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CAMPUS MINISTRYRev. Patrick T. O’KeefeThe Rev. Patrick T. O’Keefe, a diocesanpriest, has been warmly welcomed toD’Youville as director of Campus Ministry.Father was born in South Buffalo andattended schools in Orchard Parkafter his parents, Barbara and DennisO’Keefe, retired and moved their familyto the Southtowns. The middle son in theO’Keefe family thoroughly enjoys theoutdoors and especially the time spenton his friend’s farm in Randolph wherehe can ride, fish, work in the barn and sitaround the campfire exchanging tall tales.His goddaughter, four year old Mia, is aspecial part of his life.After attending Wadhams Hall Seminary, hegraduated from Christ the King Seminarywhere he was ordained a transitionaldeacon. During his deaconate, he served inBuffalo at St. Ambrose, St. John Kanty andSt. James Parishes. After ordination, he wasa Parochial Vicar at St. James, St. Mary’s,Swormville, St. Benedicts and Our Lady ofthe Sacred Heart in Orchard Park. He hasdirected religious education programs andserved as hospital chaplain at Sisters ofCharity Hospital and Benedict House.Father O’Keefe resides and assists at St.Padre Pio Parish in Elba and Oakfield.The alternative spring break team in Pittsburgh,Pa., is ready to serve the needy. Father Pat is farright and Rev. Jan is behind the camera.Continuing in aTrinitarian TraditionThe Rev. Patrick T. O’Keefe explains thatCampus Ministry promotes a triumvirateof values: spirituality, social growth and, inaccordance with the example of Marguerited’Youville, service. Campus Ministry isa vital aspect of student life. ReverendJanice N. Mahle, associate campus minister,teaches part-time at DYC, but her passionis epitomized in her coordination ofservice opportunities for student clubs andindividuals. O’Keefe, who is in his first yearas director of Campus Ministry, offers adaily Mass to the College community andhas a special Student Candlelight Serviceevery Sunday. He states, “We keep thedoor of room 121 in KAB open to studentsand to staff to provide counseling.” Theoffice sponsors several campus eventsthroughout the year, including: a peace rally,Thanksgiving basket drive, Celebrating theGifts of Christmas service, Lending-a-Handtrip to New Orleans, Volunteer Appreciationand Charity luncheons and the “WhatMatters to Me Most” speaker series.A bright spot in the Campus Ministry’s yearwas the Alternative Spring Break trip toPittsburgh, Pa. Seven students, Pat and Janspent their week off from school servingthe less fortunate. The group representedD’Youville well by going above and beyondthe call of duty set forth by the organizationsthat they were assisting. Highlights of theweek included cleaning up a Boy Scoutcamp; sorting clothes and toiletries at ashelter for homeless and abused women;completing aid kits for soldiers in the VAhospital in coordination with the Red Cross;painting and home improvement projectsat a home for mentally disabled adults; aswell as gardening and cleaning at a homefor women recovering from drug addiction.The most moving parts of the trip weredistributing food to the homeless and goingto the ecumenical Taizé prayer service.D’YOUVILLE ADMISSIONSEXEC PRESENTS PAPERIN SPAINDavid P. Loreto ’09, who is associatedirector of undergraduate admissions andcommunications manager at D’YouvilleCollege, presented the results of his researchproject at the prestigious 5th AnnualInternational Technology, Education andDevelopment Conference in Valencia,Spain, this past March. The conferencebrought together more than 500 delegatesfrom 65 different countries to promoteinternational collaboration in education andresearch.His paper examines the decision-makingprocess of international students seekingto attend U.S. colleges and universitiesand what factors influence theirdecisions. Within the last decade, accordingto Loreto, “Universities and governmenteducation agencies around the worldhave made internationalization of collegecampuses a top priority initiative.”His topic is of great interest to educationalinstitutions in the United States as theyseek to increase enrollment of foreignstudents. This concern is supported by thefederal government through a number offunding programs with the belief that “thebest advertisement of America is America.”Assistant Secretary of State for ConsularAffairs, Janice L. Jacobs, said in remarks18
delivered at the International DevelopmentSummer Institute: “Students in the 21stcentury face emerging issues such as globalwarming, famine, poverty, health crises,global population expansion and shiftingsocial norms. There is no better way tofacilitate this than by creating educationalexchanges and forging global partnershipsat…higher education institutions across theUnited States.”The U.S. higher education system attractsthe largest number of globally mobilestudents, and the popularity of U.S.postsecondary abroad experience continuesto increase according to the NationalAssociation for College AdmissionCounseling. In the 2008-09 academic year,there was the largest percentage increase ininternational students in nearly 30 years,the Association reported.Loreto’s research gives institutions insight indeveloping strategies to recruit students andimprove their foreign student enrollment. Itwill also give them a competitive advantagein the global marketplace, according to hisresearch.“From a domestic standpoint, internationalstudents in the U.S. contributed almost $15billion to the national economy in 2007 in theform of tuition, fees and living expenses,”he said. “While the U.S. remains the topdestination for international students, theiroverall share has declined as many othernations have actively taken measures toincrease their foreign enrollments. If U.S.institutions wish to remain competitive inthe global market for international students,they need to take a more targeted approachto their outreach efforts,” Loreto stated.“Very few scholarly studies have beenpublished on the factors that influenceinternational students in the decisionmakingprocess to pursue postsecondaryeducation in the U.S.,” says Dr. BonnieFox-Garrity, associate professor of businessat D’Youville and student mentor. “SinceD’Youville enrolls a large number ofinternational students, Mr. Loreto had aunique opportunity to gather data from arelatively large population. His researchprovides practical information that can beapplied immediately to the recruitment ofinternational students,” she added.FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTSMembers of D’Youvillefaculty reportvarious publications,presentations andposter sessions inacademic periods2O1O through 2O11*DR. G. JOHN M. ABBARNO, professor ofphilosophy, has provided an invited entrytitled “Homelessness,” for the Encyclopediaof Applied Ethics, by Elsevier Publishers,London. It currently is in press.DR. PAMELA BARTLO, assistant professor,physical therapy department, has writtena book chapter in Physical Activity inRehabilitation and Recovery, Nova SciencePublishers, Inc. Her contribution, “Aerobicand Resistance Exercise in Patients withCongestive Heart Failure,” appeared in late2010.DR. BONNIE FOX-GARRITY, associateprofessor, business department, partneringwith DR. MARK J. GARRISON, made a postersession presentation entitled “Changes inRace/Ethnicity Enrollment Patterns by Leveland Control of Institution,” at the AmericanEducational Research Association (AERA)2011 Annual Conference in New Orleans,La., in April.DR. MARK J. GARRISON, associate professorand director of doctoral programs, haswritten a chapter for the edited volume, ThePhenomenon of Obama and the Agenda forEducation: Can Hope Audaciously TrumpNeoliberalism?, through Information AgePublishing. Scheduled for release this year,his contribution is entitled, “The PoliticalEconomy of Educational Restructuring: Onthe Origin of Performance Pay and Obama’‘Blueprint’ for Education.”DR. MARY I. HURLEY, professor, biologydepart-ment and DR. MARION P. OLIVIERI,professor, chemistry/biology and chair, mathand natural sciences, et al., have developedan article, “Renin Immunoflouressence inthe Proestrus Rat Uterus.” Their findingsappeared in the April 2011 issue ofExperimental Biology.DR. SUSAN KOWALEWSKI, assistant professor,business department, made an invitedpresentation of her paper, “Managers asLeaders,” at Keiser University, Orlando, Fl.DR. ABIGAIL MITCHELL, assistant professor,School of Nursing and TINA SINATRA-WILHELM, assistant professor, School ofNursing, gave a shared poster sessionpresentation at the Annual Celebrationof Research-Scholarly Activities Daysponsored by Theta Tau Internationaland District 1, New York State NursingAssociation, in April 2011, at theHearthstone Manor, Depew, N.Y. Theirtopic was “Registered Nurses’ Perceptionsof Newly Graduated Nurses’ IntravenousAccess Skills.”DR. MOHSEN RADPASAND, assistant professor,chiropractic programs, has provided anarticle, “Use of a Multimodal ConservativeManagement Protocol for the Treatment of aPatient with Cervical Radiculopathy,” whichis scheduled to appear in the Journal ofChiropractic Medicine, Vol. 10, later in 2011.DR. FRANK D. STEPHEN, assistant professor,biology department, has written a trioof articles: “Cadmium,” “Lead” and“Mercury,” which will be included inHamilton & Hardy’s Industrial Toxicology,planned for publication in 2011 by JohnWiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, N.J.DR. MARTA L. WERNER, associate professor,English/liberal arts, has contributed anarticle, “Reportless Places: Facing theModern Manuscript,” which is slated forThe Cambridge Companion to TextualScholarship, Cambridge University Press.* This listing, which is not exhaustive, does notinclude grants.alumni.dyouville.edu 19
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