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December 2007
Mark your
calendar for these upcoming events:
Correction: In the Fall 2007 ODU
Magazine and January 2007 ODU Link, we incorrecty
identified Dwayne Strode '02 as Dan Strode.
Final Days...
December 3 –
7, 2007
10:00
am –
4:00 pm daily
December 8, 2007
Breakfast with Santa,
9:00 am, Hamilton Hall
December 13, 2007
Winter
Alumni Welcome Reception for Grads and Guests, Community Room,
immediately following rehearsal
December 15, 2007
Winter Commencement, 10:00 am, Alumni Hall
~ Looking ahead to 2008 ~
February 27, 2008
The
Presidential Lecture Series Presents:
7:30 pm, Matesich Theatre
March 8, 2008
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and Egg Hunt,
9:00 am, Hamilton Hall
April 10, 2008
Schmooze or Lose: Speed Networking
April 13, 2008
Annual Monsignor Fick Brunch, Guest Speaker:
Sue Doody
Spring 2008
Alumni Travel TBA
June 20 - 22, 2008
Reunion Weekend 2008,
St. Mary of the Springs graduates, years
ending in 3's and 8's
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Please note that services in Christ the King
Chapel will not be held during Christmas Break, 12/14/07 through
1/18/08.
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From Your Alumni Office
Winter has arrived in Ohio: campus is a wonderland today,
blanketed with the season’s first snow as our students spend
late nights in Spangler, in dorms and in their off-campus homes
in preparation for next week’s semester finals. Winter
commencement for nearly 400 soon-to-be-alumni is just days away
while we all count down to Christmas. It’s been a both busy and
blessed first semester for our campus community.
 Our new core curriculum, our mission and identity, and our
self-study are some of the key initiatives underway this
semester.
Construction on our new residence hall is progressing rapidly.
Our students set records in contributions for our
annual canned food drive, and our faculty and staff set records in
participation of our Annual Fund. Our marching band more than
doubled in size, and our soccer and football teams achieved
first-ever national rankings. From our 300+ alumni attendance at
Homecoming to our 200+ registrations for our first-ever
Breakfast With Santa taking place this Saturday, we have seen
many familiar and new faces on campus. We hope yours was one of
them, and if not, we look forward to seeing you in the months
ahead.
If you’d like to look for someone you may recognize, please
enjoy browsing our Homecoming photos now available online at:
http://www.ohiodominican.edu/alumni/album/Homecoming2007_1.htm
We’re grateful to work with YOUR Alumni Association Council to
provide cultural, educational, professional, spiritual and
social activities that keep you connected to ODU. Truly, we are
grateful for each of you and your allegiance to your alma mater.
We hope that your holidays are filled with the happiness of
being with those you love, peace-filled moments of reflection,
and the satisfaction of doing something good for others.
Lastly, please don’t forget Ohio Dominican University as you
consider end-of-year charitable contributions. No gift is too
large or too small and every single dollar benefits the students
we are privileged to educate and serve.
Happy and blessed holidays to you and yours,
Sue & Tammy
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Due to the overwhelming response, we have reached our capacity and are
unable to accept any more reservations or event-day walk-ins for
Breakfast with Santa
Saturday, December 8, 2007
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Earlier this semester Bishop Griffin
established a Task Force on
Mission
and Identity. The members of the task force
are David Archibald, Fr. John Boll, Sr.
Catherine Colby, Barbara Finan, Christie
Flood Weiner, John Grant, Margaret Corbett
Sullivan.
You may have already participated in our
work by responding to an email request,
attending an open forum, or coming to a
focus group. Those earlier efforts have
helped us to prepare a survey which we would
like you to complete. The survey is not
long and you should only need a few minutes
or so to complete the questions. We thank
you in advance for participating.
Please click on the link below to continue.
ODU Survey on Mission and Identity
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Gift
Planning:
Another way To
Support Ohio Dominican
As a result of the IRA
Charitable Rollover Provision, you can make an
Annual Fund gift to Ohio Dominican University, or a gift to
the Bishop James A. Griffin Student Center, using your
IRA. Donors who are at least 70 1/2 years of age
may transfer up to $100,000 without taxable implications.
The gift from your IRA goes towards satisfying your annual
minimum distribution and is Non Taxable.
For more information, please
contact Dave VanWassenhove, Director of Gift Planning, at
614.251-4643 or
vanwassd@ohiodominican.edu.
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Class Notes
(received as of December 2007)
News
'51
Sister Josetta Mayer was recently featured in the Perry County Tribune. She is a
music teacher and avid Cleveland Indians fan.
‘56
Ilse Raymond Graf has been in three juried art shows since her retirement from teaching.
She has recently returned from participating in
pastel workshop in Southern Spain.
‘89
Georgia Hart
has reviewed a book entitled Jimmy,
written by James D. Gerdeman.
‘92
John Fittro
was promoted to the position of senior vice
president of business banking at Fifth Third
Bank.
‘98
Jason Lamneck
earned is MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
‘00
Jennifer Douglas and Zachery Hansen are engaged to be married on December 31, 2007.
Jaime Taylor
was recently promoted as Principal at Highland
Elementary School in Columbus City Schools. She
earned her Masters Degree in Educational
Administration at Ashland University in 2005.
‘03
Pamela Winkelman Tierney
is a substitute teacher for the Montgomery
Independent School District in Montgomery, TX.
‘05
Brandy Caldwell
and John Bobek are engaged to be married on
August 2, 2008.
Mechelle Armond
Vandermolen
is currently working on her Ph.D.
‘07
Laytonia Jones
is a case worker for Franklin County Children
Services in Columbus. She also volunteers at Mt.
Herman Baptist Church by tutoring and providing
food for the food bank.
Ann Trotter
is teaching at New Albany High School.
Marriages
Dawn Markiecki
and Trevor Horton ’01, June 2, 2007.
Kathleen
Brodman’02
and Anthony Smith, November 30, 2007.
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New Arrivals
Hannah
Grace Nine, September 26, 2007, to Shirley
Grey-Nine '05 and Eugene Nine. Hannah joins big
brother Curtis Michael (pictured below).
In Memoriam
Catherine Kilmer Orlicki ’43,
September 2, 2007.
Dorothy Williams
McGath ’45,
September 11, 2007.
Mary Campbell ’48, July 16, 2007.
Berniece Notestine, November 11, 2007, aunt of
Barbara Stark Herlihy ’52.
Marjorie Bollinger
’55,
October 10, 2007.
Jane Wiley ’60,
April 26, 2007.
Ron Oehlbeck, October 18, 2007, husband of Sally
Bigelow Oehlbeck ’63.
Elaine McQuaide, November 3, 2007, mother-in-law of
Cia Delewese McQuaide ’70.
Anna Circle Cleland
’93,
mother of Linda Cleland Bohner ’70, sister of
David Circle ’70, sister-in-law of Diane
Obranovich Circle ’72.
Tim Holleran, October 18, 2007, brother of
Theresa Holleran ’75.
Andrew McGraw, Jr., October 27, 2007, husband of
Tina Diorio McGraw ’89, father and father-in-law
of Andrew and Maria Nease McGraw ’00.
Joseph Ritlinger ’01, November 6, 2007.
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We would love to hear from you! Please let us know about your job,
family, whatever news you would like to share. Feel free to send a
photo, too.
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