From Your Alumni Office
Where does the time go? It’s hard to believe August is half over and the campus is about to shift into high gear with returning students everywhere from Hamilton Hall to the practice fields. Another level of energy is felt from the sounds of percussion, brass and tuba musicians as they come together for the first time as the ODU Marching Band.

Alumni Happy Hour
On the evening of Thursday, July 20, alumni and friends of Ohio Dominican University gathered for an evening of fun at the Frog Bear and Wild Boar in the Arena District. The alumni in attendance represented the classes of 1973, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006! Those present enjoyed reconnecting with old friends and making new ones!  

Support the School Supply Drive
When classes begin August 21, the School Supply Drive also begins and continues until September 1. This project, sponsored by Campus Ministry, provides homeless children with essential supplies.

We invite you to join the students’ efforts by dropping off pencils, scissors, rulers, protractors, compasses, glue and crayons to Guzman House, any weekday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. You can pull right up to the door and be on your way to/from work quickly. If you need directions or further information, please call us at 614-251-4608. The children receiving the items will appreciate your support, and certainly our ODU students will as well.

Homecoming
It’s exciting to think that all of these students are our future alums. I hope you are able to meet many of them, see and hear the band (heck, if you play an instrument you can even play with them in the first Alumni Band!) as you rekindle old friendships with former classmates, faculty and friends at Homecoming, October 6 and 7. Visit our website, http://www.ohiodominican.edu/alumni, to read all the details and updates. Beginning later this month, you'll be able to see who has registered to attend!

Alumni/ae from the Classes of 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001 are asked to contact the Alumni Office NOW to help plan reunion activities for their classes during Homecoming Weekend October 6 - 7.

St. Mary's Alumnae from classes ending in 2s and 7s are also encouraged to contact the Alumni Office to begin planning for Reunion Weekend 2007 - June 1 - 3, 2007.

Hello and Goodbye
With great pleasure we welcome Fr. John Boll, O.P. ’76, back home to his alma mater as our new chaplain. We extend thanks and good wishes to Kim Grilli ’97, as she leaves our Alumni Office and moves back to the Admission Office. I will personally miss working closely with Kim, but am happy for her to return to her first love of helping prospective students choose ODU.

The ODU NEWS!
Watch your mailbox early next month for the first issue of ODU News, our new publication to keep you better informed of the great things happening at your alma mater.

As always, we look forward to hearing from you and hope to see you soon.

News Continued
‘05
Derrick Ehlen has joined the staff of Westerville Central High School as an art teacher.

Donna Graham earned an animal behavior internship with Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida.

Herbert Jackson has recently taken a job in Portland, OR as a Parole and Probation Officer for the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice.

‘06
Sarah Moore will be pursuing a master's degree in Family Science at The Ohio State University.

Terry Riggs and Ashley Bennett appeared in a recent photo in The Columbus Dispatch, as champions of the 21st Annual Mud Volleyball Tournament, benefiting the Epilepsy Foundation of Central Ohio. Panther shirts were obvious beneath all that mud!

New Arrivals
Aidan Kish, May 1, 2006, to Kathy Kish and Simon Kish ’96 and ’04. 

Kaiya Elizabeth Stapleton, May 7, 2006, to Rebecca Devaney Stapleton ’06 and Preston Stapleton.

Meredith Eileen Hodous, May 11, 2006, to Melissa Brumfield Houdos ’93 and Patrick Hodous.

Ally Virginia North, June 13, 2006, to Jennifer Ey North ’99 and Chris North.

Marriages
Marjoe Cooper ’97 and Brianne Berner, March 25, 2006.

Tina Tassniyom ‘06 and Ron Green, May 13, 2006.

Dreama Hisey ’04 and Cole Reed, July 4, 2006.

Denise Dyar ’06 and Justin Nahri, June 2006.

In Memoriam
Patricia Henry ‘58, February 11, 2006. 

Helen Simpson Thackara ‘34, June 30, 2006.

Sr. Marilyn Wiliams, O.P. ‘55, July 8, 2006.

Jennifer Fairchild ‘97, July 17, 2006, daughter of Elizabeth Hillery ’69 and Fred Fairchild ’67. 

Hank Russell, July 29, 2006, brother of Terry Russell Thomas ’53, uncle of Mary Russell Gallen ’70 and James Russell ’76, cousin of Marjorie Dittoe ’42.

Sr. Mary Stephen De Cesare, O.P. ’47, July 10, 2006.