From Your Alumni Office Happy Valentine's Day! As we think of those who touch our hearts, we can’t help but think of you. Thank you for your loyalty and devotion to your alma mater. Thank you for sharing your memories and for joining us in all the times and ways you do to support our students now and those yet to be part of the ODU family. May your hearts be happy! This continues to be an exciting time on campus! The Presidential Search Committee has worked diligently to narrow the field of highly qualified candidates down to three finalists. Those individuals will be on campus at the end of this month for interviews with students, faculty, and alumni. Their names are expected to be announced shortly, so be sure to check the Presidential Search webpage for the latest information.  A new ad hoc Sustainability Council has been formed by a group of faculty, staff and students who are working on the Greening of ODU. Chad King, professor of biology and Environmental Science, is the chair. Two activities may be of interest. First, the President’s Office is now serving Fair Trade coffee instead of Free Trade coffee at least one day a week. We hope this will grow to every day. Social Justice major Chris Albanese was key to this effort. Second, the Maintenance and Grounds Department is now (or will be when the weather breaks) composting all of the ODU grass clippings etc. to use again on campus rather than sending them to the landfill.   If you have not yet, in the near future you will receive your ODU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION membership card in the mail. We hope that this will be a useful asset to you in the months and years ahead, as your benefits and services increase.   Lots of activities are coming up quickly for you to reunite with family and friends.  Space is limited for our Bunny Breakfast, so make sure to RSVP soon, and the same for our Spring Schmooze or Lose (April 10), as well as our annual Fick Literary Brunch (April 13) when we remember Monsignor Fick, and other members of the Ohio Dominican family at Mass, followed by a presentation by author/restaurant entrepreneur, Sue Doody, at the brunch following Mass. We love to see you on campus and hope you will join friends at one or more of these events. We also are very pleased to invite alumni to join students and faculty on a special MAY TERM educational travel opportunity to Belize this Spring. Complete information appears further in this newsletter. Alumni graduating in years ending in “3” or “8” through 1968 are invited to the June Reunion and later years to the September Reunion at Homecoming. If you’re in one of those classes and would like to e-mail or call friends about YOUR class (or Cohort!) party, let us know. It’s cold outside now but it will be June before we know it!   Please drop us a note to let us know what is new in your life, or how we can better serve you. Until then, may this Lenten season be a time of blessings and growth. Sue  & Tammy Sue VanWassenhove Director, Alumni Relations & Annual Giving 614-253-3537 vanwasss@ohiodominican.edu Tammy Reichert Assistant Director, Alumni Relations 614-251-4608 reichert@ohiodominican.edu Please join the Alumni Association for   Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 8, 2008 Breakfast will start at 9:00 am in Hamilton Hall. The Easter Egg hunt will begin promptly at 10:15 am on the Erskine Oval, rain or shine! Cost for the event at the door is $5 for adults, $3 for children, which includes one photo with the Easter Bunny per child. Submit your registration with payment by March 3 and receive $1 off each ticket! We will also raffle for an Easter gift basket - just $5 for an arm's length of tickets! Bring your new ODU Alumni Association membership card and receive one free raffle ticket! Space is limited, and reservations are first come, first served. RSVP deadline is March 3, 2008. For more information, or to RSVP, please contact the Alumni Office at (614) 251-4608 or send e-mail to alumni@ohiodominican.edu. Send your early bird registration fee to: Ohio Dominican University Office of Alumni Relations 1216 Sunbury Rd. Columbus, OH 43219 Be sure to include the ages of the children who will be attending. We hope to see you there!   FANTASTIC EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL OPPORTUNITY! The International Office and Dr. Chad King are pleased to invite Ohio Dominican alumni to participate in a study abroad program to Belize this May to explore the biodiversity of and conservation efforts. The group will be traveling to Belize from May 17 - 26 and will spend seven days in the rainforest and three days near the mangroves and coral reefs. This will be a hands-on trip that will include visits to some of the Mayan ruins, meetings with local conservation experts, and a service project to give back to the local community. Alumni will be able to enroll as continuing education students in BIO285, a two-credit course. Approximate cost for this trip: $2,700, plus $880 tuition for those seeing CEUs. For additional information, please visit: http://www.ohiodominican.edu/international/studyabroad/belize.asp. If you are interested in participating, please contact Melissa Ochal, Director of the International Office at ochalm@ohiodominican.edu or at 614-251-4645.     Leave a Legacy Some individuals find that they can make a larger gift to Ohio Dominican upon their death than they could have during their lifetime. If you have ever considered a bequest to ODU through your Will and need assistance with the verbiage or logistics, please contact David VanWassenhove at 614-251-4643 or vanwassd@ohiodominican.edu. Class Notes (received as of February 2008) News ‘68 Thomas Parry and his wife Carol have relocated to South Carolina, where he is a realtor for Century 21. ‘91 Laurie Davis and Mark Mziejko are engaged to be married on March 28, 2008. ‘95 Kerren Munson is the executive director for the Candles for Jesus Christ Furniture Ministry. Also, her first grandson was born on December 22, 2007. ‘97 Sean Burdette has been hired as the head volleyball coach at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. ‘00 Jennifer Witt was re-elected as a councilperson for a second four-year term to the Sunbury Village Council in Sunbury, OH. ‘00 Nathan Nottke has recently accepted a position as the Soccer Operations Assistant for the U.S. Youth Soccer Association in Frisco, TX.  ‘01 Dr. Beth Gensner and Sarah Geiger celebrated their nearly five-year union with a commitment ceremony on January 18, 2008 in Columbus, OH. ‘04 Erin McGuire and Lynn Hall each have essays that will be published as part of a collection submitted by Dr. Ann Hall to Cambridge Scholars Press. ‘03 Carolyn Page earned her MBA in January 2008 from Franklin University in Columbus, OH. ‘06 Rachael Busch and Rian Grim are engaged to be married on March 28, 2008. Amy Lister will present a paper on the novel Love Medicine at the international Sigma Tau Delta convention in March 2008 in Louisville, KY.   News Continued '06 Kevin Stanney and Laura Haas are engaged to be married on May 3, 2008. Marriages Michelle LaVette and Steve T. Johnson ’86, June 23, 2007. Natalie Heine ’07 and Matthew Chilicki '05, January 12, 2008.  New Arrivals Abigail Sagan, October 30, 2007, to Kelly Mathias Sagan ’96 and Chris Sagan. Hannah Michelle Brady, November 23, 2007, to Colleen Limbert Brady ’99 and Michael Brady. Hannah joins big brother Jake. Kiera Katherine Mason, September 22, 2007, to Shanele Kauk Mason ’01 and James Mason, Jr. ’01. Kiera (pictured above) joins big sister Maggie. In Memoriam Marguerite Clouse Hillis ’33, January 8, 2008. Sr. Edwana Stir ’54, January 15, 2008. Helen VanHeyde, February 9, 2008, mother-in-law of Betsy Bernert VanHeyde ’63. Mary Sveda, January 13, 2008, mother-in-law of JoAnn Sveda ’66. Mary Ey, January 31, 2008, mother of Jennifer Ry North ’99, sister-in-law of Mary Anne Ey ’77 and Carole Ey Chase ’70. Mildred Murtha ’90, December 10, 2007. 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.

February 2008

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