviewing Nell
were presented to Nell in a
memory book format.
WHAS-TV anchor Melissa Swan told the audience her
friendship with Nell started as a birthday wish. Nell had expressed
an interest in meeting Swan for her 82nd birthday, and when her
wish came true, the two became fast friends, and still meet
regularly for lunch.
Also taking part in the
ceremony were her two
sons: Clyde and Steve.
Clyde, of course, is better
known as Fr. Clyde of
Bellarmine’s theology
department, and Steve is a
former Bellarmine piano
teacher.
Nell, who turned 87
Nov. 20, came to
President McGowan and Nell
Bellarmine after already
serving a full career at City Hall.
The ceremony closed with Steve Crews playing “Till We Meet
Again.”
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The 29th Annual Bellarmine Women’s
Council Designers’
Show House
The 29th annual Bellarmine
Women’s Council Designers’
Show House event was held for
16 days during September and The Forrester
was a huge success. The event took place at The Forrester, a
beautiful historic home in Anchorage, and featured the works of
over 30 of the area’s most talented and creative designers who
worked together to create the inviting and warm look that so
many came to see.
The Show House event has already raised over $40,000 for
the student financial aid fund at Bellarmine. When all receipts
and records are tallied, this total may rise even higher. The event
was covered extensively by the media bringing region-wide
attention to Bellarmine and the Women's Council. The ticket
sales were up $12,000 over last year and over 500 volunteer
workers made the event a success.
If you would like more information about the Designers'
Show House or the Bellarmine Women’s Council, please visit the
website at www.alumni.bellarmine.edu/womenscouncil.
Bellarmine ranked as one of best
universities by U.S. News and World
Bellarmine University is ranked this year among the top 15
universities in the South according to the U.S. News and World
Report. The 2003 rankings place Bellarmine in the top tier of
the South region in their “Best Universities-Master’s” category.
Bellarmine’s number 15 ranking is three spots higher than
last year and places Bellarmine as the highest ranked private or
public Kentucky university in this category.
“Highly favorable recognition by U.S. News and World
Report is always welcome,” said Bellarmine President Joseph J.
McGowan, “especially since we’ve been recognized in this top
tier (of four tiers) ranking
among the great universities of
the nation for nine consecutive
years. The ranking affirms
Bellarmine University’s position
as an excellent private university
value in the region.”
Each year U.S. News ranks
1,400 colleges and universities
based on a variety of criteria
ranging from academic
reputation to alumni giving.
These rankings appear in four categories: Best National
Universities-Doctoral, Best Liberal Arts Colleges-Bachelor's
(National), Best Universities-Master's (Regional), and Best
Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor's (Regional).
NEWS
The Bellarmine University
Sherman
Jazz Guitar
Clinic and
Concert is
becoming
local
tradition
For 15 years, jazz guitar legends have
been coming to Louisville sharing their
craft with jazz guitar enthusiasts from
around the region at the Bellarmine
University Jazz Guitar Clinic and
Concert.
The clinic came to fruition in 1987
because of Jeff Sherman’s vision to attract
big names in jazz to the Louisville area.
With Bellarmine’s academic environment
and theater facilities, it was natural to
combine teaching and performing with a
clinic and concert. The concert provides
a showcase for great jazz, and the clinic
provides an intimate setting for aspiring
and professional musicians alike to learn
from masters of the craft.
The tradition of bringing great jazz to
Bellarmine continued with the 16th
influence on the Louisville jazz
community runs deep. Passing his
knowledge on to many great players
throughout the local scene including
Craig Wagner, Todd Hildreth and
Tyrone Wheeler, Sherman is a staple to
the preservation of jazz music in the
Louisville area.
The annual jazz guitar clinic and
concert takes place in June. For more
information, contact Sherman at (502)
452-8182.
Annual Bellarmine Jazz Guitar Clinic
and Concert. This year’s edition
featured Concord Jazz recording artist
Howard Alden and former Concord
Jazz recording artist currently with the
Reservoir label, Peter Leitch as guest
performers/instructors, along with
Sherman. The featured concert took
place on June 9 in the Wyatt Center for
the Arts on Bellarmine's campus, and
the clinic followed on June 10 and 11.
Sherman's journey into jazz began
studying with Louisville native and
renowned jazz
guitarist Jimmy
Raney. Coming to
Bellarmine in
1973, Sherman
primarily gave
guitar lessons and
then progressively
took over more
projects within
the music
department
leading to his
current role as the
director of jazz
studies. Through
three decades, his
Bagby named as Bellarmine University Director of Athletics
Bellarmine University has appointed
Richard A. “Rick” Bagby as director of
athletics.
A former lacrosse All-American at
Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia,
Bagby comes to Bellarmine after serving
five years as director of athletics at
Emerson College, an NCAA Division
III school in Boston. At Emerson,
Bagby oversaw an overhaul of the entire
athletic program, guiding Emerson
athletics from the brink of extinction in
1994 to a program that saw 10 of 11
athletic teams post winning records last
year.
His mission at Bellarmine will be to
elevate the entire athletics program to
compete successfully in the Great Lakes
Valley Conference (GLVC) and on a
national level. Currently, Bellarmine
competes in 18 intercollegiate sports at
the NCAA Division II level, mostly in
the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
“Bellarmine is nationally recognized
as a top tier university
academically. Now, with Rick
Bagby’s dynamic leadership,
Bellarmine also will become a
top tier university nationally in
intercollegiate athletics,” said
Bellarmine President Joseph J.
McGowan. “At Bellarmine, we
believe in achieving excellence
in everything we do.”
“The upside of Bellarmine
Bagby
athletics is incredible,” said
Bagby. “We have great support from the
administration, good athletics staff and
coaches already in place, and there is also
great potential for our facilities. I look
forward to bringing Bellarmine athletics
to national prominence.”
Prior to joining the staff at Emerson,
Bagby served in marketing and sales
positions for several companies in the
Boston and New York areas,
including the director of
marketing and sales for Foxboro
Stadium, former home of the
New England Patriots. He also
has coached college lacrosse at
the University of Georgia,
Northeastern University, and
Emerson College as well as high
school lacrosse at Marshfield
High and Boston College High.
Bagby succeeds David
O’Toole who retired after a 43-year career
at Bellarmine. For 30 years, he served as
the faculty athletics representative to the
NCAA and was the first president of the
Great Lakes Valley Conference.
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NEWS
Awards Dinner
and Dance as
part of the
Founders Day
Celebration.
Many
individuals
contributed to Mahoney in her early years
the fund to honor Margaret and show their
deep appreciation for her work. Dr.
Mahoney has been a history professor and
on faculty at Bellarmine since 1958. She
stays in touch with past students and
(left to right) Dr. Mahoney, Bill
continues to foster the personal
Rybak ’73 and Kaelin Rybak ’74
relationships students enjoyed while at
Bill ’73 and Kaelin ’74 Rybak were so
Bellarmine.
touched by the impact that Dr. Margaret
Items for a book of well-wishes were
Mahoney had on their lives while at
compiled as donations were collected for
Bellarmine and after graduation,
Dr. Mahoney. Margaret was
that they led a charge to endow
presented with the book of memories
a scholarship in her name. Time,
at the formal announcement during
effort, and care enabled the
Founders Day. While the scholarship
Rybak’s to contact former
has reached the endowment level,
Cardinal Section members,
those still wishing to contribute to
alumni, and special friends to
the fund or send Margaret a message
create a fund that would endow
for her memory book may send their
a scholarship for an Arts and
Mahoney speaking donations or well-wishes to the
on the honor
Sciences student(s).
Margaret Mahoney Endowed
The Margaret Mahoney
Scholarship Fund c/o Institutional
Endowed Scholarship was formally
Advancement Office, Bellarmine
announced at the Alumni Association
University, Louisville, KY 40205.
Endowed scholarship named in
honor of Dr. Margaret Mahoney
Bellarmine adds lacrosse
Bellarmine University announced that
it intends to become the first university in
Kentucky to offer lacrosse as an NCAA
sport by adding both men’s and women’s
teams next academic year. “At this time,
we are exploring several options in terms
of coaches, conferences and competition,
but our decision to add lacrosse is firm and
has the support of our administration,” said
Richard A. “Rick” Bagby. Lacrosse has an
NCAA playing season in the spring, so
Bellarmine’s first teams would enter
competition in spring 2004.
Bagby, a former lacrosse All-American
at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia,
is familiar with the local lacrosse scene
and is convinced its popularity is about to
blossom. “I think we can draw crowds to
Bellarmine to see lacrosse,” Bagby said.
“There are already a number of local high
schools with teams and there are a lot of
fans who would love to see collegiate
lacrosse locally.”
Bagby, who has coached college lacrosse
at the University of Georgia, Northeastern
University and Emerson College, said he
will not coach, but is already looking at
several outstanding candidates.
Bellarmine announces its second “Ultimate
Questions Lecture Series” to begin this spring
Drawing on the success of the
inaugural Ultimate Questions
Lecture Series on “The Pleasures
of Poetry,” Bellarmine University
has announced plans for the
second installment of the lecture
series, on “The Ideal of Tragedy,”
to be offered this spring.
In “The Ideal of Tragedy,”
Dr. Bert Hornback will address a
different major work of literature on
tragedy the first five lectures, and will
evaluate what tragedy is and how it is
significant in our lives in the sixth lecture.
The celebrated American poet Galway
Kinnell will then conclude the series with
a reading of his poetry.
All lectures and readings will be held in
the Wyatt Center for the Arts at 7 p.m.
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The series is free and open to the public,
but seating is limited. Each of the
lectures is independent so
attendance at the prior lectures is
recommended but not necessary.
The reading list for the lecture
series includes: Oedipus the King
by Sophocles (translated by David
Grene), The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy, Hamlet by
William Shakespeare, Don Quixote by
Miguel de Cervantes, and selected plays
by William Butler Yeats. The Bellarmine
bookstore will stock these books as well
as Galway Kinnell’s The Book of
Nightmares and New Selected Poems.
Dr. Hornback’s collected lectures will
be published in a book, The Ideal of
Tragedy, which will be available in April.
The Ultimate Questions Lecture
Series is designed to delve deeply into a
variety of academic interests. The series’
name is derived from a seminar class
offered through the university’s theology
department that is a part of all Bellbellarmine students’ curriculum. This
lecture series extends such inquiry into all
fields of knowledge.
The full schedule of “The Ideal of Tragedy”:
all events are on Thursdays
Jan. 30: "Oedipus, the Greatest of Men"
Feb. 13: "The Mayor of Casterbridge:
The Story of a Man of Character"
Feb. 27: "Hamlet’s Heroism"
Mar. 6: "Don Quixote: The Noblest Journey"
Mar. 20: "Yeats and Cuchulain"
Apr. 3: "The Ideal of Tragedy"
Apr. 24: A reading by Galway Kinnell
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CUS
Your gifts enable Bellarmine to
provide students quality education
When Camille Sandlin, a junior biology major, began
making the rounds to other well-respected colleges and
universities in Kentucky, she didn’t initially expect to be
attracted to Bellarmine. “If you’d asked me when I was 15
where I would go to college it
would’ve been another school.”
However, once Camille made
her first visit to Bellarmine, she
was won over by the students
and faculty attending the
Preview Day. At her high
school in Mt. Sterling, Camille
was a member of the varsity
soccer team, Beta Club,
National Honor Society, the
Mock Trial Team, and Coed-Y.
As a result, Camille was
heavily recruited by her chosen
schools. “Bellarmine was my
Camille Sandlin first choice.”
Kacy Durbin’s experience was not unlike Camille’s.
Kacy, a freshman business major, worked hard during high
school, participating in Bowling Green High School’s Beta
Club, the National Honor Society, Junior Leadership, the
Council for Exceptional Children, varsity soccer, and the
Yearbook Committee. Kacy’s college search extended to
schools in Kentucky as well as Indiana and Virginia. Once
Kacy visited Bellarmine’s rolling hills, however, she was
won over. “The campus is so pretty. All of the buildings,
from the Chapel to Horrigan, have great views of the
campus. You
don’t even
feel like
you’re in
Louisville
anymore.”
Bellarmine
was also
Kacy’s first
choice.
Kacy and
Camille are
Kacy Durbin
Youroney
M
Here
is
just two examples of well-rounded, hardworking high
school students who aspired to attend Bellarmine. For
these students, attending Bellarmine represented an
opportunity to work, learn, and volunteer in the Louisville
community and receive a degree of academic excellence in
the Catholic liberal arts tradition. Kacy, a freshman at
Bellarmine, has begun volunteering at Kid’s Café to
supervise children living in low-income housing after
school. Camille, through her sorority, volunteers with the
Children’s Miracle Network and the Center for Women
and Families.
Thanks to our alumni and friends, Bellarmine is able to
offer scholarships to well-rounded students in the region.
Combined with outstanding professors and programs,
Bellarmine’s total package is an attractive one. Angela
Phillips, a sophomore biology major, chose “to attend
Bellarmine because it offered a superior education and
friendly environment.”
Your support of the Annual Fund not only supports
the scholarship needs of Bellarmine’s deserving students
but also the needs of our professors. Bellarmine’s
professors have long been known for their personal
commitment and interest in the educational pursuits of
their students. Camille found her relationships with
professors to be most helpful in choosing a major.
“[Professors] helped me by placing me directly in the field
in which I showed interest. Professors from my freshman
year still remember my name and keep track of me.”
The Phonathon students look forward to talking with
you this year. With your support, Bellarmine can continue
to provide
students like
Camille,
Kacy, and
Angela with
a superb,
liberal arts
education.
Our need is
great; each
gift is
important.
Angela Phillips
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NEWS
Bagby appoints Chris Pullem as the new
Bellarmine basketball coach
Bellarmine University has appointed Chris Pullem as head
men’s basketball coach. Pullem takes over after Charlie Just
compiled a four-year record of 50-59.
In making the announcement, Bellarmine director of
athletics Rick Bagby said, “In my position, I am tasked with
evaluating our respective programs, and at times, difficult
decisions must be made. Charlie was very successful in many
important areas of coaching, especially with graduating studentathletes. However, the winning percentage of the men’s
basketball team has not seen much progression over the past
several years.”
“I am convinced that Chris will be able to turn around
Bellarmine’s men’s basketball program. He has been associated
with successful programs at the college and professional level,”
Bagby said. “I am confident that he will be able to elevate our
program to a level that will consistently compete with the best
teams in the GLVC.”
Prior to taking on the men’s
coaching job, Just led Bellarmine’s
women’s team for 14 seasons. During
that time, he compiled a 299-105
record, won three conference
championships, made four trips to the
“elite 8” and one trip to the final four,
and was named GLVC Coach of the
Year in 1994 and 1996. His combined
record of 349-164 ranks him as
Chris Pullem
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Before coming to Bellarmine, Pullem served as head coach of
the London Leopards of the International Basketball League
where he led the team to the playoffs and a 36-15 record. He
previously served on the staffs at Emerson College, the New
York Nets, Worthing Bears (Budweiser Basketball League), and
the Boston Amateur Basketball Club. He is a native of Ashland,
Ky., and a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University.
Now you can order your own Bellarmine University
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attended and support the premier, private university in the
region. And the cost is a one time application fee of $25.
When you go to pick up your plate, there is the normal
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Now you can drive with pride and help others toward the
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You can take this to your local county clerk’s office or
mail to:
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Class
Notes
Mike Spinelli has joined the California technology firm
CloudSource, Inc., as Vice President of Sales. CloudSource designs, builds, hosts and maintains websites for
public sector agencies and organizations. He is a former
mayor of Burlingame, CA, a San Francisco suburb, and
served on the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
1968
Jim Niemeyer retired after 34 years with the Indiana State Police. Jim
and his wife, Won, live in West Shoals, Indiana.
1969
Jim Decker was awarded the Distinguished Educator
Award by the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools for 2001 (SACS) at its annual conference in
New Orleans. After retiring from the Jefferson
County Public Schools, he has taken a position of
assistant to the dean of the Annsley Frazier Thornton
School of Education at Bellarmine University.
Steve Kuerzi, owner of Accounting and Tax Professionals of Louisville,
Inc., host of Talk Radio “Big Talk on Small Business” every Tuesday 79 p.m. on WKJK 1080, is also the creator of an audio seminar on CD
and cassette “Starting & Owning Your Own Small Business” and a
frequent guest on Terry Meiners: Business Topics. Steve is married to
Pam Kuerzi with three children – Kevin, Scott and Kelly.
1959
Eugene J. Hunckler named to McKendree College
Board of Trustees. Mr. Hunckler is president of
Advancement Services Associates in Louisville and has
provided professional consulting in fund development,
public relations, management services and counsel to
non-profit organizations and institutions.
Tom Stocker will be retiring in July after 31 years service with the City
of Louisville. Tom has been secretary-treasurer of the Louisville/
Jefferson County Revenue Commission since 1996.
1970
The Honorable L. Reid Haire was elected to serve on the Health
Kentucky Board of Directors. Health Kentucky is a statewide charitable
organization providing access to quality healthcare to uninsured
Kentuckians whose incomes are below the federal poverty level. Reid
Haire of Owensboro, is Judge Executive for Daviess County Fiscal Court.
1962
1971
Vince Senior, BA in Business Administration and an MBA from UofL,
has been named the new executive director of the bishops’ state
conference. The Catholic Conference of Kentucky is the official public
policy agency for the state’s four Roman Catholic dioceses in Kentucky.
Paul Berrier ’71/’75 was elected to a two-year term (2001-2003) as
National Vice President of the Institute of Management Accountants.
He is also on the IMA’s National Committee on Ethics for 2001-2002.
1965
1973
Mike Pollio was named commissioner of the Mid-South Conference.
This is an athletic conference consisting of NAIA schools in Tennessee
and Kentucky. He was an athletic director at Kentucky Wesleyan,
assistant athletic director at VCU and associate AD at UofL (19912001).
1966
Art Rostel, a cross-country co-captain in 1963 and 1965, has been
inducted into the New Jersey State Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
He and his brother Rich (deceased) were the first two runners in the
history of Bellarmine to earn four varsity letters in cross-country. Art is
the head coach for boys and girls cross-country at Edison High School
in Edison, New Jersey.
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Kathy Leary retired from broadcasting following a career as a radio
announcer and DJ at stations in Louisville and Missouri. In 1974, Ms.
Leary was the only female DJ in Kentuckiana. Ms. Leary now lives in
Florida and will spend the summer studying French at a foreign
language school in Vermont.
1980
Chris Morris is Director of Marketing Excellence and
Master Distiller at Brown-Forman and directs the
Marketing Excellence Initiative for the Global Marketing
Services Group.
1981
Gary L. Lavey was appointed vice president of Global Risk
Management and chief risk officer for Cinergy Services in Cincinnati.
He joined Cinergy in 1999 as general manager of credit and most
recently as general manager of global risk management.
S. David Simpson received his CPA in May
2000. David is currently a Reimbursement
Manager for Vencor Inc. in Louisville.
1984
Henry Hawkins is founder and president of Hawkins Capital
Management, Inc. Fellow alum, Pam Henehan ’84, is the executive
director. HCM provides a wide range of services including complete
start-up assistance for new and emerging businesses, contracted CFO
services, financial planning, shareholder matters, business brokering,
valuation services, executive management recruitment and human
resource advisory services.
John Higgins has been promoted to Spirits Business Development
Director for the Global Spirits Group at Brown-Forman Beverages
Worldwide. He recently worked in London as the UK/Ireland/Holland
Area Sales Manager.
Michael P. Shields ‘84 and Michael J. Spurlock ’86 released their first
CD “Corporate Punks Amuck” with their band mates, The Accountants.
The music is pure, serious rock and roll with the lyrics touching
corporate America. The band’s website is www.cparock.com. Mike
Shields is the CFO of Kenmark Optical, Inc. in Louisville
(michael.shields.wg94@wharton.upenn.edu). Mike Spurlock is the
Director of IT Security, Strategy and Planning at LG&E Energy.
Patrick Stewart was promoted to vice president, sales
development, strategic planning and business
development for Europe, Africa and Eurasia at BrownForman. Patrick has been with Brown-Forman for more
than 10 years, most recently working in England as vice
president for Pan European Duty Free, Greece and
Scandinavia.
1985
Todd Kennedy was recently appointed to senior brand
manager, Korbel Champagne of Brown-Forman Wines.
1986
Kevin Egan and his wife, Brooke, have moved back to Louisville from
New Orleans. They have a son Liam Joseph born August 7, 2001.
Kevin is working for US Bank (formerly Firstar) in the commercial
lending group.
Semon Haines, BA in Economics. She received her A.D.N. in
Nursing in 1981 from Kentucky Baptist Hospital School of Nursing.
Her current position is General Surgery Service Line Specialist for
Norton Healthcare-Corporate Division.
1987
Dana Harmon, BA in Business Administration and a master’s degree
in Sport Management at UMass-Amherst in 1994, has been named as
Director of Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA.
Sean Martin, CPA, BA in Accounting and MBA from UofL, was
promoted to chief financial officer at Brown-Forman Spirits Asia
Pacific, located in Hong Kong.
1988
Theresa J. Batliner, BA in Accounting, and Dr. Brennan P. Greene,
BA in Biology, were recipients for the “Forty under 40” awards
presented each spring to young leaders who excel in their workplace
and make a difference in the community. Theresa is a senior manager
with Cotton and Allen PSC. Dr. Greene is a physician and owner of
the Eye Care Institute.
Melissa Kaelin Payne, chemistry major and secondary education
certification, received the American Chemistry Council Catalyst
Science Teacher Award for 2002. Missy has been a chemistry teacher
for 15 years and starts the school year off with a bang with an
explosion in her classes at Jeffersontown High School.
Lisa Steiner, an MBA graduate, is director of Human Resources for
Brown-Forman Spirits. She has been with Brown-Forman since 1987.
1989
Melanie Roof Sturgis, since graduating from Bellarmine, has earned a
Master’s in Operations Research from the University of Delaware and
a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from
Northwestern University. She and her husband, Chris, have been
living in Paris, France, for a year and a half.
1990
Rob Waddell joined the treasury department of BrownForman Corporation as manager, international treasury,
in charge of global treasury operations and foreign
currency hedging. Rob is a CPA and certified
information systems auditor and received his MBA from
UofL.
1992
Jeff Knott, Board of Overseer member, and his wife, Rhonda, adopted
a nine-year old girl named Jenna Ellyn from overseas.
Eric Bielefeld, BA in Accounting and an MBA from UofL, has been
promoted to vice president at Hilliard Lyons. He is a 10-year veteran
of the securities industry and an options trader.
Amelia A. McCarty has been promoted to senior counsel of Ashland
Inc. law department and will assume responsibility for preventive
law/compliance matters in Covington, Kentucky.
Steve Blaine graduated from the University of Dayton Law School
and married Diana Grissom on April 6, 2002. He works at Frost
Brown Todd LLC.
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Tom Schurfranz, BA in Biology and a graduate of the University of
Louisville Medical School, has opened his medical practice in Spencer
County.
1993
Stephen R. Durbin received his CPA in May of
2000. He is employed by NTS Development
Company of Louisville.
Stephanie (Sellers) Masson is teaching Chemistry and Chemistry II at
Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, Michigan. She resides in
Bessemer, Michigan with her husband Mark, and their two boys – Jess
Anthony (5) and Cade Michael (age 1).
1994
Dr. Randy J. Arnold, BA in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Analytical
Chemistry from Indiana University, is working as a manager at
Proteomics Research & Development Facility at Indiana University
Department of Chemistry. His e-mail is: rarnold@indiana.edu. In
February of 2002, Dr. Arnold received the Dr. & Mrs. John N. Todd
II Award for Excellence in Teaching from Huntingdon College in
Montgomery, Ala. This award recognizes exemplary performance by
non-tenured Huntingdon professors who are in their first years of
service to the College.
Ellen (Moore) Bauer and Joseph R. (J.R.) Bauer ’96 were married on
December 30, 2000 and work as rating specialists at the Louisville
Regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
1995
Christian Adelberg, BA in Communications, is married to Elizabeth
Anne Bicknell. Christian is the Promotion and Marketing Manager at
WWAY News Channel 3 (the ABC station) in Wilmington, NC.
1997
Krista Cahill, BSN and Honors graduate, is working at Jewish Hospital
and is part of the heart implant team. She is currently enrolled in the
Family Nurse Practitioner program at Spalding and is excited about the
role she has played as part of the artificial heart implantation team.
Therese Effinger (left) has left her job as a pediatric
nurse at Kosair Children’s Hospital to become a
Mercy Volunteer, ministering as a nurse at St.
Michael’s Association for Special Education on the
Navajo reservation in Arizona.
Debra J. Flores, BA in Chemistry, a third-year student in the
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy was the recipient of the
2002 AphA (American Pharmaceutical Association) Student
Leadership Award, which recognizes students entering their last year of
pharmacy school who combine the best of academic achievements with
leadership ability. Debra also married James Bradley Reynolds of
Sabina, Ohio, in October 2002, in Radcliff, Kentucky.
Charla Hagman, BA in Biology, received a Master of Medical Science
in Ophthalmic Technology from Emory University School of Medicine
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in Atlanta, Ga. Upon her return to Louisville, she will be the Chief
Ophthalmic Technologist for the Eye Care Institute.
Melissa (Hakkila) married Jeff Lowe on December 8, 2001. Melissa is
employed as the Human Resources Director for Management Cleaning
Controls, LLC in Louisville. Jeff is an attorney with Kightlinger and
Gray, LLP in New Albany, IN.
Hope Mahan, BSN, is living in Hilton Head, SC. She is a medical
examiner for the county and was called by the Department of Health
and Human Services to Ground Zero in NY with the terrorist attacks.
CPT Donald Stewart took command of B Company, 1st Battalion, 67th
Armor Regiment on December 7, 2000 in Fort Hood, Texas. The unit
he commands is one of the most technologically advanced forces in the
world. His previous assignment was in Schweinfurt, Germany,
including a six-month deployment to Kosovo. He is married to the
former Miss Susanne Kugler of Vach, Germany. They now have two
sons, Noah, 2, and Ethan, 3 months.
1998
Marya Johnson, MBA, has been promoted to director of
finance for Brown-Forman Spirits Americas (BFSA),
transitioning from her most recent position as controller
for BFSA and Brown-Forman Spirits Asia Pacific.
Allison H. O'Daniel, formerly Allison E. Hagan married
Stuart J. O'Daniel ’97. Allison is an editor at ProQuest and Stuart is
an auditor for Arthur Andersen.
Erin Seigle and Dale Shinkle ’96 were married on July 21, 2001.
They have moved to Nashville where Erin is pursuing her MBA at
Vanderbilt University. Dale is a senior auditor for a local public
accounting firm. Dale became a CPA in 2001.
Karla H. Spencer, MAT, has published her first book for teachers,
“Best Lesson Plan websites for K-12 Educators.” The book contains
technology/curriculum how-tos and 500 site summaries. Spencer had a
14-year career in marketing before she went into teaching in 1998 and
currently teaches at St. Raphael School in Louisville. Her book’s
website: www.lessonplanbook.net
1999
Greg Roshkowski, MBA, has been promoted to controller at BrownForman Cooperages.
2000
Ryane Conroy, BA in English, is attending the Brandeis School of Law
at UofL and competes on the Mock Trial Team. At the Intrastate Mock
Trial Competition, Ryane’s team placed second in the competition with
Ryane receiving the Best Advocate Award.
Navy Ensign Emily M. Duvall, BA in Biology, received her
commission as a naval officer after completing Officer Candidate
School at Naval Aviation Schools Command, Naval Air Station,
Pensacola, FL.
Thomas S. Higgins, Jr. has been named a Cornaro Scholar for 2002 by the
Kappa Gamma Pi National Catholic College Graduate Honor Society.
This honor includes a $3,000 award to assist with graduate school expenses.
Tracy McAuliffe has been selected as one of 15 students
to receive a 2002 Solvay Pharmaceuticals Student Research Fellowship. Administered by the Crohn’s &
Colitis Foundation of America, the fellowships are
awarded to undergraduate, graduate or medical students
who will perform full-time mentored research on
inflammatory bowel disease.
Colin Mitchell, BA in Business Administration in May 2000,
graduated from Purdue this past May with a Master of Science in
Human Resource Management. He is employed as a Human Resources
Staff Analyst at Exxon Mobil in Houston, Texas.
Matt Rich, BA in English, is attending Cornell University School of
Law in Ithaca, NY. He coaches their undergraduate mock trial team
and is involved with the Ithaca High School mock trial through his
membership in the Phi Delta Phi Legal Ethics Fraternity. He plans on
returning to Louisville when he completes his J.D. in 2004.
The Society of International Railway Travelers Inc. recently promoted
Angela Walker to Vice President of Operations and Associate Editor of
The International Railway Traveler. Angela graduated in May 2000
with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Communications. Her
e-mail address is awalker@irtsociety.com.
2001
John Balenovich, BA in Psychology, Philosophy and Sociology, has
been accepted to the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
for the 2002 fall semester. He competed with the Bellarmine Mock
Trial Team from the fall of 1997 to 2001.
Jaclyn Holland, BA in Communications, is a sales counselor at the
Spalding Companies, a promotional products distributor.
2002
The Society of International Railway Travelers Inc., based in Louisville,
has promoted Amy Bonner to Vice President, Member Relations. Amy
graduated in May with a dual major in English and Communications.
Weddings
Wendi Suzanne Bates ’99 & Dr. Dale Haller, Jr.
Caroline Blomen ’02 and Daniel Flaig
Alison Gayle Brand ’01 and Stephen Neil Malone
Susan Elaine Brinkhaus ’98 and James Allen Key
Amy Lee Cannon ’00 and Brian Alan Osbourne
Erik A. Davis ’00 and Jennifer D. Wilkerson
Melissa E. Detrick ’98 & Timothy E. Wheatley
Kristy Drury ’00 and Chris Leonard ’00
Michelle Renee Evans ’99 & Nicholas Baldwin Day
Kristina Suzanne Exely ’00 & Stephen Gerald Mudd
Tracy Ferguson ’00 & James Spalding ’00
Douglas Beckham Frederick ’93 & Kelley Ann Street
Alicia Marie Hale ’97 & Brian Jennings O’Cull
Heather Henkenmeier ’00 & David Ising
Misty Leigh Heyna ’00 & Joshuah Mark Heil
Angela Marie Hoffman ’02 & Robert Francis McGonnell, Jr.
Mia Elise Kuchar ’97 & Jefferson Walter Neal II
Sharon Kay Lewis ’92 & Craig Martin Kremer
Clara Agnes Mackin ’90 & William Allen Fulkerson
Angela Kay Mathison ’96 & John Eric Glahn
Angela Shea McGlone ’92 & Bill Eugene Tidwell
Phillip Lee Milliner, Jr. ’97 & Shannon Louise Bullock
Michael D. Morgan & Melissa Jo Carroll
Eric Shawn Moser ’97 & Michelle Antoinette Leis
Donald Samuel Paper ’85 & Kathleen Marie Prescott
Contessa Michele Pollard & Raymond Edward Herron
Lawrence Stephen Profumo ‘92 & Amanda Lee Norrenbrock
Rachel Lynn Phelps ’01 & Scott Franklin Sims
Christine Lynne Randol ’01 & Capt. Steven J. Kurczak
Janet Denise Robison ’99 & Andrew Linn Smith
Rachel Ann Schlensker ’01 & Daniel William Miles
Erin Pamela Seigle ’98 & Gary Dale Shinkle, Jr. ’96
Alyson Rochelle Spille ’96 & Keith Alan Ryan
Laura Nicole Scalise ’99 & Stephen Barr Zoglman
Laurie Lynnell Schlachter ’98 & Timothy Bo Shackleford
Martha Ellen Thompson ’96 & Wesley Royse
Emilie Marie Wallace ’01 & Brian Herzig
Jessica Larkin Wesley ’00 & Buddy Berry
Natalie Diane Whitehouse ’99 & Christian Michael Still
Births
1985
Got News?
Share it with your fellow alumni! E-mail it to pballard@bellarmine.edu.
We will gladly publish job announcements, accomplishments, weddings,
or just updates. We prefer photos to be in either JPEG or
TIFF format, but please send them along.
Still using “snail mail?” Mail your news to Bellarmine University
Alumni Office, 2001 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY 40205.
Brad Bixler ’00 and Erin
Hermann Bixler ’00 were
married on June 15, 2002.
Erin is the daughter of
Trish Miller Hermann ’75
and Jody Hermann ’75.
Fellow alumni Kristen
Wallitsch ’00 and Bryan
Locke ’98 served in the
wedding party.
Ray Brown, MBA 1991, and his
wife, Leslie, are the proud
parents of a newborn girl, Olivia
Rae, born May 18, 2002.
Susan (Liebert) and Stuart
Spalding announce the birth of
their first child, Grace Kaelin,
on May 22, 2002.
1995
1998
Kelly (Purcell) Siegel announces
the birth of her first child,
Jackson Thomas, on September
1, 2002.
Diane (Schneider) Vansickle
and her husband, Terry ’91,
announce the birth of their first
child, Nathan James on October
24, 2002.
1996
Elizabeth (Wise) Pressley and
her husband, David, announce
the birth of their son, Noah
Samuel, on April 28, 2002.
They also have a daughter
Emma (4).
Katie (Bohne) McGarry and her
husband, Dave '99, announce
the birth of their children, Anna
Catherine and Nicholas Bohne,
on October 6, 2002.
1999
Jessica (Rothgerber) Murr and
her husband, Ben, announce the
birth of their first child, Charles
Joseph, on September 13, 2002.
Angela (Liebert) and Jamie
Hobbs announce the birth of
their first child, Isabelle Renae,
on May 5, 2002.
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THE FERGUSON FUND
Fergusons Provide Vital Support for International Travel
Trey Swacker went to University of Lausanne in Switzerland
The name Ferguson and the word travel have been
for a semester abroad and summer internship with William
synonymous for many years. Joe Ferguson, founder of
Mercer in Geneva; he studied actuarial science and math and
Woodside Travel, changed its name to Carlson Wagonlit
did a study on “Credibility Theory” in
Travel, and presided as owner and
actuarial science; he is fluent in French,
CEO for over 30 years. The
completed all his course work in French
company grew from a fourand did his study in flawless French.
person downtown office in
Ben Allen, went to China in spring
Louisville to a business with more
2002, KIIS Program (KIIS in China is at
than 60 corporate and leisure
Yunnan Normal University in
locations. Joe retired in 2001.
Kunming). He did a “Comparative
Ferguson and travel will always
Study of Modern American and Chinese
be linked, and now Joe and Carol
Poets.”
have added Bellarmine to their
Students must prepare a thoughtful
plans. The Fergusons had
proposal for their project and have letters
supported international travel for
of recommendation from two faculty
Bellarmine students on an annual
members. Upon return, students prepare
basis for many years. A few years
reports and presentations of their
ago, they decided to make their
experiences abroad. The Ferguson Fund
commitment permanent by
has enhanced student interest in study
establishing an endowed fund at
abroad, has enabled more Bellarmine
Bellarmine to support rigorous
(left to right) Kristen Collett, Joe Ferguson, Carol
students to do work abroad, and has
academic study abroad experiences Ferguson, Trey Swacker and Ben Allen
encouraged faculty to design more
for students, giving them the
program offerings for students abroad. Students have studied
opportunity that goes beyond the traditional classroom
in China, Switzerland, Australia, Denmark, Ecuador and
environment. Their wish is to encourage student initiative,
Africa.
academic rigor, creativity, and independence in thinking and
Joe and Carol, Grazie, Gracias, Merci, Dankeschoen.
learning. These are the kinds of experiences that best prepare
students for achievement in graduate or professional
programs, as well as for success in their professional and
VISIT WWW.BELLARMINE.EDU/PLANNEDGIVING AS A
personal lives.
One of the first recipients of the endowed fund, Kristen
RESOURCE TO MANAGE YOUR ASSETS, DEVELOP AN ESTATE
E. Collett, went to China in spring 2002 in the KIIS
PLAN AND CONSIDER THE ROLE YOU WANT TO PLAY IN
Program: Sociodemographic Study and Research of “OneChild-Per-Family” Policy in China.
BUILDING THE FUTURE OF BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY.
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Louisville, Kentucky 40205
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