Campus Currents October 2004

Volume 13, Number 3
The official news publication of Fairfield University

Index for October 5, 2004

Site change announced for admission building

By Barbara D. Kiernan, Director of University Publications

When the winter frost yields to softer soil next spring, construction of a new, 22,000 square-foot building is expected to begin - right where it had been envisioned in the 1995 master plan, at the center of campus. Two years ago, Fairfield University announced a change in the location of the facility slated to house all admission-related functions. The intention was to build it into the side of the hill adjacent to Bellarmine Hall, near the crest of the road leading from the Barlow Road gate.

With the completion of the new entrance boulevard, recently named Loyola Drive, the "Bellarmine Hill" decision was revisited and reversed by University administration. "Once the boulevard was constructed," explains Ric Taylor, associate vice president for campus planning and operations, "the area across from the Barone Campus Center clearly made the most sense in terms of the services we were trying to provide."

Advantages, according to Taylor, include:

• making it easier for prospective students and parents to find the offices when they come to campus;
• making the activity of students coming and going to classes, meals, and the RecPlex far more apparent to visitors; and
• providing busy undergraduate and graduate students the convenience of "one-stop shopping."

Additionally, the move back to the center of campus preserves the vistas that provide such a beautiful setting for the campus's signature building, Bellarmine Hall.

Judy Dobai, associate vice president for enrollment management, will chair the building committee for the facility expected to house the offices of: undergraduate admission; graduate admission and marketing; financial aid; the registrar; residence life and housing; student support services; the StagCard; and, on a seasonal basis, representatives of the bursar.

"Each year, Fairfield hosts nearly 11,000 prospective undergraduate students and more than 2,000 part-time and graduate students," observes Dobai. "Our conversations are now centered on how Fairfield can do an even better job of welcoming and hosting visitors, while providing important services for current students. The building layout and plans reflect our desire to make these services as seamless and convenient for students as possible."

Preparation work began toward the end of August, when underground utilities were brought to the site and the appropriate grading done. The University is working with Integrated Architecture of Grand Rapids, Mich., which is designing and building offsite the modular components that will be installed once the foundation, steel, skin, and roof are in place.

"We'll be doing the exterior work, while the HVAC, wiring harnesses, telecommunication systems, and plumbing are being assembled in Grand Rapids. Their installation crew will then come in and place everything from plugs to piping," explains Taylor.

If all goes as planned, Taylor expects the new facility will be ready toward the end of fall semester next year.

Personal & Powerful: Where's "Jesuit"?

By Alejandra Navarro, Publications Writer/Editor

Some undergraduate students arrive at Fairfield University having already experienced in high school both cura personalis (care of the person) and the academic rigor that are inherent aspects of the 460-year-old Jesuit educational tradition. Others close to the University - its faculty, staff, alumni, and donors - often come to understand the meaning and values at the heart of Jesuit education after being at Fairfield even for a short time.

A recent ad running in local newspapers to attract adult students to Fairfield.

However, for adult learners considering Fairfield University for their studies, this is not necessarily so. Focus groups conducted two years ago revealed that most important to this population (now 1,900 strong at Fairfield) were a set of factors related to their lives as working adults - convenient location and flexible study options - along with outstanding faculty, academic quality and rigor, and small classes. Most, however, were not familiar with these qualities as attributes of a Jesuit education, and consequently did not consider "Jesuit" a deciding factor in their selection of the University.

For this reason, the phrase "Personal and Powerful" was distilled from their input and incorporated as the headline for Fairfield's advertising and promotional marketing to adult learners. But, say some, "What about Jesuit?" Why is that attribute not front-and-center in the University's regional advertising to adult learners?

"When 'Personal and Powerful' is used in advertising headlines, it is not a slight to our Jesuit heritage," says Catherine O'Donnell, director of marketing and a University graduate (Class of 1979, M.A., '84). "Rather, it is a conscious decision to avoid confusing prospective adult students who lack sufficient understanding of what 'Jesuit' and Jesuit education really mean. Our research shows that adult students are choosing Fairfield for a variety of reasons related to their educational needs, family lives, and career goals. The 'Jesuit' factor does not rank high on their list of important considerations, underscoring a general lack of public knowledge about what Jesuit means. While this is surprising to those of us familiar with Jesuit education, it is nonetheless true."

Noting that it is unwise to use marketing terms that cause confusion or misunderstanding for their intended audiences, O'Donnell cites the positive impact the Jesuit tradition can have on adult learners once they enroll. "While we know that adult students may not have made the decision to come to Fairfield based on our Jesuit heritage, in the end, after their educational experience at Fairfield is complete, they often leave campus with a better understanding of what that means," she says.

There are reasons why this is important. According to O'Donnell, 60 percent of Fairfield's adult students enroll through 'word of mouth' from a friend, neighbor, or colleague. "If our Jesuit heritage and values come to be understood by our adult students while they are here," she says, "after they graduate, they can become effective 'ambassadors' and communicate the values of a Jesuit education to others."

How to effectively communicate and foster a better understanding of the University's Jesuit heritage to adult students remains a point of discussion and deliberation among many people across campus. "Our undergraduate and graduate admission publications do articulate and illustrate - as Jesuit - the characteristics that define Fairfield University as such," notes Barbara Kiernan, director of University publications. "Furthermore, our adult learners are now receiving the alumni magazine, Fairfield Now. In it and in our employee newspaper, Campus Currents, we attempt to show the various ways that Jesuit ideals are being made real today - and not just the obvious ones. This ongoing effort has dovetailed well with the good work being done by Cathy O'Donnell and her marketing operation."

All promotions and advertising targeted to adult learners will continue to headline the "Personal and Powerful" aspects of a Fairfield education. As has been the practice, these ads and promotions will also include the University brandmark - that highly recognizable entity that incorporates the University's name, logo, and the descriptor: "Jesuit. Personal. Powerful."

"Fairfield University is one of the few Jesuit institutions in the country using the word 'Jesuit' in their brandmark," says Kiernan. "In that, we can take pride."

Good news

Speaking in the John A. Barone Campus Center last month, University president Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., shared the results of "Our promise: The Campaign for Fairfield University" with the campus community. Gifts from donors at all levels raised a total $137.9 million, surpassing the initial goal by nearly $38 million. In acknowledging the contributions of trustees, employees, faculty, and friends of the University, he commented on how the campaign has changed the face of Fairfield for the better. "We are now positioned as never before to meet the educational, athletic, and extracurricular needs of the students we serve," he said. Renovations and new construction from "our promise" include the library, Campus Center, School of Business, Bannow, Apartment Village, Alumni House, and the Thomas J. Walsh Jr. Athletic Center.

Photo by Jean Santopatre

Kozol discusses educational inequalities at Fall Convocation

By Alejandra Navarro, Publications Writer

At Fairfield University's Fall Convocation, author Jonathan Kozol - a Harvard University graduate and Rhodes Scholar - questioned if he would have had the same academic success if every student of his generation had the opportunities he enjoyed. What if, he said, the children of poor families, who are often black and Latino, had attended the same first-rate schools and had a father who was a Harvard alumnus?

For this audience of mostly freshmen, Kozol used his privileged background to illustrate the stark divide in the United States between the haves and the have-nots in his address, "A Fierce Injustice: The Unacceptable Persistence of Apartheid Education in America." Kozol illuminated the often-heartbreaking experience of children and schools in the economically depressed Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. Freshmen read his recent book, Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope, during the summer and discussed it when they arrived on campus.

"With all the goodness in the soul of America, you would think we would look at these kids and say, let's give these children the very best education that we can afford, ... but we don't," said Kozol. "We give the most to those who need it the least."

Since 1993, he has documented the plight of children in the South Bronx, where many children do not attend pre-school and most adults grapple with limited education and high unemployment. Kozol expressed his frustration with the government's under-funding Head Start pre-school for underprivileged children, leaving them far behind their peers in wealthier schools. Yet, these children are still held accountable in high-stakes tests. These educational inequities exist in many predominately black and Latino neighborhoods across the country, he said. "Look at the faces of those children, if you have the nerve to look them in the eye, and try to tell yourself that this modernized millennial apartheid is what Dr. King and all our other martyrs died for," he said.

Kozol's book inspired Balazs Szikla '08 from Hungary to visit the South Bronx, which he described as a very sad place. Szikla said he appreciated the book's description of a part of the country not often seen abroad. "Hungary is a much poorer country, but we don't have neighborhoods with differences so great," he says. "I saw the other side of the United States."

Kozol first ventured beyond his sheltered life in 1964, when three students working to register black voters in Mississippi were murdered. "I felt ... that I was avoiding the challenge of my generation, seeing all these folks, younger than I, risking their lives for pure justice," he shared.

It inspired him to volunteer in a black neighborhood in Roxbury, Mass., and eventually become a teacher there. He gained national attention when he was fired for reading a Langston Hughes poem, a piece of literature that was considered "subversive" at the time. But he went on to develop curriculum for the federal government.

Some of his students tell him they want to make changes, but they are concerned about the risk. To this, he replies, "Life is not as dangerous as the grown ups would like you to believe."

Photo by Jean Santopatre

The Westport Minuteman quoted Dr. Diane Brousseau, professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), in an article about the Norwalk Maritime Aquarium. In the article, Dr. Brousseau said that exposure to species featured at the Aquarium, many from this region, fosters an understanding and appreciation among students for local wildlife.

The Hartford Business Journal's Aug. 2 column, "Capital Ideas," referenced Dr. Edward Deak, Roger M. Lynch Professor of Economics in CAS, as one of four economists who counseled Gov. Jodi Rell on the fragile state economy. On Aug. 18, a Hartford Courant column about the use of consultants in the Department of Children and Families referenced Dr. Deak's comments that Connecticut's economy is not as robust as other states' economies because it lacks a strong engine of growth.

An Aug. 24 Chicago Tribune article quoted Jeanne DiMuzio, director of the wellness center, on the weight-gaining phenomena called the "Freshmen 15." DiMuzio said the lifestyle of a college student gets more sedentary than when students are in high school. "Kids e-mail their own roommates," she said. "They don't even burn the few calories they might benefit from by turning their necks to talk to the person on the other side of the room." In the article, she advised students to watch what they drink, avoid late-night eating, and join the fitness center.

Mt. St. Joseph's College in Cincinnati, Ohio, gave Dr. Elizabeth Dreyer, professor of religious studies in CAS, the 2004 Elizabeth Seton Medal, which recognizes contributions of women theologians to the body of Christian theology. Dr. Dreyer will be honored at the college this month where she will deliver the address "Poetry as Contemplative Practice: A Clear Eye on the World." Dr. Dreyer says, "I was touched because the nomination came from a student for the first time - a grad student I had taught at Mt. St. Joe's during a recent summer session." This fall, Dr. Dreyer will give the address, "Expanding the Horizons of the Holy: A Spirituality of Everyday Life," at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center at Iowa State University in Ames. She also participated in a video project undertaken by the Theological Development Committee of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Wilton, Conn. The project involves producing videos on a range of theological topics for their entire community. Her topic was "Women Mystics: A Medieval Resource for Contemplative Living in a Postmodern World."

Dr. Rao V. Dukkipati, associate professor and chair of mechanical engineering in the School of Engineering, has published the following two peer-reviewed papers with co-authors from General Electric, Ford Motors, and Gates Corporation (Mich.): "Improved Compatibility between the Lateral Stability and Curving Behavior of Modified Truck Designs" and "Automotive Seat Cushion Nonlinear Phenomenon: Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation." Both appeared in Heavy Vehicle Systems, International Journal of Vehicle Design, 2004. Dr. Dukkipati presented and published two conference papers with co-authors from Ford Motors and Gates Corporation: "Nonlinear Model Validation for Automotive Seat Cushion-Human Body Combined Structure and Nonlinear Model Identification" and "Procedure for Automotive Seat Cushion Structure," in the proceedings of the SAE International Congress and R&D Exposition, in Detroit last March. In 2004, Dr. Dukkipati also published two textbooks: Vibration Analysis (Narosa Publishing House) and Textbook of Mechanical Vibrations (Prentice Hall of India).

Janice Miles Dunn, director of distance education in University College, was quoted in two articles in the Aug. 9 issue of Fairfield County Business Journal. One presented the growing popularity of online teaching and how universities are changing because of it, and the other discussed how online learning is ideal for student-athletes. Dunn said, "A lot of what a university was set up to do traditionally has to be rethought, because now when you accommodate a student who's no longer coming onto campus, everything changes." Also quoted in the article was Dr. Michael Tucker, professor of finance in the Charles F. Dolan School of Business (DSB), who said of the changes needed for online courses, "There was a myth a while back that for online courses, one faculty member can reach 500 students. Absolutely false. You can teach fewer students, not more."

Dr. Philip Eliasoph, professor of art history in Visual and Performing Arts of CAS, delivered "Popes, Princes, Painters: The role of Patronage in the Italian Renaissance" at the Queensland Art Gallery of the Australian Catholic University in Brisbane, Australia, on Aug. 14.

Dr. Sheila Grossman, professor in the School of Nursing, wrote the chapter "Leadership" for publication in Critical Components of Professional Nursing Practice, third edition, by F.A. Davis.

Dr. Donald Greenberg, associate professor of politics in CAS, was interviewed on Sept. 13 by News 12 Connecticut on the race between Congressman Christopher Shays and Westport First Selectwoman Diane Farrell.

Dr. Evangelos Hadjimichael, dean of the School of Engineering, was quoted in an Aug. 19 article in the Connecticut Post in which Sikorsky Aircraft's chief spokesman denied that Connecticut has an engineering shortage, a misunderstanding that occurred with an earlier announcement that Sikorsky was planning new engineering centers. Dr. Hadjimichael, glad to hear the company clarify its statements, questioned the idea of an engineering crisis in America or anywhere else. He said the nation doesn't need to embark on some massive educational reform to produce more engineers; universities just need to encourage people to pursue the career.

Reference Librarian Jacalyn Kremer's book review of The Encyclopedia of Business, edited by W. Davis Folsom, was published in the September 2004 issue of Choice Magazine.

Dr. Paul Lakeland, Rev. Aloysius P. Kelly, S.J., Professor of Catholic Studies in CAS, was featured in the Fairfield Citizen-News on Aug. 13 for receiving the 2004 Catholic Press Award in the category of theology for his book, Liberation of the Laity: In Search of an Accountable Church. On Aug. 29, he commented for The New York Times about the growing trend of lay Catholics trying to take more control in their parishes while church officials, citing tradition and hierarchy, are often refusing to yield it. Dr. Lakeland said it is a young movement with few successes. "The bishops and pastors are not used to dealing with this," Dr. Lakeland said. "The laity are realizing their responsibility as adults."

The Westport News publicized the Aug. 25 visit of Dr. Martha LoMonaco, associate professor of theatre in VPA, to the Westport Barnes and Noble for a reading and signing of her latest book, Summer Stock!

Dr. John Orman, professor of politics in CAS, commented on the GOP's negative spin on the demonstrations at the Republican Convention in NYC in an article appearing in Newsday and the Watertown Daily Times (N.Y.) on Aug. 29. Dr. Orman said, "If people take to the streets and start a rioting situation in New York City, the Bush people will blame the Kerry campaign for orchestrating this." Dr. Orman provided insight on the Republican Convention for several media outlets, including CNN Radio on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1; the Associated Press in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 1; Knight Ridder on Aug. 31 and Sept. 2; and Bloomberg Radio on Sept. 2. Dr. Orman also commented for a Sept. 3 Bloomberg article comparing Bush to former President James K. Polk. Polk insisted the Rio Grande River was the U.S. border with Mexico, which resulted in a conflict he used to declare war on Mexico in 1846 and eventually gain half a million square miles of territory, Dr. Orman said, "despite thousands of Spanish and Mexican documents that prove the border was more than 100 miles north of the Rio Grande." In a Sept. 8 Bloomberg story on President Bush's lead in the polls, Dr. Orman was quoted "Right now, Bush is in the lead, it's his election to lose."

The Clinton Courier reported on Aug. 25 the appointment of Dr. Gita Rajan, associate professor of English in CAS, as the Jane Watson Irwin Visiting Professor of Women's Studies Chair for the 2004-05 academic year at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y.

Dr. Marice Rose, visiting assistant professor of art history in VPA, delivered the paper "The Visual Construction of Mistress and Slave Relationships in Early Christian Art" at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds, England in July.

In an article in the Bucks County Courier Times, Dr. Gavriel Rosenfeld, associate professor of history in CAS, commented about future Sept. 11 tributes on the anniversary of the national tragedy. In explaining difficulty in conceptualizing a future tribute, Dr. Rosenfeld said, "Nobody was creating memorials to the GIs in World War II while World War II was going on. You don't carve that into stone until you know what the final verdict of history will be."

Dr. Ronald Salafia, professor of psychology in CAS, presented the poster, "The Chi-Square Test: When Three Hypotheses are Better Than Two," at the 26th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology in St. Petersburg, Fla., in January 2004. Dr. Salafia also co-authored a poster presentation "The Effects of Time Zone and Distance on Flashbulb Memory" at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society in Chicago, Ill., in May.

Dr. David Alan Sapp, assistant professor of English in CAS, published, "Global Partnerships in Business Communication," in the September issue of Business Communication Quarterly. Also, in an article published in September/October 2004 issue of Next Step Magazine, a publication for high school guidance counselors, Dr. Sapp was quoted on the ways first-year college students can develop quality relationships with university faculty.

Dr. Glenn Sauer, assistant professor of biology and chair, presented "Redistribution of cellular zinc associates with chondrocyte differentiation and apoptosis" at the Zinc Signals conference held in June in Aarhus, Denmark.

Dr. Tim Snyder, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, commented in two articles on a flight attendants union's challenge to the A380 aircraft's emergency evacuation plan in the June 7, 2004, issue of Air Safety Week. As a member of the Occupant Safety Issues Group of the Federal Aviation Administration's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, Dr. Snyder noted that a larger plane with an upper deck is not like other conventional transport aircrafts, and "represents a profound change for emergency evacuation." In a second article, Dr. Snyder called for more than computer simulations of emergency evacuations. "Computer simulations won't capture all the human interactions, such as a parent waiting at the bottom of the A380 stairway or, worse, traveling against traffic up the stairs for their family seated topside."

University President Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J., was welcomed as a new key leader to the region by the Bridgeport Regional Business Council at a Sept. 2 reception in the Trumbull Marriott-Garden Pavilion. Fr. von Arx was also interviewed on Aug. 24 for News 12 Connecticut's "Education Notebook" and was profiled in Westport Magazine's September issue.

Dr. Kathleen Wheeler, professor in the School of Nursing, and Lydia Greiner, manager of the Health Promotion Center and a graduate student in the psychiatric nurse practitioner program, co-authored, "Integrating Research, Education, and Practice in an APRN Mental Health Services Program," which appeared in the Journal of Community Health Nursing. This project was the result of a $95,500 grant from the van Ameringen Foundation.

Several media outlets reviewed The Garden of Martyrs, the latest book by Dr. Michael White, associate professor of English in CAS. On Aug. 15, The Maine Sunday Telegram's Lloyd Ferriss said, "Combine the suspense, the sights and smells White evokes in words, and the remarkable fact that characters depicted in this novel all lived and suffered nearly 200 years ago, and you have a winning read." The historical novel received reviews from the Fairfield Citizen-News, The Catholic Spirit, the Bangor Daily News, and The Hartford Courant. The Republican (Mass.) reported Dr. White's participation in an "Irish Authors' Night" in Wilbraham, Mass., on Sept. 7.

Center for Academic Excellence awards four professors for course redesign

The Center for Academic Excellence has awarded course relief grants for course redesign to the following professors:

• Dr. Katherine Schwab, associate professor of visual and performing arts, for the course, "Origins and Transformations in Western Art"
• Dr. Pat Calderwood, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, for the multi-course assessment framework, "Designing Performance-Based Benchmarks in Elementary Teacher Education"
• Dr. Elizabeth Dreyer, professor of religious studies, and Rev. Frank Hannafey, S.J., associate professor of religious studies, for the course, "Ignatian Spiritual Traditions."

Course redesigns include developing technology enhancements, new learning modules, expanding a syllabus or new assessment tools, or developing a new course entirely. The recipients each receive a one-course reduction in the teaching load and will share their redesign efforts with the faculty at a future seminar.

The CAE was formed in 2003 with the aim of fostering discussion on integrating new teaching methods, resources, and techniques into the classroom. Faculty members share their ideas, and therefore become better teachers.

Service Anniversaries

October 2004

Birth

Dr. Shelley Phelan, assistant professor of biology, son - Cameron Jay Petrelli, born July 31.

Condolences

Mary Jane O'Hara, mother-in-law of Timothy Hart of Campus Operations, died Aug. 23.

Agostinho (Gus) Rodrigues, father of Dr. Rose Rodrigues, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, died Aug. 30.

Gina Saputo, mother of Rosemarie Sweeney, operations assistant in development services, died Sept. 6.

Molly Oakley, sister-in-law of Dr. Wendy Kohli, associate professor of curriculum and instruction in the GSEAP, died Sept. 17.

New Employees

Kevin Altieri - Prep, social studies
Georgia Costanta - program assistant, Office of Undergraduate Admission
Thomas Cunningham - Prep, science
Marie (Mimi) Falsey - director of major gifts, Development
Althea Green - operations assistant, University College
Jean Haynes - associate director of annual giving, Development
Richard Hutchinson - Prep, guidance counselor
Koren Mumma - Prep, language
Gary Nelson - director of health services, Health Center
Dawn Pacelli - assistant dean of freshmen
Kathryn Post - Prep, mathematics

 

College of Arts and Sciences

 

Dr. Glenn Sauer: Zinc's relationship to good bone health

By Jill Kasiewicz Caseria, Editor

Dr. Glenn Sauer, assistant professor of biology, analyzes zinc from cell extracts using a spectrofluormeter. The vials hold cell extracts to which fluorescent dye is added to obtain the measurement of zinc.

When it comes to keeping bone diseases like osteoporosis and osteoarthritis at bay, most us know to include milk in our diets to maintain sufficient calcium levels. But another element - zinc - has also come to the forefront as playing a significant role in bone health.

As a graduate student in the 1980s, Dr. Glenn Sauer studied the role of trace metals, including zinc, in skeletal tissues. Then and now, he is interested in zinc's function at the cellular level, and how its imbalance may be linked to bone disease and cartilage development.

"Zinc plays a variety of roles in skeletal tissues. One of those is the regulation of programmed cell death, or apoptosis," says Dr. Sauer, associate professor and chair of the Biology Department. "In osteoarthritis, the cells that produce and maintain joint cartilage undergo apoptosis. If you can delay this process, you may be able to delay the onset of arthritis." His findings have revealed that high levels of zinc suppress apoptosis and stimulate cell growth.

"Apoptosis is a normal part of bone growth and development, but dysregulation of this process can lead to bone and joint pathologies such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis," stated Dr. Sauer in a paper co-written with Matthew Cahalane '03 and colleagues from the University of South Carolina. Manipulating zinc levels at the cellular level may be the best way to prevent these diseases from eroding bone structures. "Osteoarthritis is a consequence of aging, a natural breakdown response, which can be made worse by a sedentary lifestyle," says Dr. Sauer, so it's tough to completely avoid it. It's up to individuals to make long-term lifestyle changes to prevent the early onset of bone disease, he emphasizes. "Remaining active throughout your life is key because bones are receptive to pressure. Pressure stimulates the cells to replenish themselves." Cells tend to regress without physical activity. If one takes calcium supplements after the disease has started to set in, the supplements are not going to work, he adds. What can help to prevent the onset of the diseases are adding zinc to the diet - through supplements, food sources such as green vegetables, and physical activity.

Dr. Sauer regularly enlists the help of biology students to assist him with his research. This year, he has three working on various projects, exposing cultured cells to cell death agents and using a fluorescent intracellular probe to examine changes in intracellular zinc levels. Previous studies used chondrocytes from chicken metatarsal bones, a convenient source for these cells, explains Dr. Sauer.

At Fairfield, students are now using human articular chondrocytes in a system that mimics the conditions present in living joint tissue. The seniors present their findings at Fairfield University's annual Sigma Xi poster session in the spring and will ultimately have their work published in scientific research journals.

"When I was in graduate school, there was a lot of research being done which showed the tremendous importance of calcium as an intracellular signal, a switch that turns metabolic pathways on and off," says Dr. Sauer. "We are now finding out that zinc, which is present at much lower levels than calcium, also has signaling properties. One of the signals it sends helps to determine whether a cell lives or dies. It is therefore important, not only in bone and cartilage, which I study, but in other tissues as well. Learning about how zinc is regulated in living cells will hopefully lead to a greater understanding of how it contributes to the progression of a variety of diseases."

Photo by Jean Santopatre

New faculty join Fairfield

By Nina Riccio, Publications writer & Jill Kasiewicz Caseria, Editor

Fairfield welcomes several new tenure-track faculty this year. Beginning with this issue, Campus Currents will introduce each to the University community.

Dr. Khaled Aboulnasr

Dr. Aboulnasr joins the Charles F. Dolan School of Business as an assistant professor of marketing.

After earning his undergraduate degree in economics, Dr. Aboulnasr worked for several years in the credit departments of various banks in Cairo. He earned his MBA in marketing at The American University in Cairo, and his Ph.D. in marketing at the University of Houston. His research interests include marketing strategy, primarily in the areas of radical innovations, competitive response strategies, new product introductions, and international marketing. Dr. Aboulnasr's dissertation topic concerned competitive response to new products that represent radical innovations. Because these products use different technology and have different benefits than existing products, he says, they are likely to be riskier than other product introductions; they also have a high potential for destabilizing the market.

Dr. Aboulnasr presented at the Academy of Marketing Science Conference and at the Branding and Re-branding Conference in 2003. In August, his paper, "Country of Origin Effects and Product Evaluations: Does Involvement Have a Moderating Role?", was published in the 2004 Summer Marketing Educator's Conference proceedings.

Dr. Peter L. Bayers

Dr. Bayers is no stranger to Fairfield University, having taught English and writing here as an adjunct professor in 1994 and having returned as a visiting professor for five years beginning in 1999. Now on the tenure track as an assistant professor of English, he will teach courses on Native American literature, the frontier in American literature, and 20th-century American literature.

Dr. Bayers is an avid Alpine climber, and he's explored the subject of mountaineering in literary and social contexts in many of his publications and presentations. His book, Imperial Ascent: Mountaineering, Masculinity, and Empire, a study of the relationship between mountaineering and masculinity, exploring how a culture's vision of manhood relates to its national identity. His presentations have included an examination of Tenzing Norgay and the 1953 expedition to Mount Everest, and the politics of mountaineering in the American West.

Dr. Bayers graduated from Villanova with a degree in English, and then pursued a master's degree in English from New York University. He earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rhode Island. He taught previously at Sacred Heart University, the University of Rhode Island, and Quinnipiac College.

Dr. Jocelyn M. Boryczka

Dr. Boryczka joins the Politics Department as an assistant professor. Her research interests include contemporary and feminist political theory, feminist ethics, and women and politics. This year, she completed her Ph.D. in political science at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. Her dissertation focused on how the political concept of virtue operated to deny women equality, freedom, and inclusion at key moments of change in American political history, ranging from the Puritan era to the contemporary culture wars.

Dr. Boryczka has been a visiting instructor in politics at Fairfield University for two years. Before that, she taught at Hunter College and Queens College. In addition to her teaching work, she has presented papers and spoken at conferences on issues such as feminist virtue, career preparation for political science students, and gender, race, and class in political theory.

Dr. Boryczka received a bachelor's degree in government from The College of William & Mary, a master's degree in political science from Wayne State University, and completed requirements for the women's studies certificate program at CUNY. In 2000, she received the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Assistant from Queens College, CUNY.

Student wins Freeman-ASIA scholarship for study in China

By Dana Ambrosini, Assistant Director of Media Relations

Lauren Howard '05 has won a $5,000 Freeman Award for Study in Asia, which will help defray the costs of a semester in China this fall. The award is funded by the Freeman Foundation and administered by the nonprofit Institute for International Education.

Howard is studying at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, through The Beijing Center, a Jesuit consortium program for study in China. The Beijing program allows students who do not speak the language to take classes in English. Howard's visit to China will mark the fifth semester in a row that Fairfield University has sent students to China on the Freeman-ASIA scholarship.

"The Freeman-ASIA Scholarships are designed to encourage study abroad in East Asia and to involve scholarship winners in recruiting other students," says Dr. Katherine Kidd, director of the International Studies program at Fairfield University. "Fairfield students who have studied in China over the last three years with support from Freeman-ASIA have returned to campus energized by their experiences. They have written senior research papers on China, have created individually designed majors in Asian studies, have recruited other students to study in China, and have returned to China to work," Dr. Kidd adds. "In the last three years, the number of Fairfield students studying in Asia has more than doubled, a sign that on Fairfield's campus the Freeman-ASIA program is having a positive impact."

Howard began her studies at Fairfield University as a biology major, but switched to international studies in her sophomore year. She also has minors in art history and Asian studies. During her semester in China, she will take classes in Chinese, art, traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese martial arts, and Chinese economic and business systems.

Howard will also have the opportunity to travel to the Gobi Desert, Urumqi, and the Tibetan Plateau, as well as Xi'an, the home of the life-size terracotta warriors and horses, a famed archeological attraction at the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

"More than 30 percent of Fairfield University students study abroad during their undergraduate careers," says Susan M. Fitzgerald, director of study abroad programs. "In addition to Fairfield University's own programs in Florence, Italy, Brisbane, Australia, and Galway, Ireland, our students are able to make use of exchange programs with other schools and institutions, such as the Beijing Center, to travel to nations across the globe. International study has become an increasingly popular choice for our students and for students from other schools who rely on Fairfield for their study abroad experiences."

Office moves: Where they are now

Before you head down to the Charles F. Dolan School of Business for your appointment with Campus Operations, check out this list of summer office moves:

• The Career Planning Center moved from Dolan East to the John A. Barone Campus Center
• SCT offices and computer center moved from the Rudolph F. Bannow Science Center to Dolan East
• The offices of the Vice President of Student Services, the Dean of Students, and Judicial Affairs moved from Dolan East to the John A. Barone Campus Center
• Campus Operations moved from the Charles F. Dolan School of Business to Dolan East
• The Dean of the Charles F. Dolan School of Business moved to former Campus Operations suite in DSB
• The University photojournalist moved from Alumni House to Dolan West

Why more than a few should get a flu shot

 Influenza is a viral infection about which most people know something, but few know specifics. Every year, I hear people say they are not going to get a flu shot, the main defense against the viral infection, influenza. Some say they don't have the time, while others fear they will get the flu from the shot. Others worry about vaccine safety, or cite experiences of getting the flu despite receiving the vaccine. Each of these reasons is understandable, but each is flawed.

Some examples might help. It is possible to be exposed to someone with the flu before getting the flu shot. You will not feel ill at that point, but within a few days you will begin with symptoms. Did you get the flu from the shot? No, but it might seem that way. Or you may get the flu shot and still come down with the flu. Was the shot useless? Well, the shot protects you from the versions of the flu that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes will be most common this year. Planning for these vaccines begins almost a year before the flu shot is given so that vaccine can be produced. But the viruses that cause the flu replicate so frequently that mutations occur even within the flu season, so the vaccine may not protect you from the mutated form. Still, having the protection of the vaccine against a common strain of the flu is better than having no protection from the virus at all.

Is the flu vaccine safe? Some of you may remember the swine flu vaccine from years ago when the vaccine was not very pure and many people became ill from it. Since that time, vaccine production has become more secure and pure, as our knowledge about viruses has increased. The CDC and local and state health departments monitor the flu vaccine process for quality improvement purposes. Safety is paramount.

If you get a chance, read The Great Influenza by John M. Barry. It is an excellent account of the flu pandemic that swept the world in the 1920s, the events that contributed to the epidemic in the United States, and the possibility that we could have another pandemic. It also illustrates the link between influenza and pneumonia. Most people with the flu who become very ill or die develop pneumonia, with the pneumonia contributing to the illness or death. Prevention is difficult once you are ill. So the first step in this process is to protect yourself from the flu by getting a flu shot!

Finally, research on influenza both historically and more recently suggests that once you begin to have symptoms of the flu, you should isolate yourself from others and rest as much as possible. This means that you should not come to work where you could spread the virus to others. Keep hydrated with water and juices, eat foods that you can digest easily, and treat symptoms as they arise. If you have respiratory problems or smoke, you should go to your primary care provider as soon as you feel ill. Antibiotics do not help, unless you develop pneumonia and it is a bacterial infection.

By all means, please get a flu shot. Shots are available at your local health department, from your primary care provider, and at some pharmacies. You will be better protected and, hopefully, will get through the flu season safely.

Philip A. Greiner, DNSc, RN

Associate Professor of Nursing; Director, Undergraduate Program; Director, Health Promotion Center

Fairfield University's couples: Dr. Philip and Yael Eliasoph

By Nina M. Riccio, Publications writer

Dr. Philip Eliasoph and Yael Eliasoph in their Fairfield home.

Flashback to 1968. The country is divided over Vietnam and civil rights, Janis Joplin and The Jefferson Airplane are on the airwaves, and The Mod Squad makes its television debut. In Great Neck, Long Island, 16 year old Italian-born Yael Gertner enters high school wearing the pink knit suit and matching pumps that were right at home back in Italy. There can be no doubt that she turned a few heads; fortunately, one of those was that of a certain upperclassman named Philip Eliasoph. The rest, as they say, is history.

Even back in high school, it was clear Philip liked to have a hand in everything around him. "Philip was very engaged in all sorts of things, including theatre," Yael remembers, recalling some of the skits he used to write, produce, and direct.

"In about the third week of school, each grade would be sent down to the auditorium to get a talk on the importance of student government," says Philip. "The skits I did were funny, lighthearted productions heavily influenced by the comedy of Steve Allen and Ernie Kovacs, and they all ended with the same moral - if you don't buy your student government card, the fun will be over!" The two were married young, went to college together, and attended graduate school at the State University of New York at Binghamton, where Philip earned his doctorate in art history and Yael studied Italian literature. Philip joined Fairfield's Department of Fine Arts - now the Department of Visual and Performing Arts - in 1975. Yael followed a few years later, and has been teaching Italian in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures ever since.

Today, Philip is arguably one of Fairfield's most visible faculty members. Besides a full teaching load, he was founding director of the Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, which opened in 1991. It was exciting for a couple of years, "but then I found that I was hanging paintings without even looking at them. Clearly, I needed to do something new," he admits.

About that time, close friends of theirs moved to Manhattan. "They had a series of tickets to the 92nd Street Y, and we found ourselves going to New York a couple of times a week to hear these fabulous speakers. It was live, engaging, and thought-provoking, and I began to think there was no reason why we couldn't have the same sort of program here at Fairfield," Philip recalls. The plan Philip wrote was approved, and the Open VISIONS Forum was born in 1996. "The idea was to build a sense of community while showcasing the University." Not only did the audience respond, but agents have, too. "About five years into the program, agents began calling us," says Philip, whose star-studded list of opinion-makers and cultural trend-setters has included Mia Farrow, Benazir Bhutto, Frank McCourt, and Salman Rushdie.

Of course, anyone who has had any connection with the University over the past 20 years can't help but associate the Eliasophs with a single word: Italy. "Even back when we had three children in strollers, we traveled to Italy every summer," says Philip. "We'd stay with Yael's family in Florence, then journey from there." Their love of the country never waned, but the trips evolved as the years went on.

"We had a dream to create the perfect trip, to bring people over and expose them to the art and culture of Italy in a refined way," says Yael. "We selected beautiful hotels and restaurants and sights that tourists don't usually get to see. We used connections to get into places that are normally closed." Their "cultural study" tours (Philip lectures just about every day during the trip) began in 1981 and are still going strong, with many attendees signing up year after year. Their connection with Italy was also instrumental in Fairfield's establishment of a campus in Florence. Philip remains the academic director for Fairfield's Florence program under the auspices of University College.

Would a Tuscan villa bordering a small olive grove be on the horizon for the Eliasophs? Both Philip and Yael say no, that they love their home by the beach and their lives in Fairfield too much. "Besides, our children are here, and I can't imagine going so far away," says Yael, whose children are now 28, 26, and 23.

And that, we can all agree, is good news for Fairfield.

Photo by Jean Santopatre

Mission and Identity workshop draws 80

By Barbara D. Kiernan, Director of University Publications

Despite the proximity of Sept. 2 to the start of the new academic year, more than 80 faculty members and administrators carved time out of their schedules to attend a daylong colloquium titled, "Becoming Jesuit: Appropriating an Ignatian Vision at Fairfield University." Sponsored by the Office of Jesuit and Catholic Mission and Identity, this annual colloquium drew people from every academic school and University division. The Rev. James Bowler, S.J., facilitator, coordinated the program.

Jump-starting the conversation was Dr. Nancy Dallavalle, associate professor of religious studies, who delivered a talk that combined a "hymn of praise to institutional life" and a challenge to the individuals who operate within it. Referring to the observations of New York Times religion writer, Peter Steinfels, she discussed the tendency in recent years to maximize the Jesuit (as urbane, forward-thinking, free of baggage) and minimize the Catholic (as parochial in all dimensions). "Jesuit, in this sense, seems to float above history," she said, "and Catholic seems hopelessly mired in it. Obviously neither of these impressions is accurate."

Dr. Dallavalle forged links between an individual's experience of the spirit (inspiration) and its service to the common good, citing Protestant theologian Michael Welker when she said, "...the Spirit is known in the emergence of structures and institutions that make mercy and justice routine, structures that make mercy and justice a dependable part of the social fabric."

St. Ignatius himself, she said, recognized the need to "build an incubator for learning" so that those preparing for lives of work and service could develop in an environment conducive to growth. "The university provides a particular model of discernment (and structure)," said Dr. Dallavalle, "a model that can be a filter for knowledge, with all the positives and negatives that implies, and a model that serves as a template for ordering knowledge ... through the various scholarly disciplines."

That fact, she suggested, provides the rationale for the living/learning/reflection program now in its second year, Ignatian Residential College. "At some point," she said, "we have to jump into some kind of lived experiment, which is how I see the Ignatian College. There is a utopian element to this experiment in that the experiment has to do with a vision of Fairfield University that pushes it forward, in particular as the residential life asks students to rethink some of the 'default' patterns of student life. And its success will be measured in the extent that it is able to make that 'vision thing' routine.'"

Following Dr. Dallavalle's presentation, the Rev. James Mayzik. S.J., director of the Ignatian Residential College, showed an introductory video made by the Media Center for students considering the living/learning program, and reported on how the College encourages students toward new ways of thinking and reflecting about their lives.

Small group discussions ensued, in which participants related what they heard to what they do at Fairfield. An afternoon panel included Joe DeFeo, associate director of Ignatian Residential College; Dr. David McFadden, professor of history, who served as academic chair last year; Fran Koerting, associate dean of students for residence life and housing, who served as a mentor; and two "alumni" of the program, juniors Bill Entwistle and Ellen Dunleavy. Following a Q&A with the audience, Josh St. Onge '05 delivered an inspiring presentation, "Integrating the Intellectual and Spiritual."

In concluding remarks, University President Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., who had attended the daylong session, offered his gratitude for the interest, time, and commitment of those present to the fundamental goals of Fairfield University, and noted specific contributions that each speaker had made to stimulate his thinking.

Sports

By Jack Jones, Director of Sports Information

Stag soccer teams feature Olympic hopefuls

They stand on a field with a number pinned to their chest, full of hopes, full of dreams. Players know that their chances may be slim to represent the United States, but still want to test fate.

Each summer, thousands of soccer hopefuls participate in the Olympic Development Program, which identifies players of the highest caliber to participate on U.S. National teams in the international arena.

It would be tough to argue the success of the ODP system, especially with the recent Olympic gold metal win of the women's soccer team, and the men's team's quarterfinal finish at the 2002 World Cup.

Both the Fairfield University men's and women's soccer teams have several players who passed through the ODP. And both head coaches, Maria Piechocki and Carl Rees, have used that talent to build their programs into Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference contenders each and every season.

The ODP begins at the state level, where players train and work toward making the state team. Each state team travels to a regional camp/tournament, where coaches evaluate players based upon their performances. Players are selected from regional play to comprise the national teams at all age groups, beginning with 13 years of age.

"We attend the Region 1 and Region 2 tournaments and select players to recruit based on their performances," Rees says. "We also attend the regional tournaments. Region 1, Virginia to Maine, is one of the best in the program."

Rees has been successful in bringing those players to the Fairfield campus. Nearly one-third of this year's men's team has experience in the ODP: seniors Andy Uria and Jim Hunt; juniors Joseph DosSantos, Andrew Frankel, and Ed Meyer; sophomore Mike Troy; and freshmen Jared Curry, Carlos Guzman, Pat Kelly, Tom Skara, and Mike Vanasse.

Frankel was a six-year starter with the Region 1 team, which competed in Italy. He was named best goalkeeper in the Italian tournament, helping the team reach the finals. Curry recently completed his second year in the program, and credits the experience with his transition to the collegiate game.

"Basically you are playing with kids who are going to top 25 schools," Curry says. "Playing against that type of competition gets you ready for the next level before you get there. It's really a good experience. I've competed with the best players I've played against while at the ODP camps."

Curry played in tournaments against teams from Brazil and Bolivia last year. He received a call to play in France, but turned it down because it would have interfered with his attending Fairfield.

The women's team has a dozen players who came up through the ODP: senior Meghan King; juniors Katie Ely, Shannon Helm, and Megan Mones; sophomores Laura Mrowka and Betsy Nyman; and freshmen Janna Breitenwischer, M.T. Church, Brett Maron, Jen Schmitt, Jackie Thomson, and Nikki Zoller.

"The ODP gives us a chance to look at players who want to play at a higher level," Piechocki says. "Those who play ODP are generally more committed to the sport and are better skilled in it."

Piechocki was a coach with the ODP under-16 program in 2003 and with the under-17 program in 2004. As a coach, the challenge is to pare down a large number of players, selecting one athlete for every 10 to 15 on the field, she comments. At the under-13 level, coaches must pick a pool of 45 to 50 players from more than 800 participants.

"Identifying the top 11 kids at a camp is not that difficult," Piechocki says. "It's picking the next 10 players that's difficult. You need to be able to project what these players will be down the road, which is never easy."

But she and Rees make it look that way, having selected some of the ODP's best players to participate in Fairfield's teams in recent years.

By Jack Jones, Director of Sports Information

Lacrosse team hosts girls' clinic on Oct. 17
The women's lacrosse team will host a one-day clinic on Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for girls age 9 and older. The clinic is for all skill levels. Participants must provide their own sticks, mouth guards, and goggles. The cost of the clinic is $40 and must be paid by Oct. 13.

For questions or to register, contact assistant lacrosse coach Meghan Main at mmain@mail.fairfield.edu or call ext. 3146.

Basketball and lacrosse teams to scrimmage on Oct. 30
The men's and women's basketball teams will play a red-white scrimmage on Oct. 30, part of the Alumni Association's Stagtoberfest weekend. The women's team will tip off the day at 11 a.m., while the men's squad will take the court at 1:30 p.m. Also, the men's lacrosse team will host its annual alumni game that day at 11 a.m. on Grauert Field.

Volleyball and soccer team student-athletes win early season accolades
Several student-athletes earned weekly honors in September, beginning with field hockey goaltender Liz Thomas '08. The freshman picked up the Northeast Conference rookie of the week award after registering a shutout in her first collegiate game, a 1-0 decision over UMass.

Women's soccer players Janna Breitenwischer '08 and Brett Maron '08 collected the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference co-rookie and defensive player of the week awards. Breitenwischer, a midfielder, assisted on both Fairfield goals in a win over UMass. Maron, a goalkeeper, made six saves in the UMass game.

Basketball schedules now available
The men's and women's basketball schedules are completed and now available on www.fairfieldstags.com. The men play 12 home games during the 2004-05 season, including a BracketBuster game on Feb. 19. The women list 13 games at the Arena at Harbor Yard for the upcoming season, including the Coca-Cola Challenge on Nov. 19.

For season ticket information, call the Fairfield University ticket office at ext. 4103.

Rushdie asks who controls grand narrative

By Eustacio Caseria, Contributing writer

Saying Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses rubbed some people the wrong way is a bit of an understatement. So angered over his portrayal of The Prophet Muhammed, the Ayatollah Khomeini put a price of more than $2 million on Rushdie's head. And he probably hadn't even read the book.

It was with this back-story that Rushdie addressed a sell-out crowd at the Open VISIONS Forum held at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on Sept. 22. He discussed the price of free speech, the events that have followed him these past 15 years, and "the only subject in the world" - the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Rushdie spent a decade living in London under the watchful eye of Scotland Yard. Ironically, the apparatus of protective custody that kept him safe from death threats quashed his personal freedom to travel and make spontaneous plans. By the time the calls for Rushdie's death had subsided and he felt secure enough to emerge from his "cell," the world had changed greatly, as well as Islam's place in it.

While at the time British tabloids were quick to say Rushdie brought his troubles on himself, the events of Sept. 11 cast a different perspective on the situation. He calls the uproar set off by The Satanic Verses a prologue to the current state of the world and sees broader ramifications to Khomeini's condemnation. For Rushdie, it was not simply opposition to a book that cast a pall over Mohammed, but an all-out attack on intellectual freedom. Citing the experiences of writers of the French Enlightenment, or those of Galileo, Rushdie made a point of saying that their enemy was not the State, but rather the Church.

"Without the colored lens of religion, The Satanic Verses isn't painful or incendiary," Rushdie explained. Further, he said, "if someone takes away free speech, it's only when one disagrees with (what's been said)." Under the open scrutiny of society, "those ideas that are just and true will flourish, the falsehoods will wither."

The author went on to discuss the current "double crisis": Iraq and the state of affairs in the United States. "Iraq? Maybe there will be a stable society in 10 years," he commented. But he feels that today things are not getting better. While he acknowledged that there is a need to deal with real threats appropriately through military action and preparedness, "the level of public fear that has been maintained through the Homeland Security Advisory System," allows people in power to enact authoritative policies without question.

He warned against the Orwellian potential of the Patriot Act and the Department of Treasury's restrictions on "trading with the enemy" - which effectively means that translating literary works produced in "enemy" countries in any way other than word-for-word translations, constitutes a crime. Coming from one who has lived under a death sentence for expressing his views through a work of fiction, Salman Rushdie knows firsthand the perils of limiting intellectual freedom, whether under the guise of righteousness or national security.

Photo by Jean Santopatre

Mimi Falsey: Cultivating major gifts

By Nina M. Riccio, Publications writer

As a former psychology major and trusts and estates attorney, Mimi Falsey is well prepared to step into the position of director of major gifts. After all, her job requires extensive people skills as well as the ability to direct large donations in a way that's beneficial for both the donor and for the University. "I didn't like litigation because it was adversarial," she says of her days as an attorney in New Haven. "For someone to win, someone else had to lose. Development is different because you're continually working together, matching a donor's interests with an institution's needs. The end result is a win-win for everyone."

Falsey comes to Fairfield most recently from her alma mater, Yale University, where she was a major gifts officer, cultivating gifts to Yale's endowment and for capital improvements. Prior to that, she spent many years at Choate Rosemary Hall, where she served as director of planned giving and co-director of the school's $100 million campaign. "That campaign was a bit of a challenge, because Choate did not have a strong culture of giving," she says. "For many years, most of their support came from a single donor, so we had to develop a donor base."

Falsey is excited about her new position at Fairfield. "Fairfield is just coming out of a very successful capital campaign. The advancement team worked hard and did an incredible job. Our job now is to build on that momentum, cultivating new relationships and stewarding those gifts as we go forward," Falsey says. Matching institutional priorities with a donor's interest is key; so are negotiation skills. Most of the donors who give a substantial amount direct their gifts to a specific area - to endow a scholarship, for example, or to assist a capital campaign - and many spread their gifts over a period of several years. Offering them advice on avoiding large tax burdens, giving gifts of stock or other assets, or making a bequest in their wills is where Falsey's background as a trust and estate-planning attorney comes in. On these issues, she works closely with Director of Planned Giving Mike Kreuzer, "who is truly an expert in this area," she says.

Now, fresh from celebrating her new position with a whirlwind, eight-day trip to Rome, Florence, and Venice, Falsey is eager to settle into her Bellarmine office. Her first order of business: working with Major Gifts Officers Vic D'Ascenzo, Rich McCarty, and Stefanie Borsari to expand the major donor base by identifying new prospects with the ability to make major gifts.

Photo by Jean Santopatre

Happenings

Director's Choice series opens with Athenian Acropolis

Dr. Katherine Schwab, associate professor of art history, and Dr. Diana Mille, director of the Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, will present "The Athenian Acropolis: New Discoveries" on Oct. 6 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The talk, the first of four Director's Choice lectures on selected art topics scheduled for the 2004-05 season, will take place in the Walsh Art Gallery.

The lecture will consider how new technologies made new discoveries possible. It takes place in conjunction with "Photographs of the Athenian Acropolis: The Restoration Project," the 100-photograph exhibition by Socratis Mavrommatis.

Participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch. For tickets, call the Box Office at ext. 4010.

Acropolis exhibition opens at Walsh Gallery

catherine boura (left), consul general of greece, met with socratis mavrommatis, chief photographer for the acropolis restoration photo exhibition, at the show's opening last month in the thomas j. walsh art gallery. the exhibition, "photographs of the athenian acropolis: the restoration project," features 100 images documenting 25 years of work by the Acropolis Restoration Service of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. It runs through December at the gallery.

Photo by Jean Santopatre

Jazzman David Sanborn to play at Quick Center for the Arts

saxophonist david sanborn, a three-time grammy winner whose smooth style has influenced and enhanced the jazz world for four decades, will perform and talk about his work on oct. 15, at the regina a. quick center for the arts at 8 p.m. the program, "an evening with the david sanborn band," is part of the Quick Center's season-long Jazz Tribute Project.

Sanborn studied music at both Northwestern University and the University of Iowa and, in the late 1960s, joined the Paul Butterfield Band, with whom he played at Woodstock. He spent the early 1970s touring with Stevie Wonder and the Rolling Stones before releasing his first solo album, the Grammy-winning, Taking Off, in 1975.

Sanborn followed his debut hit with more recordings as a solo artist, a band member, and sought-after side man. His albums, Voyeur and Double Vision, received Grammy Awards.

He has composed music for several films, and has appeared in Forget Paris, Scrooged, and One Trick Pony.

For tickets, call the Box Office at ext. 4010.

Dr. Stanley Hauerwas to deliver 11th annual Mooney lecture

Dr. Stanley Hauerwas will deliver the 11th annual Christopher F. Mooney, S.J., Lecture in Theology, Religion, and Society on Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. The lecture, "Sacrificing the Sacrifices of War," is free and open to the public.

Dr. Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke University Divinity School, and also holds a joint appointment in the School of Law. His scholarship recovers the significance of the virtues for understanding the nature of Christian life, and emphasizes the importance of the church as a counter-cultural force in American life. His work cuts across disciplinary lines and deals with philosophy, ethics, political theory, and social and medical science.

Dr. Hauerwas delivered the prestigious Gifford Lectures at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, in 2001. His 1981 book, A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic, was selected as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the 20th century.

After earning a B.A. from Southwestern University, Dr. Hauerwas received his B.D., M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D., from Yale University. He also holds honorary doctorate degrees from several universities, including the University of Edinburgh.

The lecture is sponsored by the Fairfield University Department of Religious Studies. For more information, call the Department of Religious Studies at ext. 2130.

Rev. Mark McGregor, S.J., called to profess final vows

On Oct. 12 in Portland, Ore., the Superior General of the Society, Very Rev. Peter Hans Kolvenbach, will receive the final vows of Rev. Mark McGregor, S.J., assistant professor of new media film, television and radio in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

To celebrate this final profession and full incorporation in the Jesuits, the Fairfield Jesuit Community and Fr. McGregor invite the University community to a Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, Oct. 17, at 9 p.m. in the Egan Chapel of St. Ignatius Loyola. At the Mass, Fr. McGregor will share the Jesuit journey of formation and his path as a Jesuit.

A reception will follow the Mass. To attend, please R.S.V.P. by Oct. 7 to mmcgregor@mail.fairfield.edu.

Thinking Together Our Future

To kick off Inauguration Week activities, University President Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., held a "conversation" with Fairfield University faculty on Oct. 1. The event, "Thinking Together Our Future," followed by a reception, was held in the Charles F. Dolan School of Business.

Photo by Jean Santopatre

Campus Currents is the official news publication of the Fairfield University community. It is published monthly. The editorial office is located in Bellarmine Hall, Room 203. Phone: 254-4000, ext. 2556. Fax: 254-4167. E-mail: jcaseria@mail.fairfield.edu.

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