Fall 2010 - Seattle University

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Volume 34 • Issue Number 3 • Fall 2010
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14 Library of the Future
The opening this fall of the new
Lemieux Library and McGoldrick
Learning Commons marks Seattle
University’s largest investment in
academics and will transform the
way our students learn.
20 Service as Vocation,
Not Vacation
Many Seattle University grads are
postponing their job searches to
dedicate themselves to service at
home and afar.
4 People
Cathy Haffner gave up a successful
corporate career and found a more
content and balanced life; Dave
Anderson, S.J., and Natch Ohno, S.J.,
are important “players” on the men’s
and women’s basketball teams.
8 Campus Observer
Sociology professor Gary Perry is
leading an SU delegation to New
Orleans to help in the long-term
recovery efforts there, five years after
Hurricane Katrina; community at the
center of the Academic Salons; Albers
and the School of Law benefit from
the presence of Jesuit Assistant Frank
Case, S.J.; SU students team with news
professionals to examine and improve
coverage on homelessness.
13 Faculty Research
Assistant Professor Tanya Hayes
researches land rights and property
management laws in Honduras.
25 Alumni Focus
Stephanie Lum, ’98, is a popular
news anchor and reporter for an
NBC-affiliate in Hawaii; new Alumni
Board of Governors President
Sean Henderson looks to engage
young alumni in meaningful ways;
Albers graduate Christina Davis is
improving the livelihoods of business
owners in Malawi, Africa.
30 Bookmarks
31 Alumni Events
The new Lemieux Library and McGoldrick
Learning Commons is the library of the
21st century, a modern facility that cultivates
learning and collaboration for today’s student.
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35 In Memoriam
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37 The Good Word
Service for a just and humane world.
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St.Ignatius Medal for
Seattle Archbishop
University’s highest honor bestowed on
Archbishop Alexander J. Brunett
Seattle Archbishop Alexander J. Brunett is this
year’s recipient of the St. Ignatius Medal, Seattle
University’s most prestigious and highest honor.
The medal is in recognition and appreciation
of Archbishop Brunett’s outstanding leadership, service
and support. He will receive the award at SU’s annual fall
gala on Oct. 29.
Named in honor of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder
of the Jesuits whose work inspires the mission of Seattle
University, the St. Ignatius Medal aims to recognize
individuals within our community who inspire others
through their service, volunteerism, leadership and humility.
The award also recognizes individuals who have
profoundly influenced the university’s progress.
The St. Ignatius Medal for Archbishop Brunett comes
13 years since his appointment as archbishop of the
Archdiocese of Seattle by Pope John Paul II. During this
time the archbishop has provided vision and leadership
for Catholic education.
Born Jan. 17, 1934, in Detroit, Brunett
studied for his priesthood at Sacred Heart
Seminary and at the Pontifical Gregorian
University in Rome. In 1958 he was
ordained to the priesthood in Rome.
Catholic education has been
central to the archbishop’s work.
In 2002 he created the Fulcrum
Foundation, which works to improve
access to Catholic education
Seattle Archbishop Alexander J. Brunett has served in the
Archdiocese of Seattle for the last 13 years.
and support to Catholic schools. The foundation also helps
provide tuition assistance to students in need. In his years
as archbishop Brunett has opened several elementary and
high schools in the Archdiocese of Seattle. Additionally,
he has been instrumental in guiding the direction
of religious education curriculum throughout
the Archdiocese as well as advocating for
professional development for Catholic
school educators.
Archbishop Brunett joins past
St. Ignatius Medal recipients Ann
Wyckoff and Rhoady Lee, Jr. and
Jeanne Marie Lee.
Read more about the award at
www.seattleu.edu/stignatiusmedal/.
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—Tina Potterf, editor
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People
Ginny Hutchinson (left) and Cathy Haffner, ’83, traded in the stress and demands of corporate life and started a movement
that is rooted in happiness—finding joy and contentment in everyday life.
The Good Life
Cathy Haffner, ’83, finds happiness in the everyday
Plenty of people daydream
about rebooting their lives,
but it’s rare to find someone
who actually does it. It’s
rarer still to find someone who does
it while perched on one of the highest
rungs of the corporate ladder.
But that’s exactly what Cathy
Haffner, ’83, did two years ago,
quitting her job as senior vice president
of corporate marketing for the United
Services Automobile Association,
co-writing a book and launching an
inspirational movement to promote
the little and big things that make
life better. In the process she traded
boardroom presentations to executives
for workshops in women’s shelters and
book club meetings. And she says her
life is better because of it.
“The corporate life has been about
how you make the most money for
your company,” she says. “The past 18
months have been the most rewarding,
but it hasn’t been about making the
most money.”
Instead Haffner co-authored a
book, Better Because of You. Co-written
with friend Ginny Hutchinson, it’s
a collection of quotes, stories and
strategies the women collected during
their years in the corporate world. It’s
not advice on career success but rather
a book about finding and nurturing the
little things that make us happy.
“We tend to think happiness has to
be a euphoric state,” Hutchinson says.
“But our premise is to make life a little
bit better.”
PHOTO COURTESY OF CATHY HAFFNER/BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU
Rather than waiting for some kind
of life-changing experience to bring
happiness, Haffner and Hutchinson
encourage people to create their own
happiness.
The duo based their book on three
core beliefs: Life is what you think;
if you think positively, life will turn
out positively. Life is a cycle; it’s not
a straight arrow going
up but a series of circles.
Life is a gem, with seven
different facets: health,
wealth, wisdom, work,
play, others and service.
This isn’t the first
time Haffner’s life has
taken a dramatic turn.
She started life in a grass hut in the
Philippines, moving to the United
States when she was a toddler and
the Navy transferred her dad to
Bremerton, Wash. Having grown
up in Silverdale, Wash., she decided
on Seattle University after a high
school friend came back for a homecoming
with a compelling description
of SU. “She said she went to a place
that taught her how to think, not
what to think,” recalls Haffner, who
credits the Jesuit education for instilling
a strong sense of responsibility
to contribute to her community and
make the world better.
At SU she studied premed, but a
semester abroad in Italy convinced
her that medical school wasn’t her
calling. She discovered a passion
for financial marketing at her first
job in the marketing department of
Seattle First National Bank, where she
met Hutchinson. Before long, other
corporations came courting. She left
Seattle First for a position at U.S.
Bank before moving east to Merrill
Lynch and later, GE Capital.
During this time her husband,
“...every day we make choices, and
every day we can make a choice to
make our life a little bit better.”
Cathy Haffner, ’83
Noll, was a teacher and coach, but
as her career took off he opted to
be a stay-at-home dad to their three
daughters so she could focus on work.
Eventually the economic downturn
hit, and layoffs at GE Capital left
Haffner with an offer of a new job
working in global marketing. The rub
was that she would be away from her
home and family for most of the week.
With her oldest daughter a senior in
high school, Haffner had to assess
her priorities. “As encouraging or
flattering as [the promotion] was, I
just could not bring myself to being
gone five days a week,” she says.
Haffner opted to accept a position
with USAA, a Fortune 500 financial
firm serving military families. That
meant uprooting her family again, this
time to San Antonio, Texas, but they
were ready to leave the high-pressure
pace of the East Coast.
Unfortunately, she soon found
herself putting in 15-hour days at her
new job. Her stepsister died at the
age of 39, her daughters were soon
going to be leaving home and Haffner
wanted a change. She quit her job
and during a visit to
Seattle reconnected
with Hutchinson. The
two women discovered
that they had both left
their jobs on the same
day. Taking that as a
sign, they began talking
about what they wanted
to do with the rest of their lives.
Eventually they settled on writing
a book and creating an informational
website, www.betterbecause.com,
where people share the everyday things
that make their lives better. Their
book is available from major book
retailers as well as at the SU Bookstore.
The two also lead workshops and talks
based on their experiences.
And while Haffner, who still calls
San Antonio home, admittedly has
made a dramatic change in her life, she
says her message is that it isn’t always
necessary. “This is about the fact that
every day we make choices, and every
day we can make a choice to make our
life a little bit better.”
—Cheryl Reid-Simons
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People
Faith in the Team
As chaplains for the men’s and women’s basketball teams, Fathers Dave
Anderson and Natch Ohno bring encouragement and more
PHOTOS BY CHRIS JOSEPH TAYLOR
Dave Anderson, S.J., extends a hand and words of encouragement to men’s basketball players
in the locker room this past season.
A
couple of years ago, alumni Anderson, “was that the Jesuits are inchaplain
Dave Anderson, volved in all aspects of students’ lives.”
S.J., was walking back to At Seattle University, Anderson was
his office after visiting an welcomed onto the basketball team.
alumnus near campus when the spirit
moved him to take a detour to the
Connolly Center. There he sought out
Later in that first season, when the
Redhawks played the University of
Washington, Anderson had occasion
the men’s basketball coach and asked to meet Cameron Dollar, thenif
the team would be interested in
having a Jesuit as team chaplain.
The idea had actually been on Father
Anderson’s mind for awhile. As an
undergraduate at Gonzaga University,
he’d observed Father Tony Lehman
taking a seat as chaplain alongside the
players and coaches at men’s basketball
games. “What it said to me,” says
assistant coach for the Huskies. Dollar
would be introduced as SU’s new head
coach a month later, and one of his
very first orders of business was to ask
Anderson to continue on as chaplain.
The Jesuit enthusiastically re-upped.
A similar arrangement would soon
be made on the women’s side. Not
long after Joan Bonvicini was hired as
SU’s head coach of women’s basketball
in 2009, she found herself at a staff
meeting, sitting next to Natch Ohno,
S.J., assistant to the vice president for
Student Development. Father Ohno
asked Bonvicini if there was anything
the Jesuit community could do for
the team. “Without missing a beat,
she said, ‘Well, I want a Jesuit on the
bench,’” Ohno recalls. He checked
with his rector, and it was decided he
would join the team.
What exactly does it mean to be
team chaplain? There is no playbook,
and both Jesuits are careful to clarify
what was expected of them. Ohno says
Coach Bonvicini told him that he was a
member of the team and that he could
be as involved as he wanted to be. One
of the people with whom Anderson
conferred, Assistant Athletic Director
Eric Guerra, suggested that the
team chaplain’s role was to provide
“presence and support.”
In addition to their game-related
duties, which for Ohno range from
leading the prayer before tip-off to
providing gum and mints to the injured
players on the bench, both chaplains
make it to nearly every practice.
“It is great to have a Jesuit priest
work so closely with our program,”
says Coach Dollar. “Father Anderson
is a key part of helping us fulfill our
mission and develop holistically.”
Any doubts Anderson may have
had about his value to the team were
put to rest last fall. It was a
Natch Ohno, S.J., provides support and more as the chaplain for women’s basketball. Like Father Anderson,
Father Ohno is often seen on the sidelines at SU’s home games.
busy time for the team, which was
gearing up for its first season with
a full Division I schedule, as well
as for Anderson personally. He had
been on the road quite a bit, visiting
alumni who were dealing with lifethreatening
situations. One evening,
Dollar called his chaplain to check
in. Anderson recalls the conversation:
“I asked Coach Dollar how he was
doing, and he said, ‘I’m doing fine,
but we’re missing one of our coaches.’
I said, ‘Oh really, what happened?’ He
replied, ‘Well, where’ve you been?’”
Bonvicini is similarly grateful for
Ohno’s presence. “Father Natch is a
settling force in the locker room and on
the bench,” she says, “and we definitely
look to him for inspiration and advice.
What he does for our program is a lot
more than just basketball. He helps
bring us all together.”
Ohno came to his role as chaplain
as a self-described casual basketball
fan. For his part, the 6-foot-2-inch
Anderson played basketball in high
school—a forward with a decent outside
shot. Having a high basketball IQ
can be something of a mixed blessing.
Anderson frequently has to remind himself
to refrain from offering coaching
pointers to the players because that’s
not allowed by the NCAA. He’s also
had to work at laying off the referees.
But once a victory is sealed, the
chaplain revels in the moment. “I’m
pretty sure Father Anderson was the
first person to run onto the court after
we won the game at the buzzer at
Portland State,” says men’s forward
Aaron Broussard.
Ohno also knows his way around a
postgame celebration, even if his manner
is a little more restrained. “My
favorite memory of Father Natch,”
says Bonvicini, “is when we finally
earned our first win of the season. He
and I walked arm-in-arm out of the
gym together, celebrating the joy of the
moment.”
Asked if he ever prays for a win,
Anderson laughs before saying, “I
don’t think God works that way.”
—Mike Thee
6 | People
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PHOTO COURTESY OF GARY PERRY
Gary Perry calls post-
Katrina New Orleans “a
tale of two recoveries.”
Five years after Hurricane
Katrina ravaged New Orleans, the
rebuilding process continues. While
some areas of the city have ostensibly
recovered to nearly a pre-Katrina state,
many others seem frozen in time, with
signs of recovery hard to find.
“You go to the heart of the city,
the French Quarter or the Garden
District, and things are coming back;
there’s a vibrancy again,” Perry says.
“But when you venture out not too far,
you are reminded that this was a city
that was underwater.”
Campus
O B S E R V E R
Rebuilding in Post-Katrina New Orleans
SU delegation eyes scholarly approach to short- and long-term recovery efforts
While some parts of New Orleans are showing marked improvement in the years since Hurricane
Katrina, many areas bear a constant reminder of the pace of recovery.
The devastation in New Orleans
hits home for Perry, an assistant professor
of sociology at Seattle University
who has ties to the city and whose
relatives were directly affected by
Katrina. (His mother is from the area,
and his aunt was displaced by the
hurricane.)
As a scholar, Perry has worked with
hurricane survivors who resettled in
Seattle and King County through his
involvement with the county’s housing
program, Common Ground. In 2007
he co-organized SU’s “Remembering
the Gulf Coast” week to raise awareness
of the plight of Katrina survivors. In
2008, he led a group of students on a
service immersion to New Orleans.
But Perry wanted to do more to
integrate a scholarly approach to the
city’s rebuilding and recovery work.
To this end, he spearheaded
a pilot immersion program called
Remembering Katrina for selected
SU faculty and staff who spent a week
in the city this summer. Remembering
Katrina takes a scholarly and
community-based approach to
addressing the long-term needs of the
people there and in helping to right
social injustices that linger.
The SU group joined colleagues
from Fairfield University and partners
at Loyola University New Orleans.
The impetus for this immersion was
born out of what Perry saw during
his many trips to the city and the
lack of opportunities for those in the
academic world to participate in the
recovery with community members.
“Through my conversations with
various community partners in New
Orleans, I am hearing this growing
call for a spirit of service that is rooted
in social justice,” Perry says.
There is still much to be done in
working to improve the lives of those
affected by Katrina, notes Perry, who
cites a New York Times editorial from
last December, which stated that
6,500 people are living in abandoned
properties post-Katrina, as well as a
“You go to the heart of the city,
the French Quarter or the Garden
District, and things are coming back ...
But when you venture out not too far,
you are reminded that this was a
city that was underwater.”
report by Louisiana Weekly that
more than 11,000 individuals are
homeless five years later.
Rather than just leading a group
of academics into New Orleans
and telling the residents what they
think should be done for long-term
recovery, Perry created a model
that works directly with residents,
community leaders and scholars to
assess their needs and the best ways to
be of service.
“Jesuit universities in the United
States, with their commitment to
social justice, academic excellence
and global education, are poised to
establish an unprecedented model for
responding to the continued aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina,” Perry says.
Quinton Morris, assistant professor
of music, was part of the
SU delegation that spent a week in
New Orleans this past summer. For
Morris, director of SU’s chamber
and instrumental music program,
Gary Perry, assistant
professor of sociology
the experience marked a return to
his roots. Morris attended Xavier
University of Louisiana, and while
an undergraduate there he made the
decision to pursue his interest in
music. He also performed with the
chamber and symphony orchestra at
Loyola University New Orleans.
Before he made the trip, his first
return to the city since 2000, Morris
said he hoped to learn more about how
he could assist to further rebuild New
Orleans.
“I’m sure the city has changed
dramatically, especially after Katrina,”
he says. “This experience will be eyeopening.”
Rose Ernst, assistant professor
of political science, is a colleague of
Perry’s and was aware of the work he
has done around community-based
scholarship both in Seattle and in New
Orleans. This factored into her interest
in participating in the immersion. She
was looking to integrate the experience
into her teachings.
“I want to learn more about
the betrayal of New Orleans, both
immediately after Katrina and five
years later, as I teach and research
in the areas of U.S. politics, social
movements, and race and class
politics,” says Ernst. “I also hope to
learn more about conditions on the
ground; movements for social, racial
and economic justice; and what I, as a
researcher and teacher, have to offer to
social justice efforts.”
Later this fall, Perry hopes to host
an event at SU where the participants
can share their experiences in New
Orleans. A filmmaker accompanied
the team, so a documentary screening
may be part of the gathering, along with
entertainment featuring Louisianabased
musicians.
For more on Remembering Katrina
check out the group’s blog at
http://thekatrinalegacy.blogspot.com.
—Tina Potterf
PHOTO BY HEATH BRAUN
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Campus
O B S E R V E R
“It is ... important that we engage
the communities around us.”
Sharon Suh, associate professor and director,
Academic Salons
Community Dialogue
2010-11 Academic Salons explore the intersection of community, youth and justice
PHOTO BY JENNIFER RICHARD
Illustration BY Getty Images
The relationship between
community, youth and
justice will take center stage
for the 2010–11 Academic
Salons, which will examine how the
university and its partners can engage
in meaningful ways with the greater
community.
The subject matter is particularly
germane as SU is set to collaborate with
and engage youth and their families
from Bailey Gatzert Elementary
School through the Seattle University
Youth Initiative, a comprehensive
community-driven plan that will
unfold in the coming months.
The Academic Salons this season will
emphasize the significance of working
toward justice in a more local context,
says Sharon Suh, associate professor
and director of the Academic Salons.
The discussion will be framed by
various events including speakers,
guest lectures, films and readings.
Over the summer, first-year students,
faculty and staff were given a book to
read before the start of the academic
year that ties back to the theme.
This year’s selection is Whatever It
Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to
Change Harlem and America by Paul
Tough. Whatever It Takes chronicles
the creation of the Harlem Children’s
Zone, founded in 1970 to provide
children from the neighborhood with
education, social services and community
support from early childhood
through college. The Harlem Children’s
Zone Project began as a pilot program
to reach into the community and
directly affect its members. What
started with one neighborhood block in
Harlem has spread to nearly 100 blocks,
with services extended to the children
and families who reside within.
Among the collaborators for the
planning and programming of the
Academic Salons is the Center for
Service and Community Engagement,
which is leading the charge on the
Youth Initiative. There also will be
events sponsored or spearheaded by
the different colleges and schools;
through its close work with Magis:
Alumni Committed for Mission,
the Salons will provide events that
promote alumni participation.
While a commitment to service
is integral to the mission of SU and
evident in the fact that three out of
four students complete service each
year—in addition to the many faculty
and staff who participate in service
initiatives locally and internationally—
Suh says there are opportunities for
greater connection with community
neighbors.
“There is often a tendency to explore
social justice from a global lens
in order to see what can be done to
help alleviate suffering in other
areas of the world,” she says. “It is
equally important that we engage the
communities around us.”
Learn more about the Academic Salons
at www.seattleu.edu/academicsalons/.
—Tina Potterf
Grace Greenwich, director of Alumni Relations at the School of Law, converses with Frank Case, S.J., at a reception after Red Mass at the
School of Law. As the Jesuit Assistant, Father Case splits his time and duties between the law school and the Albers School of Business.
Ready to Assist
Frank Case, S.J., relishes role in business and law schools
Enter the term “Jesuit assistant”
into an online job
search site and it’s unlikely
you’ll f ind many—if
any—matches. But such a position
has existed at Seattle University
since 2009. The Jesuit assistant to
the Albers School of Business and
Economics and the School of Law is a
one-of-a-kind job held by Frank Case,
S.J. Established to provide a liaison
between the two professional schools
and the Jesuit Catholic mission, the
post serves an important role.
“Without any Jesuits on either
faculty or staff, the schools were
looking for some visible assurance
of their pursuit of the university’s
mission within their missions,”
says Father Case, who served as an
associate professor at Albers from
1975 to 1986.
Case’s time is split about 50/50
between the two schools. His agenda
includes various requests for his
attendance at events where he might
provide an invocation or a blessing.
Beyond his duties as Jesuit assistant,
Fr. Case often lectures or hosts classes
and seminars, such as one for business
and law faculty on Ignatian pedagogy.
In addition to his teaching background,
Case served for more than 20
years in internal Jesuit administration
as Provincial of the Oregon Province
and regional assistant for the United
States in Rome. During his last three
years in Rome, he served as General
Secretary of the Society of Jesus.
“When I came to the end of my
stint in Rome, the Oregon Provincial
asked me to consider two or three
possible assignments on my return to
the Northwest,” explains Case. “One
of them was this particular job, and
in the end, after some consultation
and prayer, Father Pat Lee assigned
me here. I was delighted to be back in
Seattle and at Seattle University.”
The campus offers the most visible
manifestation of the changes that have
come about since his initial time here
nearly 25 years ago.
“Its new buildings are stunningly
beautiful and efficient,” he says.
Case also has noticed significant
changes in the spirit and sense of
mission on campus.
The students with whom he lives
in Campion Hall strike Case as
being much less boisterous than the
students in Bellarmine Hall back in
the day, where he resided during his
first tenure.
“Of course,” he concedes, “that
may be a sign of my own aging and
a gradual withdrawal from a more
boisterous lifestyle of bygone years.”
Where does Case, who recently
turned 72, see himself in five years?
“I might still be here, sinking deep
roots in an easy chair somewhere on
campus. Whatever it is, I will be very
happy to be in the Lord’s hands.”
—Chelan David
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Campus
O B S E R V E R
Faculty
R E S E A R C H
Covering the Homeless
Participant Rosette Royale listens during a discussion on the homelessness project.
Notable journalists team with SU students to examine reporting
and news coverage of family homelessness
A
half-dozen local media
projects on family homelessness
took shape over the
summer through a unique
program housed at Seattle University
and made possible by a grant from the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Six accomplished journalists from
the Northwest spent three months as
fellows at SU’s Center for Strategic
Communications, examining the
nature and extent of family homelessness
in Washington state. They
were aided by eight students who
received scholarships for their efforts as
researchers and production assistants.
Participating media organizations
include the the Seattle Times; NPR
radio affiliates; and the esteemed PBS
program NewsHour. The journalists
were chosen by a six-member advisory
panel of SU faculty and community
experts on family homelessness.
“We put out a call to the Northwest
journalism community to propose
reporting projects, which were
evaluated based on their potential
to contribute to the project’s goal
of increasing public awareness and
understanding of family homelessness
in Washington,” says the center’s
director, Barry Mitzman.
“In working to increase public
awareness and understanding of family
homelessness in Washington, we feel
that we’re very much living the SU
mission to provide leadership for a
just and humane world.”
Student scholars and journalist
fellows participated in three, all-day
seminars on campus this past spring
that featured panels of homelessness
experts who represented service providers,
academia and research institutions.
The seminars also included field
trips to organizations that serve the
homeless. Wrap-up discussions each
day gave participants an opportunity
to address challenges they face in
their research and story development.
“I hope this approach to publicservice
journalism gets replicated
with other issues, such as the environment,”
says student-scholar
Cassandra Little, ’10.
Little and Emily Holt, ’10, assisted
Carol Smith, a reporter for InvestigateWest,
an independent nonprofit
organization devoted to investigative/
narrative journalism. Their comprehensive
reporting efforts focus on
stories of homeless youth and are now
featured on InvestigateWest’s website
at www.invw.org.
—Annie Beckmann
Read more about this project at
www.seattleu.edu/magazine/.
PHOTO BY CHRIS JOSEPH TAYLOR
PHOTO BY CHRIS JOSEPH TAYLOR
Remote Control
Assistant Professor Tanya Hayes focuses research on
property rights, conservation and forest management
Tanya Hayes teaches environmental studies in Arts and Sciences.
The genesis of Tanya Hayes’
journey to Río Plátano,
Honduras, can be traced to
the heartland of America:
Bloomington, Ind. It was there, at
Indiana University, while enrolled in
a joint PhD program with the School
of Public and Environmental Affairs
and Political Science, that she was
mentored by Dr. Elinor Ostrom,
Nobel Prize winner in economics.
Under the tutelage of Ostrom,
Hayes became particularly
interested in community
management of forests
and agricultural lands.
When she was looking for
a project for her master’s
thesis, she learned about
agricultural expansion—
deforestation caused by
the migration of farmers
and ranchers—in Río
Plátano, a remote region
of Honduras.
“My thesis looked at
why colonists [farmers and
ranchers] were moving to
the region and the impact
that various land-use and
conservation policies had
on supporting or thwarting
this immigration,” says
Hayes, an assistant professor
of environmental
studies in the College of
Arts and Sciences.
After completing her master’s,
Hayes expanded her research for her
doctoral dissertation. “I began to look
at property rights and management
policies in Río Plátano and compared
these to property rights and policies for
forest management in a neighboring
reserve, Bosawas, Nicaragua,” she says.
In contrast to Río Plátano, where
the Honduran Ministry of Forestry
held all land rights and management
rights to the reserve, in Bosawas the
indigenous residents went through a
long participatory planning process
by which they eventually obtained the
communal title to their territories in
the reserve and the sole right to make
management decisions regarding
forest and land use.
“My investigation looked at if
these different management processes
and policies made a difference in
controlling agricultural expansion and
how they impacted local governance
by the indigenous residents,” she says.
Hayes began the study in 2001 and
finished the project in 2007. Her primary
findings show that the indigenous
residents who hold communal tenure
in Bosawas are better able to control
agricultural expansion and prevent
deforestation than the indigenous
residents who live in a governmentmanaged
reserve at Río Plátano.
One of the biggest challenges to the
research was accessibility. To reach
Río Plátano, she had to first board
a small plane and then complete the
second leg of the journey by dugout
canoe.
Hayes plans to continue conducting
applied research and incorporating the
lessons learned into the classroom.
She is currently involved in a research
project with a set of NGOs in Colombia
that looks at conservation of forests
on the lands of poor peasant farmers in
the East Andes.
—Chelan David
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The learning commons
redefines the role of
a 21st-century academic
library in teaching
and learning.
The new
Lemieux Library
and McGoldrick Learning
Commons is the university’s
biggest investment
With its opening this fall the Lemieux Library
and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Seattle
University’s largest investment in academics, creates a bold
new mecca for today’s students.
As the Chapel of St. Ignatius is often regarded as the
spiritual center of campus, the library and learning commons
likely will serve as the intellectual center.
The much-anticipated and reimagined library is expected
to become the campus hub for students, faculty and
academic activities. The new six-story presence transforms
not only the original A.A. Lemieux Library, built in 1966,
but also student learning for the 21st century.
At a cost of $55 million, the renovation and new
construction increases the square footage by 50 percent to
more than 125,000 square feet. But size is just a slim chapter
in this library book.
in academics
Library
Momentum and excitement about the project increased
over the past decade when it became obvious a 1960s
library designed primarily to be a warehouse for books
could no longer address changes in teaching and learning
styles and expectations of technologically savvy students
and faculty. And for a university with a vision to be the
premier independent university of the Northwest, the
need for a new library and collaborative learning space
continued to grow.
By spring 2008, SU had launched the public phase of
its capital fundraising campaign, with facilities—and the
library—as a central piece. At the outset of the campaign,
Anne Farrell, SU trustee, library campaign committee chair
and president emerita of the Seattle Foundation, remarked,
“This project will provide students and faculty
with a gathering place and new digital tools for learning
and sharing ideas with audiences here or anywhere in
the world.”
Long before its June 2009 groundbreaking, President
of the Future
By Annie Beckmann
Stephen Sundborg, S.J., described the library as “a centerpiece
in the transformation of Seattle University.”
How the library and learning commons would best
serve students took shape quickly.
“We knew we wanted technology to be a more forceful
presence in the services we offered and in the educational
experiences of our students,” says University Librarian
John Popko. “But we didn’t want to use technology to
show off. We wanted to use it as a means to an educational
end.”
Steve De Bruhl, SU’s senior project manager for the
library and learning commons, says his appreciation for
this new intellectual center only intensifies with time.
“Learning in a social setting outside the classroom is a
component this building will facilitate,” De Bruhl says.
“The environment is conducive to study that’s both
collaborative and private. It’s a space where you know
technology is there, but it won’t overwhelm the space or
the learning experience.”
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Illustrations by Stephanie Dalton Cowan
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The new library and
learning commons
will include a
coffeehouse-style
café called The Byte.
Did You Know
The Big Move
Mammoth undertaking to transport collections
Back in 1966, when the library left the Administration Building and headed for new digs at A.A. Lemieux,
those who were on campus recall what’s described as the bucket brigade. This involved a bevy of student
volunteers snaked between the two buildings, passing boxes of books down the line from one person to
another for the move into the new library.
About 245,000 books, 2,000 journal titles and 6,000 media (VHS and DVD) took the library staff roughly
12 weeks to pack between March and May 2009, when the Lemieux Library was vacated for renovations
and new construction. In addition, the staff moved 525 special collections.
Have a fun story or memory to share of the library? Share in the comments section of this story
at www.seattleu.edu/magazine/. The best comments will be eligible to win a prize.
Read on to learn about some of the features that make
SU’s library and learning commons stand out.
What’s Inside
Transforming the old into the new meant rethinking
every aspect of how the space might look and feel, and how
its staff could support learning and scholarship in both
traditional and contemporary ways.
The result, as John Popko describes it, is a dynamic
blend of sanctuary and community square.
“We wanted this building to make us a leader in support
of the pedagogy that emphasizes group projects, teamwork,
peer consultations—the social dimensions of learning that
take place outside the classroom,” Popko says. “We worked
hard to create many varied and flexible spaces on all six
floors where such interaction could flourish.”
Think of a light-filled space with comfortable furniture,
skylights as architectural elements, adaptable workstations
and study spaces for all types of needs. The memorable double
helix staircase—its railing is a significant design element
from an earlier era— remains. Encounters with great art will
be a big part of the day-to-day library experience, with 16
spacious art walls and 55 potential art locations.
Jim Hembree, SU senior development officer, says
it’s an expression of the university’s mission to educate
students holistically by placing museum-quality
paintings, photography and sculpture in public view.
The pieces exhibited include a few from the library’s
legacy collection and a large infusion of new acquisitions
including “What Does Compassion Look Like?” a series
of 43 artworks commissioned for the Dalai Lama’s visit to
Seattle in 2008. These works, Hembree notes, exemplify
the university’s ethic of service and social justice and were
acquired for the university with support from Dick and
Betty Hedreen.
While up until now the university art collection has
focused primarily on two-dimensional pieces, the library
grounds and plaza afford exciting opportunities for
sculpture, including an outdoor piece by renowned artist
Joel Shapiro.
A gift from Connie and Steve Rogel enabled the addition
of water features and seating areas, stonework and plantings
to create tranquil outdoor gathering and indoor study
areas. All this is in keeping with the highest standards for
ecologically friendly design with rainwater captured and
routed to a rain garden to reduce the volume of
water dumped directly into the city’s storm drains.
Water efficiency is among the factors that contribute to the
library’s green building certification from Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
What is also different about the new library and learning
commons is the inclusion of a coffeehouse-style café called
The Byte. Buzz Hofford, food services director at SU
for Bon Appétit, says The Byte will serve coffee from
Stumptown Coffee Roasters, roasted just down the street
at Stumptown’s 12th Avenue location, as well as a wide
selection of loose-leaf teas, a first on campus. Grab-and-go
foods, hot soups, stews and more also will be available.
The Learning Behind the Learning Commons
An active and energetic learning environment calls for
new ways to engage those who use this creative space and
the staff who provide support services. For students, this
translates into several new resources not routinely found in
a campus library.
An evolving culture of collaboration is the fuel that
drives the engine of change at the heart of the learning
commons, says Popko. The mission of the commons is to
help students create their best possible academic work in a
community that provides the specialized resources to assist
them. To achieve this mission, the library now partners with
the Writing Center, Math Lab and the Learning Assistance
programs, all of which will now be housed there.
“We are creating new collegial partnerships that will
positively impact our students’ learning. This innovative
effort is a recognition of the web of relationships, intentionally
developed and continuously enriched,” Popko says.
The learning commons redefines the scope of what a
21st-century academic library is and does.
“We can easily envision that a student will come to the
library and learning commons for a workshop on better
study habits, have a research consultation with a reference
librarian and have an appointment with a writing consultant
all in the same visit,” Popko says. “It’s all there by design,
not by accident.”
Plugged In to Technology
When you consider all that went into the planning and
design of the Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning
Commons, technology always was a dominant feature
yet a bit of a wild card. Short of a soothsayer with a highdef,
multimedia crystal ball, how do you predict years in
advance what the tech needs will be?
“We’ve had a rich technology plan in the works for years,
but we intentionally delayed some technology decisions and
purchases until late in the process,” says Popko. Assisting
Popko was a university team with members from the
library, facilities and SunGard Higher Education Office
of Information Technology. One major consideration was
how to address the shift in the ways students learn. As
a complement to writing term papers, today’s students
are interested in creating video documentaries and other
content that’s easier to share not only with one another but
also with a global audience.
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Michael DeBlasi, director of learning technology, notes,
“The partnership between Seattle University and SunGard
Higher Education has resulted in a library with technology
that enables students and faculty to create and collaborate
with rich media.”
Increasingly, students express ideas via pictures and
video and the new library technology supports the capture,
cataloging and collaboration of the media. This system
provides the capability for the library to house a digital,
user-created collection for student work.
Everything is high definition and everywhere there is
Wi-Fi, even on the outside plaza. There are 80 desktop
computers in three computer labs and 120 laptop computers
available through instruction and checkout programs.
The first-floor Digital Media Lab features a high-def
recording studio with 11 multimedia editing stations. For
commercial quality recording, the library provides P2
cameras, the latest in video technology. There’s a green
screen for recording with virtually any background. Six of
the editing stations are equipped with Final Cut Pro editing
software for professional-quality editing work. The lab also
has a screening room with surround sound.
There’s video capture and conferencing as well as multiwalled
projection technologies and wall-mounted 52-inch
monitors in many of the study rooms so students can practice
presentations. Students have the ability to do live streaming—
in real time—to provide global learning opportunities too,
in keeping with SU’s focus on global engagement.
As changes and enhancements in technology enter the
higher-education environment, this facility will be ready.
The three-floor addition features easy-to-modify, 18-inch
raised concrete tile and steel-framed floors.
When you walk across those floors, you can sense the
earliest watchword that fueled discussions of all who planned
the new library and learning commons: flexibility. Then, as
you observe the spirit and excitement of all the technologyenhanced
research and scholarship that’s happening here,
you realize it’s the beginning of a new era for learning. SU
Encounters with great
art will be a big part of
the day-to-day library
experience, with 16
spacious art walls
and 55 potential art
locations.
Library BY THE NUMBERS
Here’s a look at what makes this new library and learning commons something special.
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Lemieux Library and
McGoldrick Learning Commons
You Are Invited
Save the date to attend the opening of the new Lemieux Library and
McGoldrick Learning Commons on Sept. 30. Be there to celebrate one
of the most significant events in Seattle University’s history and join
us as we celebrate a new chapter in SU’s academic excellence. The
dedication begins on campus at the library at 11:30 a.m.
The 30-minute dedication will feature a special ceremony that
includes a blessing of the building by Archbishop Alexander J. Brunett
and remarks by President Stephen Sundborg, S.J. Refreshments
and tours will follow. For more information or to RSVP (by Sept.
22), call (206) 296-6100 or e-mail uaevents@seattleu.edu.
2001
The year a feasibility study was underway for a new library,
followed by a concept phase, design and development.
125,640
The total square footage of the new library and learning
commons. This combines 92,677 square feet in the
renovated portion of the old library and nearly 33,000
square footage of new construction.
50,685
The number of linear feet of books and journals that
will fit in the new space.
16
The number of walls dedicated for art. Public art is a
major feature of the building.
6
The floors in the new library and learning commons. This
is one floor more than the old library.
564
The number of donors who contributed more than
$37 million to the library project.
11
The multimedia editing stations in the Digital Media Lab.
These stations are in addition to the recording studio and
screening room, all part of the technology that fits with the
way students learn today and will learn in the future.
80
The number of desktop computers spread over three
computer labs.
415
Members of the SU campus community who submitted
a total of more than 1,300 possible names in a naming
contest for the library café. The winning entry: The Byte.
85
The hours the library and learning commons will be open
each week during the academic year. Staffing these hours
are 12 librarians, four nonlibrarian learning professionals
and many support staff and student assistants.
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Rebekah Rogalsky, ’09, helps Evan Bui draw a picture during an early childhood class at
Madrona Elementary school as student Tyreese Williams works on a project.
In large numbers,
Seattle University graduates
are committing to service
It has been called the Compassion Boom, a time in
history when acting on good intentions is a much
greater likelihood than in the past.
At Seattle University, helping others is more
appealing now than ever. You’ve likely heard that three
out of four students perform service as part of their SU
education.
Service doesn’t stop with graduation. In 2010 a record
number of graduating seniors have committed to serve one
or two years with a volunteer organization in the United
States or abroad, such as Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Peace
Corps and Teach for America.
Joe Phillips, dean of the Albers School of Business and
Economics, isn’t surprised.
“That SU students are embracing service opportunities
in record numbers is not unexpected,” he says. “The
mission of the university attracts students who are
inclined toward service work, and as we have become more
intentional around the mission that attracts even more
students who are service-oriented.”
Service as Vocation,
Not Vacation
By Annie Beckmann
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K
X
Post-graduate service is one way students can continue to live their faith and commitment to social
justice after graduation. Consultations help students explore opportunities for service through
established volunteer organizations after they graduate from Seattle University. Past graduates have
worked with organizations such as Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Peace Corps, Lutheran Volunteer Corps
and Teach for America.
Here’s a list of some of the organizations that seek graduates for service
COURTESY OF SEAN BAIRD
AmeriCorps www.americorps.gov/
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service www.cnvs.org/
Center for Social Concerns http://centerforsocialconcerns.nd.edu/postgraduate/
Esperanza International www.esperanzainternational.org/
Global Volunteer Network www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/
The Haitian Project http://haitianproject.org/
Krista Foundation www.kristafoundation.org/
L’Arche http://larcheusa.org/
Jesuit Volunteer Corps www.jesuitvolunteers.org/
Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest www.jvcnorthwest.org/
Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos International www.nph.org/
Peace Corps www.peacecorps.gov/
Rostro de Cristo www.rostrodecristo.org/
Teach for America www.teachforamerica.org/
For more information, contact SU Social Justice Minister Seán Bray
at (206) 296-6079 or e-mail brays@seattleu.edu.
The tough job market facing new graduates also may propel
them toward service, Phillips says.
“Many service opportunities offer a greater challenge and
enable students to feel as if they are making a difference for
society,” he says. “The combination of being able to make
a difference while gaining valuable life skills becomes very
compelling, despite the lack of salary.”
Seán Bray, SU’s social justice minister, says today’s graduates
have discovered opportunities to narrow the gap between
themselves and marginalized populations while they pursue
global engagement and community building in their studies.
“After four years of hearing the mission, they truly do feel a
calling to be leaders for a just and humane world,” Bray says.
“They seek opportunities to be leaders who serve the greater
good and discern where to put that learning in their chosen
vocation.”
Nearly a third of the new graduates who choose service opted
to do so after their participation in a service-immersion program
where they explored social, cultural and environmental issues in
the United States and internationally, according to Bray. Some
recognized at a young age that they wanted to devote time to
service when they completed college.
Take Rebekah Rogalsky, who knew by age 17 that she wanted
to volunteer in Haiti. In 2006 as a high school senior, Rogalsky
had her first taste of service work there. “I saw something in
this weeklong volunteer experience that I wanted to develop
in myself. I came back and declared I’d major in international
studies.”
Rogalsky later spent six weeks in Uganda with Invisible
Children, a humanitarian organization. Then she met her future
husband, Derek Rogalsky, at SU. They were dating over spring
break in 2008 when they both volunteered with the Haitian
Project, a Catholic mission that provides a boarding school for
Haitian children.
“We were good friends, and it was our capacity, willingness
and desire to serve that drew us together,” Rebekah, ’09, says.
Now that they’ve completed their bachelor’s degrees, the two are
returning to the Haitian Project, where they’re the first married
couple to volunteer in more than a decade.
“This year of service can help a lot with career discernment,
too,” says Derek, ’10.
Both already have deferments once they complete one year
of service. Derek, a science and engineering graduate, has been
accepted at Georgetown University Medical School, and
Sean Baird, ’10, will spend the next year in service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in residence with L’Arche.
He will be based in one of the program’s homes in Washington, D.C.
Rebekah will join Teach for America and continue to do
service work in Washington, D.C.
It was Sean Baird’s playful side that drew him to L’Arche,
a residence for those with and without intellectual disabilities
in Washington, D.C., for his year of service with the Jesuit
Volunteer Corps (JVC). Inspired by Catholic social teaching,
L’Arche—French for “the Ark”—is a network of these living
communities in 36 countries on six continents.
In or out of his mascot garb as SU’s Rudy the Redhawk, Baird
has been most recognizable for his lively and good-natured spirit
on campus over the past four years. He’s pleased he can lend his
dance, musical and artistic talents as a resident of L’Arche.
“My education focused on the mission of the university. This
work is affirming of humanity for every person involved, and
that’s what I’m most excited about,” says Baird, ’10, a theology
and religious studies graduate.
“These service opportunities
are not just about investing
in the common good. They
are also an investment in
one’s human capital.”
Joe Phillips, Dean, Albers
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Alumni
F O C U S
PROFILES | BOOKMARKS | ALUMNI EVENTS | CLASS NOTES | IN MEMORIAM
In the News
Stephanie Lum, ’98, is a top news anchor and reporter in Honolulu
Rebekah Rogalsky, ‘09, and her husband, Derek Rogalsky, ’10, will serve in Haiti with the Haitian Project.
The couple will spend a year there teaching middle and high school students.
“I know I still have to pay off my student loans, but I worried
that if I just worked at a café or in retail, I’d lose my enthusiasm
for the social justice work I want to do.”
Both JVC and Peace Corps recruiters say there has been a
steady increase in the number of SU graduate participants in
recent years. Historically, 141 SU graduates have joined JVC
since its inception in 1956, and 315 SU alumni have served in
the Peace Corps.
Colleen Conboy, a 2010 environmental studies graduate,
receives her Peace Corps assignment later this fall and expects
to leave in January.
“I’ve been in a bubble where it’s totally OK to be an
idealist. I’ll continue to be idealistic, but more of a realist,
too,” she says. “I hope I’ll learn more about the complexity of
problem solving.”
Conboy first pondered joining the Peace Corps before she
entered SU. By her senior year, she knew it was what she wanted.
As a student at she took part in a trail restoration for one service
project and participated in an Appalachian service immersion in
West Virginia.
Albers Dean Phillips suggests that service work provides
graduates with a learning experience that ultimately makes them
more employable.
“An extended service experience is also going to make for
a more interesting job interview someday—it will give the
interviewee something important to talk about,” Phillips says.
“These service opportunities are not just about investing in
the common good. They are also an investment in one’s human
capital.”
SU
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEPHANIE LUM
Stephanie Lum, ’98
Stephanie Lum grew up intrigued
and interested by the
news. At the Lum household
in Hawaii, watching the
evening news and reading the newspaper
were daily rituals—her father
would often quiz the kids about news
that appeared in the paper.
“Our parents raised us on the news,”
says Lum, who is today a trusted
and popular anchor and reporter in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
The 1998 graduate of
Seattle University anchors
four newscasts and does
special reports for Hawaii
News Now (KHNL/
KGMB/K-FVE). During
college Lum got a taste for
broadcast journalism, and
she was often seen roaming
around campus—lugging a
video camera and tripod—
capturing campus news.
An internship at Seattle’s
KING 5 showed her the
ropes in a fast-paced newsroom.
Straight out of
college she landed her
first professional job at
KUAM, a small news
station in Guam, where
she worked her way up
from a general assignment
reporter to weekend anchor. In the
two years she was with the station,
Lum earned her first of what would
be many professional awards for an
investigative piece she did on health
hazards at a restaurant.
When an opportunity presented
itself for Lum to move back to
Hawaii and work for CBS-affiliate
KGMB 9 News as a morning anchor
and general assignment reporter,
she accepted. In 2001 she moved to
KHNL and K-FVE, serving as anchor
and reporter.
“This is more than a job—it’s a service
to the community,” says Lum, who has
been named several times Honolulu’s
“best local TV personality.”
Professionally, Lum has earned
several awards for writing, reporting and
newscasts in her current role, including
an Emmy award in 2008 and again this
year for overall news excellence, and a
2009 Edward R. Murrow Award for
best 10 p.m. newscast.
While Lum is most recognized
behind the desk as an anchor, she
enjoys the opportunities to do special
projects that put her out in the
community, connecting with viewers
and telling their stories.
Away from the news station Lum
takes full advantage of Hawaii’s climate
and spends a lot of time outdoors
biking, running and swimming. She
regularly participates in marathons
and hopes to compete in a full Iron
Man competition next year.
Her advice to others who may be
looking for a career change or a life
makeover: never be afraid to explore.
“Go after your dreams,” Lum says.
“Seek out a mentor so they can teach
you the tricks of the trade. And work
hard in everything you do.”
—Tina Potterf
Learn what’s on Lum’s iPod and
more at seattleu.edu/magazine/.
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PHOTO BY CHRIS JOSEPH TAYLOR
column
Alumni, Get to
Know Your Board
Board of Governors serves as a liaison to the university
How well do you know
the Alumni Board of
Governors, the advising
board for the more than
60,000 alumni of Seattle University?
The Alumni Board of Governors
(ABOG) acts as your liaison to the
university and is made up of 25
dedicated individuals whose common
goal is to promote the university and
support Alumni Relations.
The executive board consists of
myself, Sean Henderson, president;
Christopher Canlis, president-elect;
and Karen Lynn Maher, Anni Lee and
Shane Dir. Our other board members
are Zachary Anderson, Analisa
Castaneda, Joslyn Donlin, James
Gore, Mary Henderson, Josephine
Hidalgo-Tamola, William Jolly,
Adam Jussel, Daniel Kelley-Petersen,
Chad Marshall, Jason McGill,
Sandra Mears, James Policar, Alberto
Stein Rios, Lauren Sedillo and
Michelle Smith.
Over the years we have established
three annual events designed specifically
for alumni. These events are:
The Advent Mass and Reception,
which embraces our Jesuit tradition.
During the Mass, the Chapel of St.
Ignatius is packed with alumni from
all disciplines enjoying the holiday
and renewing their friendships. If
you have not had the opportunity to
experience this, we look forward to
welcoming you to this year’s Mass in
December.
The second big event is the
Alumni Awards, which this year
celebrated 25 years of recognizing
the best and brightest alumni
and supporters of the university.
The ceremony is one of the most
enduring and endearing alumni
events of the year. Each year ABOG
members welcome the opportunity
to serve on the panel that is tasked
with selecting the recipients. And
our third event is commencement
brunch, an opportunity to celebrate
the achievements of our graduates
each June—the brunch is held the day
before commencement ceremonies.
It is a wonderful way to welcome
new alumni to the community. Plus,
it’s a fun and rare opportunity to hear
President Stephen Sundborg, S.J.,
“unplugged.” It’s a must-see.
The Alumni Board of Governors
is also looking for ways to further
support Division I athletics through
social events prior to games. If you
have any suggestions on how we can
engage alumni at our athletic events,
please let me know.
As board president, I would like to
thank all of you for making my role in
this exceptional university a rewarding
experience. If you have not been
connected or would like to reconnect
with SU, e-mail Alumni Relations at
alumni@seattleu.edu or contact me
through Seattle University Magazine
at sumagazine@seattleu.edu.
—Sean Henderson, ’88
Sean Henderson is the president of
the Alumni Board of Governors.
Meet Your Prez
“We need to cultivate our base of young
alumni and keep them engaged.”
Sean Henderson, ’88, alumni board president
For Sean Henderson, ’88, the new president of
the Alumni Board of Governors, being involved at
Seattle University has always been a family affair.
“My sister started here in 1976 as a basketball star,”
recalls Henderson, who became more familiar with SU
through attending games and meeting people here.
An avid soccer and softball fan, he is a season ticket
holder for men’s soccer and women’s softball.
Through his interest in sports, Henderson was inspired
to become more engaged with his alma mater.
Building and strengthening connections and engagement
among students, alumni and the greater campus
is top of mind for Henderson as the head of the governing
board. As president, Henderson is looking to expand
the board’s reach and visibility and identify opportunities
for greater involvement in the daily happenings of
the university.
He also wants to develop programming geared toward
young alumni. To this end, he has made progress: Two
positions on the board are now filled by young alums.
“We need to cultivate our base of young alumni,”
Henderson says, “and keep them engaged.”
Other goals as president: make it easier for alumni
to stay in touch, both with other alumni and with the
university; offer assistance in career services; and facilitate
greater and more accessible opportunities in the
community.
“We’re available to provide assistance and give direction,”
Henderson says.
—DJ Weidner, ’07
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTINA DAVIS
Start Up Business
Alumna Christina Davis, ’10, brings business training
classes to entrepreneurs in Malawi, Africa
Christina Davis epitomizes
what it means to leave a
mark on the world.
While a student at the
Albers School of Business and Economics,
Davis, ’10, created Africa Start
Up, an innovative program that works
with local entrepreneurs and microfinance
loan recipients in Malawi. The
program provides classes and training
in basic business principles to help
build their businesses
and a better future.
Classes focus on topics
such as revenue and
profits, record keeping,
reinvestment and
growth, and the importance
of savings. The
entrepreneurs run a
variety of businesses and enterprises,
from small grocery stores and
electronics repair shops to honey and
popsicle stands.
Africa Start Up offers training
to entrepreneurs who have financial
capital but are lacking in the necessary
skills and know-how to grow their
capital and their businesses. “We
are providing a sustainable business
model,” says Davis.
Davis’ involvement in Seattle University’s
International Development
Internship Program, or IDIP, was
crucial to the formation of Africa Start
Up. IDIP is a three-quarter course
that provides undergraduate students
with opportunities to conduct research
on issues facing developing countries
and to intern with non-governmental
organizations in Asia, Africa and Latin
America. Davis’ placement took her to
Malawi, where she was as intern for
humanitarian organization LifeNets
International. For the courses and
training, Africa Start Up has teamed
with SU and the Malawi College of
Accountancy; both have provided
faculty and students to lead the
“We want to create a robust business
community and, ultimately, replicate
this program throughout Africa.”
Christina Davis, ’10, on Africa Start Up
sessions, which are spread over several
weeks, and provide consultations. In
addition to developing sustainable
business plans, the overall goal, says
Davis, is to increase entrepreneurs’
incomes by 200 percent.
“If you increase the income of one
of these entrepreneurs, each affects
about 10 people,” she says. “We want
to create a robust business community
and, ultimately, replicate this program
throughout Africa.”
Africa Start Up recently got
a financial boost of its own with a
$20,000 grant from the Intercollegiate
Studies Institute’s William E. Simon
Fellowship for Noble Purpose program.
The funding will assist with
travel and material costs for instructors
who will teach in Malawi this fall.
Davis will be taking time off from her
new job at Google to make the trip
in September, and will be joined by
Albers instructor Sarah Bee. The group
will be working with small business
owners who are linked up with Africa
Start Up as recipients of grants from
LifeNets International—an Africa
Start Up partner—and from referrals
through other
microfinance organizations.
The success of Africa
Start Up and the
overwhelming support
from SU, peers, colleagues
and the people
of Malawi speak to
what Davis considers a paradigm
shift in the world of business and an
emphasis on what’s called the triple
bottom line: a business model that
looks at not just the economic benefits
but also environmental and social
impacts.
For alumni who want to make
their own mark on the world, Davis
encourages starting small and thinking
locally.
“I don’t think people should feel
like they need to go to Africa to make
a difference,” Davis says. “Making a
difference in your own communities,
or in your own life, is important.
Follow your passion.”
—Tina Potterf
Christina Davis, ’10, is making an impact in the lives of business owners in Malawi, Africa,
through Africa Start Up, a professional training program she created.
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Alumni Events
NOVEMBER
Bookmarks
Becoming a Creative Entrepreneur: Your GPS to Business Success
[Aviva Publishing, New York] by Jack Fecker, ’54
Jack Fecker, ’54, is an experienced entrepreneur with a bevy of tips that any business owner—or
would-be business owner—would find useful. In his book, Becoming a Creative Entrepreneur:
Your GPS to Business Success, Fecker does much more than simply dole out run-of-the-mill advice.
The book recounts his 50-year journey to success, detailing the many ups and downs of running a
business. In inspiring and humorous anecdotes, Fecker tells readers how he has learned from his
mistakes and celebrated the triumphs. In each story, he shares his personal experience with one
goal in mind: imparting valuable and long-cultivated wisdom.
Throughout his career, Fecker has been a palpable presence in the marketplace. As an entrepreneur,
CEO and business development consultant, he has parlayed his passionate and adventurous
nature into a profitable and full professional life. Fecker has built more than 20 successful businesses,
including one of Seattle’s first major nightclubs, the Blue Banjo. Under his co-leadership,
the Northwest territorial franchise of Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlours became the hotspot for sweet
treats. He has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s foremost creative entrepreneurs.
In Becoming a Creative Entrepreneur, Fecker takes his experience and transforms it into
practical advice. Through entertaining narratives, he offers helpful suggestions
on a variety of topics. The book is divided into three sections,
with the first focused on turning ideas into profitable realities. Fecker
calls ideas the “most essential nuggets” of any business, and stresses
the importance of beginning with a creative vision.
The second section concentrates on helping entrepreneurs build
and sustain profits after they have opened for business. Here,
Fecker encourages readers to nurture their strengths and use their
distinctive abilities to the advantage of their businesses.
In the final section, Fecker shares some tips for maintaining sanity.
He highlights the benefits of asking for help and letting go
of control, and also emphasizes the value of nurturing yourself
and your relationships; that is, of scheduling time for “play”
during what can seem like a never-ending workweek.
Colorfully written and refreshingly insightful, Fecker’s book is
a unique tool for any current or soon-to-be business owner
looking to invigorate his or her entrepreneurial
ventures. —Maura Beth Pagano, ’12
Editor’s Note: If you have a book published, Seattle University Magazine wants to hear about it. We consider for
review books released within the past two years by alumni, faculty and staff. Send notice to sumagazine@seattleu.edu.
SEPTEMBER
Thursday, September 23
11th Annual Costco Scholarship
Fund Breakfast
7 to 9 a.m., Seattle University Campus
Seattle University hosts the 11th annual
Costco Scholarship Fund Breakfast to raise
funds for scholarships for diverse students
of SU and the University of Washington.
Information: (206) 296-6106.
OCTOBER
Monday, October 4
School of Law Annual Red Mass
and Reception
5:30 p.m.; Chapel of St. Ignatius
and Sullivan Hall
The School of Law invites judges, lawyers,
legislators, alumni and students to its
annual Red Mass honoring members of the
legal profession. Red Mass, which starts
at the chapel, is a tradition dating back to
14th-century England, where it was held
before the opening of each term of court and
attended by all members of the bench and
bar. The Mass is an invocation of guidance
for all who pursue justice, and is an opportunity
to reflect on the power and responsibility
of the legal profession. Information
and to RSVP: (206) 398-4600 or e-mail
rsvplawalumni@seattleu.edu.
Check out more upcoming events at
www.seattleu.edu/magazine/.
Sunday, November 14
Elgin Baylor Tournament Classic:
Men’s Basketball vs. Cal Poly
Time: TBD; KeyArena at Seattle Center
Kick off the 2010–11 men’s basketball
season by attending the first home game
at KeyArena. The evening will begin with
a pregame alumni reception. To learn more
about the reception, visit www.seattleu.edu/
alumni. Information and tickets:
(206) 296-2835 or goseattleu.com/.
Saturday, October 16
Filipino Alumni Chapter Mass
and 4th Annual Fall Reunion
5 to 10 p.m., SU Campus
Seattle University’s Filipino Alumni
Chapter invites alumni and friends
(Filipino and non-Filipino) to its annual
reunion in celebration of Filipino
American History Month. The evening
will begin with a Mass at 5 p.m.,
followed by a reunion reception at 6
p.m. The event will feature authentic
Filipino cuisine, alcoholic and nonalcoholic
drinks, music and dancing, group
photos and a brief program. RSVP by
Oct. 8: (206) 296-6127 or e-mail
alumni@seattleu.edu.
Wednesday, October 20
Albers Presents Andrew Doman
of Russell Investments
5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Pigott Auditorium
Join a discussion with Andrew Doman,
CEO of Russell Investments, as part
of the Albers Executive Speaker Series.
Information: (206) 296-5700.
Friday, October 22
McGoldrick Scholarship Reception
5 to 7 p.m., Student Center 160
Student recipients of the James B.
McGoldrick, S.J. Alumni Scholarship,
their families and scholarship donors are
invited to attend a special reception celebrating
the family legacies at Seattle University
during Family Weekend 2010. Information:
(206) 296-6127 or e-mail
alumni@seattleu.edu.
Thursday, October 28
Catholic Heritage Lectures
7 to 9 p.m., Pigott Auditorium
Save the date to attend the first event of the
Catholic Heritage Lectures. Sponsored by
the Provost Office and Mission and Ministry,
the lecture series topic is “Darwin, God and
Design: America’s Continuing Problem with
Evolution.”
Friday, October 29
27th Annual Gala
6 p.m., The Westin Hotel, Seattle
Enjoy a dazzling evening of dining, dancing
and entertainment at Seattle University’s
signature black-tie event, its annual fall gala.
Join us for this special night, which raises
funds for student scholarships. Information:
(206) 296-6301 or visit www.seattleu.edu/gala.
NOVEMBER
Thursday, November 4
Albers Presents Tod Leiweke
5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Pigott Auditorium
Join a discussion with Tod Leiweke, former
CEO of the Seattle Seahawks, FGI and
Sounders FC, as part of the Albers Executive
Speaker Series. Information: (206) 296-5700.
Wednesday, November 17
Men’s Basketball vs. Oregon State
Time TBD; KeyArena at Seattle Center
An alumni pregame reception will kick off
the festivities, followed by a game against
Northwest rival Oregon State. To learn
more about the reception, visit www.seattleu.
edu/alumni. Information and tickets:
(206) 296-2835 or goseattleu.com/.
For more information on alumni events, contact Alumni Relations at (206) 296-6127 or visit www.seattleu.edu/alumni/.
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class notes
PHOTO BY CANDACE SHANKEL
Alumni Immersion Trip to Belize
Each spring for the past five years alumni
and friends have spent a week in Belize
doing service work. The Belize immersion
trip was started by Seattle University
Professor Gary Chamberlain and alumna
Lauren Lake, ’04, to maintain connections
between the SU community and the
people of Belize.
“Our hope was to have a consistent
presence in Belize between SU interns
and nursing students and the immersion
trip with Campus Ministry so that every
few months the organizations in Belize
would have new supplies and volunteers,”
Lake says.
During the trip participants serve in
various roles for organizations such as
the YMCA and YWCA, and at local
elementary schools. They also work
alongside Jesuit volunteers.
The next Belize trip will be spring 2011.
For more information, contact Lauren
Lake at (206) 755-9884 or e-mail
laurenclairlake@gmail.com.
Send-off for Student Ambassadors
Staff and Student Alumni Ambassadors from Alumni
Relations sent off their graduating seniors with an
end-of-the-year celebration that included lunch at
F.X. McRory’s and a Seattle Mariners game. Restaurant
owner and alumnus Mick McHugh, ’66, (pictured front
left) personally greeted the SU staff and students.
Talina Silbernagel, ’05, married Jonathan Skirko
Sept. 25, 2009, in Bozeman, Mont., at Holy Rosary Parish.
The couple resides in Seattle, where Jonathan is in his
residency training as a head and neck surgeon and Talina
works as a registered nurse in the ICU and is a doctoral
student at the University of Washington. Silbernagel is
studying to become a family nurse practitioner.
Sally Santucci married her husband,
53Ronald, in June 2009. Sally and
Ronald first met and became friends while
students at Seattle University and reconnected
with one another in 2007.
Shirley Smith celebrates her 57th
60year as a Sister of Providence in 2010.
Sue Campbell recently retired
63from teaching after 27 years at St.
Brendan’s School in Bothell, Wash., and six
years at Seattle’s Meany Middle School.
Sharon Missiaen served as president
of the Washington Association of School
Psychologists for the 2009–10 term and will
continue in 2010–11.
Gene Rafanelli is living in Scottsdale,
64Ariz., with his wife, Judith, after 30
years of service in the U.S. Army and 12
years of teaching high school JROTC.
Michael Murphy retired in January
692009 after more than 36 years in
public treasury. From 1996 to 2008, Murphy
was the Washington state treasurer. He also
served 10 years as the treasurer of Thurston
County, Wash.
Sharon Glockner retired from the
70Seattle School District in June 2008,
after 38 years as an elementary school
teacher. Glockner and her husband, Gary,
welcomed a grandson, Moses, Sept. 14, 2009.
Steve Huling was honored in the naming
of the expanded and remodeled automotive
technology training facility at South Seattle
Community College. Huling and his family
have been generous supporters of the college
for more than 30 years. He served on the board
of directors of the college’s foundation from
1991–1996, and is currently a member of its
President’s Advisory Council.
Robert Barr has returned home to
71the Seattle area after retiring as national
retail manager for Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., at
the company’s headquarters in Miami, Fla.
Gary Haakenson, formerly the mayor of
Edmonds, Wash., has been named deputy
county executive of Snohomish County, a role
that began in July 2010. “This is an exciting
opportunity to work with the county executive
and county employees. I’m grateful to
[Snohomish County] Executive Aaron
Reardon for the offer and look forward
to working with him to meet the countywide
challenges,” he said in a statement.
Haakenson had served as the mayor of
Edmonds, north of Seattle, since 2000, having
been reelected in 2004 and again in 2008.
Prior to this, he was on the Edmonds City
Council from 1996 to 1999. Haakenson, a
Northwest native, has lived in Edmonds for
the past 25 years.
Wynn Erikson just released his
7217th album of instrumental music on
iTunes. His music was featured at the 2009
Transylvanian Ball in Portland, Ore. He now
splits his time between Washington state and
Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico.
JoAnne Ludwig, MEd, continues
77in her roles as vice principal and dean
of student academics at Seattle’s Kennedy
Catholic High School. Last summer, Ludwig
completed her 20th year of volunteer service
with Seattle’s Seafair as director of the Miss
Seafair Scholarship Program. She currently
resides in Seattle with her husband, Paul.
Tom Galligan, JD, an expert in
81maritime law, testified before the U.S.
House Committee on the Judiciary in May
2010 about the complex legal issues arising
from the Gulf Coast oil spill. Galligan has
spoken extensively, published numerous
books and articles and taught classes on
maritime law. His scholarship has been cited
by the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and
state courts as well as by legal scholars.
Charlene Bush was elected in May
902010 to serve on the board of directors
of the Washington Rural Health Association.
Bush is board-certified for family practice
by the American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners. She has been a member of the
WRHA since 2002, and is excited about her
expanded role as a new board member.
Kathleen Stensland, MEd, is
93enjoying teaching at Rock Creek
Elementary School in Maple Valley, Wash.
She and her husband, Paul, currently reside
in Snoqualmie, Wash.
Nancy Wilson, EdD, recently moved into
a new house in Ellensburg, Wash., with her
husband, Dennis.
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in memoriam
class notes
Keena Mackay Hausmann and her
94husband, David, welcomed son Gavin
Mackay Hausmann, Jan. 16, 2009. The family
makes their home in New Jersey.
Dr. Laura Tordenti was recently
96appointed vice president for Student
Affairs at Central Connecticut State
University (CCSU) in New Britain, Conn.,
having served as interim vice president since
June 2008. Prior to that, she served for eight
years as vice president for Student Affairs
at Eastern Connecticut State University.
Tordenti has served in senior-level student
service and enrollment management positions
for more than 20 years at various institutions.
Currently she teaches in CCSU’s
graduate program in Counseling and
Student Development in Higher Education,
is active in civic and community service, and
is a member of many professional associations.
She lives in Storrs, Conn., with her
husband, Lou Testa, and her daughter, Eliza
Patterson.
Cory Peppard received his master’s
97degree in nursing from the University
of Florida in December 2009. Peppard and
his wife, Lisa (Isackson), ’94, and their two
children are currently living in Kennewick,
Wash., where Cory works as a certified registered
nurse anesthetist at Kennewick General.
Thomas Kerbleski married Jennifer
02Hedayati on Nov. 8, 2009, in New
York City.
Karlie Valdez, JD, formed Valdez Malcolm,
PLLC in July 2009. For seven years, her
primary practice area has been DUI defense.
Her partner, Sean Malcolm, practices civil
litigation. Valdez Malcolm sponsored an
NHTSA training course for attorneys on standardized
field sobriety tests in April 2010.
Michaelann Allen, ’06 MEd, direc-
of the medical assisting program
03tor
and a tenured instructor at North Seattle
Community College, was awarded the
(Left) Rebecca Khalil, ’03, and her husband,
Peter, welcomed their first child, Adrian
Howard Khalil, Feb. 2, 2010.
Caroline Sawitz (Ramirez), ’01, and her husband,
Jason, welcomed son Nicholas Ryan Sawitz, April 9,
2010. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces.
Anna Sue McNeill Assessment, Teaching and
Learning Award for 2010. The award recognizes
an individual’s contributions to assessment,
teaching and student learning.
Scott Davis recently completed a
07year of service with the U.S. Army in
Afghanistan. He served as an infantry platoon
leader responsible for leading 44 men into
combat against the Taliban. Davis is expected
to return to Afghanistan in early 2011.
Amanda Turner and her husband, Darren,
welcomed Atticus Andrew Turner Hogben,
April 16, 2010.
Jennifer Muhm and her husband, Jeff
09Muhm—a current Seattle University
MPA student—welcomed daughter Ella, Oct.
26, 2009. The family resides in Shoreline, Wash.
Lashon Watson is earning a master’s in
psychology–drama therapy with mental health
counseling from Antioch University Seattle.
Peter Bodnarchuk, ’71, died April 14,
2010. He was 61. Bodnarchuk was born in
1949 in Bayreuth, Germany, and came to the
United States in May 1950 with his mother,
Margaret, to reunite with his father, Wasyl,
who had immigrated earlier. He grew up in
Stanwood, Wash., and graduated from high
school in 1967 as class valedictorian. After
graduating from Seattle University with honors,
Bodnarchuk went on to graduate from
the University of San Francisco School of
Law. For several years, Bodnarchuk worked
for the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen
in Seattle. He later owned and managed the
Paparazzi restaurant, also in Seattle. In the
last 10 years of his life, Bodnarchuk provided
tax-consulting services to many loyal clients.
He treasured the time spent with family and
loved to cook. Bodnarchuk is survived by his
daughters, Lisa and Lauren, and siblings,
Bohdon, Susan and Linda. He was preceded
in death by his parents.
Robert Burr, ’50, died April 21, 2010.
He was 89. Burr was raised on a farm in
Genesee, Idaho. During World War II,
he served with the U.S. Army Air Corps,
stationed in England. At war’s end, Burr
enrolled at Seattle University, where he met
the love of his life, Julie. The couple married
in 1949 and settled in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood,
where they spent the next 60 years
together. Burr’s professional life spanned
nearly 40 years, during which time he
worked for Northwestern Life Insurance Co.
and the Washington state auditor’s office.
He was deeply devoted to his faith and family.
Burr and his wife were loyal parishioners
of St. John Catholic Church in Seattle. He
is survived by his wife, Julie; his children,
Marianne, Bill and Monica; his nephew,
Dennis; and his grandchildren, Daniel and
Aimee. Burr was preceded in death by his
brother, Bill, and his sister, Gwen.
Tom Cooney, ’51, died March 10, 2010.
Born in 1926, Cooney was a proud veteran,
social worker, educator, golfer, volunteer and
family man. Cooney is survived by his wife,
Jean; his children, Tom, Shannon and Katie;
his grandchildren, Hilary, Ryan, Nicole and
Hannah; and his great-granddaughter, Erin.
He was preceded in death by his son, Chris.
Robert Dunn, ’65, died May 18, 2010.
He was 68. Born in Milwaukee, Dunn was
raised by his older siblings, as his parents
died when they were young. While enrolled
at Seattle University, Dunn met his future
wife, Linda. After graduation, Dunn entered
the U.S. Army and served in the Vietnam
War. During his tour of duty, Dunn was a
platoon leader and second lieutenant in the
First Infantry Division. He survived two
bullet wounds to his back and chest, and
grenade shrapnel to his head. He received
two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for
Valor. Dunn eventually settled in Portland,
Ore., where he thrived as a commercial real
estate broker. In 1996 and 2002, he earned
the Commercial Association of Realtors’
Retail Broker of the Year Award. Dunn
enjoyed staying fit, entertaining and making
others laugh. He is survived by his children,
Shelia and Brian; his grandchildren, Cleo
and Ossie; his sister and brother-in-law; and
many extended family members.
Sidney Hammond, ’61, died Nov. 13,
2009. He was 75. Hammond was born in
Long Beach, Calif., and spent the latter half
of his childhood in Skagit County, Wash.,
where his family operated a dairy farm. He
graduated from Sedro-Woolley High School
and Skagit Valley College before serving in
the U.S. Navy. For four years, Hammond
was a submariner, first class electrician’s
mate on the U.S.S. Bugara in the Pacific
fleet. After his time in the Navy, he enrolled
at Seattle University. Shortly after starting
classes he met Rose-Thérèse Herard, and
the two married in 1961. Hammond graduated
from SU with a degree in education and
worked in the field for more than 31 years.
Throughout his teaching and administrative
career, he made many friends and helped
countless children and families. Active in
his community, he was a longtime member
of the Bellingham Pipe Band and was a
member of the Lions Club and the Kiwanis
Club for a number of years. He was also a
charter member of Phi Delta Kappa. He had
a fondness for the outdoors that included
summiting Mount Baker and hiking other
mountains in the North Cascades, fishing,
hunting, boating and gardening. Hammond
was also a World War II historian. In addition
to his wife of 48 years, he is survived by
his twin sister, Sylvia; his four daughters,
Margo, Lisa, Marta and Laura; and his
grandchildren, Ina and William.
Leslie Haniger, ’58, died April 4, 2010.
He was 77. Haniger was born in Tacoma,
Wash., and attended Bellarmine Preparatory
School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in
education from Seattle University in 1958.
As a retired teacher, Haniger enjoyed taking
trips with his family to the Oregon Coast.
He is survived by his children, Margaret,
Marianna, Steven, Susan and Christopher,
as well as his grandchildren, Duane, Daniel,
Connor, Jacob, Emma and Anna.
Ella Hill, ’85, died Aug. 14, 2009. She
was 60. Although born in Arkansas, Hill
received most of her childhood education
in London, England. She earned degrees
in nursing from the St. Louis Municipal
School of Nursing and Seattle University.
During her 20 years as a registered nurse,
Hill had diverse experiences. At the start of
her career, she served as a lieutenant in the
Army Nurse Corps. Following her military
service, she worked as a registered nurse and
a nursing administrator in various locations
in the United States and overseas. She traveled
extensively in her career and worked for
several years in Saudi Arabia and Iran. After
more than 20 years as an RN, Hill pursued
additional education and became a licensed
mental health counselor. She worked another
20 years as a private practice counselor.
Her many friends and family will miss her
kindness, generosity, compassion, sense
of humor, delightful smile and laughter,
indomitable spirit and diverse interests. In
addition to music, Hill loved her pets, gardening,
reading, writing, traveling,
visiting museums, bicycling and hiking.
Allan Horrocks, ’65, died Sept. 13, 2007.
He was 75. Horrocks was born Oct. 17,
1931, in Kelso, Wash. He achieved the rank
of corporal in the U.S. Army. For 32 years,
he worked for the Boeing Company as a
business manager in military and defense
programs. He enjoyed hiking, fishing, poetry,
classical music, opera, theater and volunteer
work. Horrocks was often described
as a good citizen, a family man and a man of
peace. He is survived by his wife, Laura; his
children, Garrett, Aaron, Paula and Allison;
his daughter-in-law, Cathrin; his son-in-law,
Bob; his siblings, Robert, Walter, Jerry and
Mickey; and two grandchildren.
William Gregory Lundquist,’ 70, died
June 8, 2010. He was 62. Born Dec. 16,
1947, in Spokane, Lundquist graduated
from Gonzaga Prep high school in 1966 and
from Seattle University in 1970. He was a
music minister at St. Patrick Parish and led
the contemporary choir at St. Luke Parish
for many years. Lundquist was an excellent
watercolorist, photographer and designer,
assisting in the liturgical design of a number
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of local Roman Catholic parish churches. He
is survived by his children, Michael, Galen
and Anne; his brother, Stephen; and his
sister, Chris. He was preceded in death by
his wife, Adria, and his parents, Walter and
Harriet Lundquist.
Joan McDonald, ’60, ’66 MEd, died April
6, 2010. She was 76. McDonald was born in
Lusk, Wyo., in 1934. She attended Seattle
University, where she earned a bachelor’s
degree in education. She went on to receive
her master’s in education and enjoyed a long
career in elementary education with the
Bellevue School District. McDonald was an
active member of several social organizations
including the PEO Sisterhood, Beta Sigma
Phi sorority, Bellevue-Kirkland Elks, Gyro
International, Quilters Anonymous and
Quilt Guild of Maui. She was considered a
master quilt designer, and many of her quilts
have been published and exhibited around
the United States. In her retirement, she
enjoyed a laid-back lifestyle on the island
of Maui. She is survived by her children,
James, John, Ted, Elizabeth and Bruce; her
daughters-in-law, Judy, Caroline and Terri
Lynn; her three stepchildren, Laurence,
Heather and Patti; and 14 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband,
David.
Sandra Morris, ’74, died April 8, 2010.
She was 58. She met her husband, Richard,
while enrolled at Seattle University. The
couple married in 1974 and settled in
Ashland, Ore., where they raised five sons.
Morris was an active member of Our Lady
of the Mountain Parish as a choir member
and a Eucharistic minister; she also taught
religious education. She was active in youth
ministry and founded the Catholic Club at
Ashland High School. Until her illness,
Morris coordinated the parish Rite of
Christian Initiation of Adults. Additionally,
she was a life-professed member of the
Dominican Laity. In her spare time, she
loved to swim, ski, hike and garden. Morris
is survived by her husband, Richard; her
sons, John, Matthew, Paul, Benjamin and
Aaron; her grandson, Tyler; her siblings,
MaryJo, Joseph and Winn; and many nieces
and nephews.
Ray Newmann, ’60, died April 22, 2009.
He was 74. Born in Butte, Mont., Newmann
attended high school in Rochester, Wash.
After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S.
Army and was stationed in England, then
earned a degree in civil engineering from
Seattle University. He began his career at
the Boeing Aircraft Structural Test unit,
then worked for the State of California
Department of Water Resources and the City
of Fremont Department of Public Works.
He retired from the city in 1995 after nearly
30 years of service. He spent his retirement
traveling, gardening and helping his family
with home repairs. Newmann is survived by
his wife, Nancy; his children, Jeff, Mary and
Davis; and his sisters, Joyce and Judy.
Diehl Rettig, ’65, died May 12, 2010. He
was 66. Born in Seattle, Rettig earned a
degree in accounting from Seattle University
and a law degree from the Gonzaga
University School of Law. In 1977 he formed
a law firm in Kennewick, Wash., with two
other attorneys. He enjoyed a long and
successful career as a trial lawyer, and in
1993 was elected to the American College
of Trial Lawyers. An active and visible
member of the Kennewick community, he
was named Kennewick Man of the Year
in 1995. Throughout his life, Rettig was
involved with charities and organizations
such as the American Red Cross, Kennewick
General Hospital, United Way and Rotary
International. Those who knew him will
remember Rettig for his charm, intelligence
and dedication to his community.
Mary Margaret Rosa, ’50, died April 1,
2010. She was 81. Born in Seattle in 1928 to
Dr. James and Geraldine Matthews, Rosa
attended Forest Ridge Convent of the Sacred
Heart in Seattle. She continued her education
at Barat College of the Sacred Heart in
Lake Forest, Ill., before returning to Seattle,
where she graduated from Seattle University.
She moved to western New York in 1955,
and in 1966 received her teaching certificate
from Buffalo State Teachers College. A year
later she started teaching the third grade and
continued until her retirement in 1986. In
her free time, Rosa enjoyed spending time
with her family and friends, golfing, reading
and playing bridge. She is survived by her
husband of 54 years, Robert; her daughters,
Shelia and Susan; her sons-in-law, Robert
and Charles; and her granddaughter, Katie.
Joan Sharkey, ’55, died May 29, 2010.
Born June 16, 1932, at Providence Hospital,
Sharkey followed up her graduation from
St. Teresa’s Academy in Boise, Idaho, by
attending Seattle University and graduating
in 1955. She enjoyed a 42-year career in
education, working at various schools in the
Seattle School District including Seward,
Van Asselt and Dearborn Park. In 1988, she
retired, only to go on to work for the next
14 years as an adjunct at Seattle University,
mentoring and evaluating student teachers
during their internships. A surprise bonus
during those years in what she described as
her dream job was the opportunity to work
with several aspiring teachers who had been
her students. Sharkey was preceded in death
by her brother, Jim, and her parents, Maurice
and Mildred. She is survived by her brother,
Bill; and her grandchildren, Jeffrey, Lori,
M. James and Michael.
Gary Wollaston, ’55, died April 15, 2010.
He was 80. Wollaston was raised in West
Seattle and attended O’Dea High School.
He met his wife of 57 years, Ginny, while
stationed in Norman, Okla., with the Navy.
The couple returned to Seattle to raise their
family. For many years Wollaston taught
at E.C. Hughes Elementary in Seattle. He
loved baseball, fishing, jazz and spending
time with family and friends. Wollaston will
be remembered for his wealth of compassion,
incredible sense of humor and sharp
wit. He is survived by his wife, Ginny; his
sons, Raymond, Kevin, Brian and Gary, Jr.;
his daughters-in-law, Jean, Tina, Monica
and Lori; his 14 grandchildren; and his four
great-grandchildren.
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the good word
Grads Make World Better Through Service
Each spring, Seattle University’s
Jesuit community
has the opportunity to host
a breakfast for graduating
seniors who will be working with
volunteer service organizations such as
the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and Peace
Corps. This fall, recent graduates will
be serving one or two years in locations
such as Port au Prince, Haiti, Boston,
El Salvador, Washington, D.C., and
Nicaragua. They will volunteer in
orphanages, homeless shelters and
L’Arche communities.
One recent graduate who will do
service is Tess Abrahamson-Richards,
who grew up on the Spokane Indian
Reservation. Tess, a Costco Scholar
and recipient of the President’s Award
for the highest GPA in her class, will
spend the next two years with Teach
for America on the Navajo Indian
Reservation in New Mexico.
When I look back over this past
year, I feel very fortunate to have
come to know many students such as
Tess who arrive at SU open and eager
to the many experiences they will have
both in and out of the classroom.
They attend their classes, listen to
their professors, read their textbooks,
prepare for exams, write papers and
form lifelong friendships. There is an
understanding that their education is
not just about them as individuals and
what they can gain. They are aware
of the gifts and talents God has given
them, appreciate how valuable their
education is and want to do their best
in making a difference in our world.
Recent graduate Tess Abrahamson-Richards, seen here at commencement with President
Stephen Sundborg, S.J., will spend the next two years working with Teach for America.
“I feel very fortunate to have come to know
many students … who arrive at SU open and
eager to the many experiences they will have
both in and out of the classroom.”
As Jesus responded to the needs of
the people who asked for his healing,
he knew he needed the support and
help from his family, friends and
community. He invited co-workers
or disciples to help him in healing,
teaching and reconciling.
As followers of Jesus, we, too, are
his disciples and co-worker’s. And
Dave Anderson, S.J.
we are fortunate to be able to join
Tess and other members of our Seattle
University family—alumni, faculty,
staff, students and friends—who, in
service to others, are building a just
and humane world.
—Dave Anderson, S.J.
Father Anderson is university
chaplain for alumni.
PHOTO BY CHRIS JOSEPH TAYLOR
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