SMU Magazine Winter 2001 - Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Campus Notes
by Barry Drazkowski of the
Resource Analysis Department.
The project will bring together
local and regional stakeholders who
are interested in preserving the river
basin, its habitats, and agriculture.
They will then work together to collect
and disseminate information
about watershed management issues.
A web site is being designed for that
purpose.
Goals of the project include
reducing sediment and nutrient loss,
improving water quality, and promoting
sustainable land conservation
efforts in the Upper Mississippi
River basin through public involvement,
increased communication, and
better information availability.
YEAR’S MIDPOINT MARKS
NEW BEGINNING FOR
OUTGOING VP SHARYN GOO
Christmas break always marks the
mid-point to the Saint Mary’s University
school year. But for Sharyn
Goo, this year’s mid-point is really an
ending and a
beginning — an
end to nine
years as a member
of the SMU
administration,
and beginning
of a retirement
that will include
plenty of travel
and lots of
relaxing in the
San Diego sun.
“It’s amazing how fast the last
Sharyn Goo
nine years have gone by,” admitted
Goo, who spent her first four years at
SMU as the dean of students, before
becoming vice president for Student
Development in 1995. “When I
arrived on the Saint Mary’s campus,
there were so many exciting challenges
awaiting me. I was fortunate
to inherit a wonderful staff and with
their support I proceeded to test my
wings in a new environment.”
A new environment that included
sub-zero temperatures day after day
after day during the winter months —
not quite what Goo had been used to
when she lived in Hawaii.
While she certainly won’t miss
the frigid Minnesota winters when
she relocates to San Diego, Calif., to
be closer to her family, Goo admits
she will certainly miss Saint Mary’s.
“I have greatly enjoyed my nine
years here and the fulfilling career
that I have had in student affairs,”
she said. “During my tenure, many
students have passed through the
doors of my office — whether they
were student senators planning an
event, or students who were summoned
for disciplinary matters —
A NEW LOGO FOR SMU
Father Fabian
celebrates
50th anniversary
Father Andrew Fabian, OP, professor
of philosophy at Saint Mary’s
since 1964, was honored Sept. 28 at
a dinner with friends, colleagues, former
students and trustees of the university.
The occasion was the 50th
anniversary of Father Fabian’s profession
of religious vows with the
Dominican Order.
and assisting them in the development
of their academic and personal
goals has been most rewarding.
“Although I will miss the many
friends that I have made here, this
will personally be a good time for me
to begin a new chapter in my life —
while I still have a little bounce in my
step!” ≠
Saint Mary’s University opened the 2000-01
academic year with a new logo. The new mark
is “evolutionary” rather than “revolutionary”
and is intended to reflect the changing — yet constant — nature of the institution.
Five years ago, the university prided itself on separate campuses in Winona, the Twin
Cities, Rochester and Africa. Today, there is a philosophy of “one university with great
diversity.” The new logo has dropped the campus identifiers, but kept the symbol and previous
wording (including “of Minnesota,” which separates SMU from the many other Saint Mary’s
universities and colleges). The logo emphasizes the unity of the institution’s many facets.
The logo may change with the times, but the core symbol has remained constant since Brother
Roderick Robertson designed it in the late 1970s. The overall shape of the Saint Mary’s symbol is
an abstraction of the bluffs which surround the Winona campus and the Twin Cities. The cross of
the Saint Thomas More Chapel tower in the center of the symbol is created from the negative
space between the “S” for Saint and the “M” for Mary. The lines running through the logo are the
Mississippi River, which flows through Minnesota (and connects the two main campuses).
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