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October 2007
Mark your
calendar for these upcoming events:
October
26 - 27, 2007
Homecoming 2007
Click here for details!
November 13, 2007
Fall Travel: The Glass Pavillion at the Toledo Museum of Art.
November 8, 2007
Alumni Wine Tasting, Guzman House
~Please note: This event has been canceled.
December 8, 2007
Breakfast with Santa,
9:00 am
~ Looking ahead to 2008 ~
March 8, 2008 (new date!)
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and Egg Hunt,
9:00 am
April 10, 2008
Schmooze or Lose: Speed Networking
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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the Web:
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Contact
Us:
Guzman House
Ohio Dominican University
1216 Sunbury RD
Columbus OH 43219
(614)
251-4608
FAX: (614) 251-4779
E-mail:
alumni@ohiodominican.edu
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Services in Christ the King
Chapel: Fall Semester while classes are in session
Sundays -7:00 pm
Monday - Friday - noon
Wednesdays - 9:30 pm
Alumni Spotlight
Meet Brian
Ford, MBA ‘06
Brian Ford earned his MBA from Ohio Dominican University in
2006 through the LEAD program. For the past 18 years, Brian
has enjoyed a successful career with State Farm Insurance in
various roles as an underwriter, underwriting and claims
manager and more recently as the emerging markets
coordinator, responsible for developing and implementing
marketing programs directed at African American, Hispanic
and Asian markets for Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Currently Brian is the auto insurance operations manager for
those states, based out of the firm’s Newark, OH office.
Brian’s community service and leadership has been recognized
with numerous awards. He is the current board president of
the East Mound Community Development Corporation in Newark
and the Ohio Business Week Foundation in Columbus.
Brian’s greatest accomplish-ment is his family. He has been
married to his college sweetheart, Kim, for 16 years. They
are the proud parents of Christopher, 12, and Alayna, 8.
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From Your Alumni Office
Thank you for
talking with our students who are calling all alumni during our
annual Fall Phonathon, and for supporting their efforts. These
wonderful young people are fantastic reflections of Ohio
Dominican University. They, and we, rely on alumni participation
to provide the services, technology and materials our students
and faculty need and deserve. Your support of any amount adds up
to make a difference in literally thousands of lives, so on
their behalf, thank you.
And an
enormous thank you to our faculty and staff, who have responded
to this year’s campaign because they believe in and support our
students. If you want to be inspired to donate, check out our
2007 Faculty & Staff Honor Roll of Donors:
http://www.ohiodominican.edu/alumni/support/facstaffannualfund.asp
The fence is
up and “the big dig” has begun on our new (the fifth) residence
hall, which is scheduled for occupancy in Fall 2008. The dorm will
house 152 students in suites designed to meet student needs and
preferences. Construction on our much-anticipated Bishop James
A. Griffin Student Center is set to begin in March. Check out
the details, complete with renderings and a 3-D animation of the
interior on our website at:
http://www.ohiodominican.edu/studentcenter/default.asp
These busy
days on campus have been opportunities to ponder yet again what
wonderful people are part of our Ohio Dominican family. We hope
that you will join them, your classmates, friends, current and
former faculty and fantastic students for YOUR great 2007
Homecoming Celebration! Details are listed on our
Homecoming webpage,
http://www.ohiodominican.edu/alumni/HomeComingActivities.asp
where you can see the roster of attendees and register for any
of the activities.
We’re all
out of hyper-links, so it must be time to say good-bye for now.
We do hope to see you at Homecoming, and if that isn’t possible,
let us know how you are and what you are doing.
With warm
good wishes,
Sue & Tammy
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your calendars...
Homecoming 2007
October 26 - 27
Friday,
October 26
2007 ODU Alumni Exhibition and Mel Rozen Tribute
5:30 – 8:00 p.m. ~ Exhibition in Wehrle Gallery;
Reception on the Oval
Saturday, October 27
Business Major and MBA Alumni Recognition Brunch
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. ~ Hamilton Hall
Inflatable Rides, Carnival Games (and Prizes!), and
Crafts
10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. ~ On the Oval
Pep
Rally
11:00 a.m. ~ On the Oval
Tailgate Party
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ~ On the Oval
Panther
Football: ODU vs. Walsh University
12:30 p.m. Kick-off ~ Panther Stadium
Memorial Mass and 25th Anniversary Ordination
of
Father John Boll ‘76
4:30 p.m. ~ Christ the King Chapel
For more
information and online registration,
click
here.
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November 13, 2007
The Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art
Please join us
for a tour of the nationally acclaimed
Toledo Museum of Art
Glass Pavilion
on Tuesday, November 13. The
Glass Pavilion was recently named "Best Museum" in
Travel +
Leisure's 2007 Design Awards. Here is
the schedule for our day:
8:30 a.m. Bus departs ODU campus
11:30 a.m.
Guided tour of Glass Pavilion
12:30 p.m.
Continue tour of museum exhibitions
3:30 p.m. Bus departs for ODU campus
(refreshments served)
6:00 p.m. Arrival at ODU campus
In addition to the museum’s permanent collection,
you may also be interested in the exhibition,
Building Books, featuring 100
original works of art, along with studies,
manuscripts, correspondence and personal effects of
Caldecott Medal author and illustrator David
Macaulay.
The cost is just $25 per person, which
includes the bus, museum fee and refreshments on the return
trip. Registration and payment is required no later
than Tuesday, October 30, 2007. Please send
your rsvp with payment to: ODU Alumni Office, 1216
Sunbury Rd, Columbus, OH 43219. Northwest Ohio
alums who wish to meet us at the museum are asked to
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Class Notes
(received as of October 2007)
News
'70
Van Stewart
has been promoted
to the position of assistant vice president,
Life Underwriting, for Motorists Life Insurance
Company.
‘76
Roger Moore
recently retired
after thirty years with the Coshocton City
Schools and was hired back for two years to
serve as the Director of Curriculum, Certified
Personnel and Facilities. He’s also serving as
the Superintendent of the Coshocton Opportunity
School, which is a high school for at-risk
students and dropouts.
‘80
Father David Fisher has been assigned to the North American College, Casa Santa Maria in
Rom, Italy. He will be doing research on the
Catholic/Orthodox Dialogue on the Eucharist.
‘85
Alexander Jamieson and his family have a celebrate a long-standing tradition at Ohio
Dominican University. He and his wife Peggy
Blanchard Jamieson ’87 are Double Dominicans
who married in 1987. His brother Greg
Jamieson ’76 attended Ohio Dominican as well
as Peggy's sisters, Mary Beth Blanchard ‘87
and Paula Blanchard ‘89. Mary Beth is
also married to Ohio Dominican alum Tim
Cowans ‘85, Paula is married to Ohio
Dominican alum Jim Bevins ‘88.
‘87
Erica Wickliff Brownstein
and her husband
Dave have restored Columbus’ famed Circus House.
‘91
Bob George
recently accepted the position of National Sales
Manager for Buck Knives, Inc. Bob and his wife,
Debbie, and daughter, Lauren, have relocated to
Post Falls, ID from Knoxville, TN.
 ‘96
Kathy Earles
and Bart Earles
’97 adopted a baby girl named Hannah Rose,
born March 20, 2007 (pictured right).
Jessica Ginther
and her husband have relocated to Cairo, Egypt.
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News (continued)
‘99
Deanne Neubauer Hosek
was promoted to Command Sergeant Major (E-9) on
April 1, 2007, becoming the second female to
ever hold this (the highest) non-commissioned
officer rank in the Iowa Army National Guard.
CSM for 109th Med Bn, Iowa City, IA .
‘00
Steve Craver
has recently joined the I’On Group as vice
president.
‘02
Christopher Valentine
is now the Director of Youth Ministry for Saint
Andrew Catholic Church and Saint Timothy Catholic
Church in Columbus, OH.
‘07
Kristina Kindler was feature in the September 21, 2007 edition Columbus Alive!
magazine. She will be continuing her studies at the
University of York in England.
Lisa Smith Weber is pursuing her MLS degree at Kent State University through the OSU
campus.
Marriages
Mary Absi ’86
and Jeffrey Dudick, September 22, 2007.
Christine Closser ’01
and Michael Butkus, July 4, 2007.
Katherine Helgeson and Adam Cramer ’04, June
16, 2007.
Gracie Strait ’05 and Randin Gilg ’05, September 8, 2007.
New Arrivals
Emma
Berg, October 15, 2006, to Erin Flight Berg ’02
and Gregory Berg ’03.
Callen Monroe, June
27, 2007, to Kelly Rich Freda ’98 and Marshal
Freda. Callen joins big sister Laurel.
In Memoriam
Ruth
Ann Kessler, September 13, 2007, sister of Sr.
Mary Carol Kessler, O.P. ’51.
Claudia Macaluso
Whitehurst ’62,
September 2, 2007.
Virginia Lelious Richmond ’72,
July 11, 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.
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