Summer 2005

Ready or Not...There They Go
In Service to Others
Money Matters
The "Why" Behind the Parents' Fund
What's New at Fairfield U?
Focus on Faculty
Student Spotlight

Ready or Not...There They Go

by Lisa Roberts

First-year student send-off parties are one among many ways parents and their college-bound children prepare to separate from each other during the summer leading into first-year fall semester. In summer 2005, 19 send-offs are scheduled for Fairfield families.

First-time expectant parents have a lot to worry about. Concerns about the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of their first child run rampant. No matter how much advice is given, everything about this newborn's future is a big question mark. Parents can busy themselves with books, shopping, special diets, financial planning, and lots and lots of prayers ... but they soon discover that no amount of preparation will shield them from the inevitable. Their baby will come into the world, ready or not, and their lives will never be the same.

The good news is that by the time that child turns 18, most parents have learned one thing: expect the unexpected and it will all work out. Every family has their story, and every home is filled with more or less joy, laughter, sorrow, trouble, and hope. The child grows and on their 18th birthday, another adult barrels into the world. Ready or not, life will never be the same once again.

The summer days before your first child heads off to college are filled with such "pregnant" thoughts. Will my son be safe, sleep and eat right, manage time and commitments effectively? Will my daughter get along with her roommate and/or connect with a group of friends she hasn't met yet? Will we be able to keep up our financial commitment to our child's education that we promised? The future is again one big question mark, and no amount of preparation will stop the clock from that short, inevitable countdown between high school graduation and college move-in day.

That said, parents of incoming students can take a number of steps to help ease their minds during the last weeks and days of this memorable summer-before-college. At Fairfield, incoming students and their parents who attend June Orientation learn that the process of individuation that takes place over the college years is a collaborative effort. The University, parents, and students share the goal of preparing young adults to know who they are, become their own advocates, and direct their own lives. That process usually begins during the weeks leading into first-year fall semester, and culminates into the adult-to-adult relationship that emerges between parent and student by senior year.

Deirdre Eller, director of new student programs who organizes June Orientation and the First-Year Experience, along with a few of our current parents, offered the following thoughts and tips.

Packing. With the goal in mind of your son or daughter becoming responsible for their own decisions and behaviors, encourage them to purchase and pack - on their own - all items they intend to bring to college. That means if your son or daughter hands you the University's list of packing suggestions, hand it right back with the explanation that this belongs on their to-do list, not yours. Advice, however, is always welcome. One Fairfield mom recommended to her daughter that she pack only enough clothes until Parents' Weekend, when she would bring her up an exchange of clothes. Another reminded her son to make sure his alarm clock worked before packing it.

Laundry. The piles of once-white shirts and shrunken clothes in Fairfield's freshmen residence halls are a yearly phenomenon. It only takes a couple of loads of laundry to discover that separating darks, lights, reds, and delicates will save a lot of time, money, and aggravation down the road. Encourage your son or daughter to make that discovery at home ... if they haven't already.

Money Management. A number of first-year students arrive on campus without understanding the fundamentals of banking. Some believe there must be money left in their account if they still have checks in their checkbook, while others think their debit cards work like credit cards and are shocked when there's no more cash to withdraw at the ATM.

There's still time now to help your son or daughter take control of their own finances by teaching them the basics of money management.

In addition, the process of separation is a family affair. In anticipation of the changing roles and relationships about to take place, the summer before college is often characterized by jitters among all family members. Siblings as well as parents recognize that the household they return home to after their first family member moves onto campus will be and feel very different. Consider now some healthy ways to bond together as a family after departing Fairfield. One dad recalls, "We stopped at Joe's American Bar & Grill after dropping our daughter off at Fairfield, and when the hostess asked we said we were a party of five. It didn't occur to any of us until we sat down that now we were a party of four. We ate dinner in silence, drove two hours home in subsiding tears, and then all four of us went for a jog in the dark around our town's high school track. We ran until we were physically exhausted, which I think helped us sleep better that night."

Whether they're first coming into your world or they're leaving it (temporarily!), it's natural to worry about your children. Eller reminds parents, "You raised your children to make the right decisions - now have confidence in them to do so." Like every other stage in one's personal development, the college years will uncover unexpected talents and skills, relationships and self-identity excursions, successes and failures ... and it will all work out (more or less!). The varied and winding paths our children take remind us that the journey of life - at any age - is not designed to stand still.

Calling All Parents

Do you find the Parents on Campus Calendar on the back page useful? That idea came in via e-mail last year from one of our readers. We welcome your feedback, and encourage you to help us keep our records updated with active e-mail addresses so we can notify a large number of parents quickly if there's a need. So whether you'd like to submit an article idea, forward your latest e-mail address, or simply send a quick hello, we'd love to hear from you at: parentties@mail.fairfield.edu

In Service to Others

The Arrupe Volunteer Program: A Signature Fairfield Experience

by Lisa Roberts

Smiles are the universal language for joy, happiness, peace, and hope - and apparently appear in abundance in the rural town of Chacaraseca, Nicaragua. Memories of those smiles are forever seared in the hearts of Andrew Stattel '05 and Jennifer Pesavento '05, two students who participated as seniors in Campus Ministry's Arrupe Volunteer Program (formerly known as the Mission Volunteers Program) this past January. Intended to put a name, face, and story to the abstraction of poverty, these two-week immersion experiences have a life-changing effect on each member of the Fairfield community who participate.

"The people there have close to nothing," conveys Jen, who describes Chacaraseca's living conditions as hazardous, with thick black smoke emitting from kitchens throughout the day, compounded by the constant dust kicked up from dirt floors. "Yet they are the happiest people I have ever seen or met. Everyone always had a smile on their face, and their sense of community was so strong that they seemed genuinely happy to see each other." Adds Andrew, "They don't have big homes, cars, or designer clothes, and they eat rice and beans daily. Yet they were incredibly happy with what they had, and didn't hesitate to share whatever that was with us. You can tell they were happy by their readiness to hug, joke, help ... and their desire to see us happy too."

For the past 15 years, Fairfield University's Arrupe Volunteer Program has traveled to Haiti, Ecuador, Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, and now Nicaragua, with more than 700 students as well as a score of faculty and staff participating. According to Dr. Suzanne MacAvoy, assistant chaplain, who currently directs the program, Fairfield works closely with organizations already in place at each site, such as the Peace House in Nicaragua and the Rostro de Cristo in Ecuador. The ripple effect of such an immersion experience is both personal, in terms of formation of character, and powerful, in terms of the number of lives that have been touched and changed through the process.

For Jen, who majored in Spanish and minored in Latin American studies, such a transformation has set her on a course to pursue graduate school in public interest law, in the hope of some day becoming an advocate for immigrant children. Jen recounts a moment she will never forget, when she was playing "Duck, Duck, Goose" with a group of children from the boys and girls club next to their work site in Chacaraseca. Luz, a 10-year old girl who reminded Jen of her own 10-year old sister in America, asked to stop playing because she didn't feel well. When Jen asked what was wrong, she discovered that Luz's molars were brown, decayed, and almost gone. "It occurred to me that Luz never had a chance to go to the dentist and never will; she can't afford toothpaste and a toothbrush. I thought of my little sister back home, and my heart was touched by the world of difference between the two."

As a Jesuit institution, Fairfield has an investment in maintaining an educational connection to all cultures that represent the world. The Arrupe Volunteer Program brings awareness of other cultures and lifestyles into the formative years of college, and is a powerful testament to the values and ideals central to our educational mission. The outcome is a much more culturally competent student who is better prepared to become a future leader for a multicultural world. For Andrew, spending time with the poor and watching them live their lives so happily and simply made him reflect, "Maybe we don't need as much as we think we do." Andrew described a sense of culture shock when he got off the plane in Miami, as he felt immediately pulled into the undertow of the wave of Americans rushing about, complaining of missing baggage and on the whole acting and speaking insensitively to others.

By living with the poor and immersing oneself in another culture, volunteers come to see the world through the eyes of the poor, learning from them what is truly important and what it means to be human. This experience creates a climate which helps the student develop and internalize values that will influence their decision-making skills over a lifetime. "Academics is a process of the mind," explains Dr. MacAvoy, "and perhaps the heart is touched, but only incidentally. The Arrupe trips are a process of the heart - which engages the mind - but it's the heart experiences that are life-changing."

Jen's words echo this sentiment. "I doubt I will remember everything that was taught in my classrooms - integral calculus, biology, who the president was in 1842, but I can guarantee you for the rest of my life I'll remember these people." Reflecting on this lifetime impact, she adds, "The entire trip will affect every decision I make for the rest of my life."

Since 1990, Fairfield has sent between 50 and 60 students a year on life-changing international immersion experiences. Here, the Fairfield community takes pause to pose in Chacaraseca, Nicaragua, in January 2005 - the first trip to a new site since 1998.

Signing Up for the Arrupe Volunteer Program

Fairfield's Arrupe trips are open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, with the application process starting in the fall. The following schedule applies for the 2005-06 academic year:

January 2006 - Chacaraseca, Nicaragua; Duran, Ecuador
Informational Meeting - Sept. 12 & 14, 2005
May 2006 - Quito, Ecuador; Kingston, Jamaica; Mexicali, Mexico
Informational Meeting - Oct. 3 & 5, 2005

For further information, contact Dr. Suzanne MacAvoy, ext. 2953, SMacAvoy@mail.fairfield.edu

Parents' Weekend

Join us at Parents' Weekend on October 22 & 23, 2005. This annual autumn tradition promises to be informative as well as fun-filled. Fairfield University's president, the Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J., will begin the weekend with a special welcome. Other activities will include:

• Program Sessions
• Buffet Lunch
• Parents' Mass
• Junior Ring Ceremony
• Saturday Evening Entertainment
• Sunday Brunch
• Glee Club Concert
• Alpha Sigma Nu Induction
• Sporting Events
• And more

Invitations will be sent in September. For a listing of hotels, area restaurants, and additional information, please visit:
www.fairfield.edu/parents

Junior Class Ring Ceremony

Students who ordered class rings during their sophomore year will receive them at the Junior Class Ring Ceremony following the Parents' Weekend Mass on Saturday, Oct. 22. Class rings will be blessed during Mass, which starts at 4 p.m. in Alumni Hall. The ring ceremony, sponsored by the Fairfield University Alumni Association and Jostens Ring Co., will follow at 5 p.m. in the John A. Barone Campus Center Oak Room. If you have questions about the ring ceremony, please contact the Office of Student Life and University Activities at (203) 254-4000, ext. 3288, or e-mail Matt Dinnan at mdinnan@mail.fairfield.edu. For more information on the rings, contact Jostens representative Deb Decristoforo at (508) 543-8737.

A First for the New President

On the occasion of his first commencement exercises as University President, the Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J., delivered the commencement address to the Class of 2005. He offered the 55th graduating class his hopes that they have increased their self-knowledge, developed value systems, and learned how to make good decisions for themselves.

Fr. von Arx shook the hands of 1,185 Fairfield graduates on May 22, 2005.

Commencement 2006
Save the Date!

Commencement 2006 will be held on Sunday, May 21, 2006, on Bellarmine lawn with the graduates' procession beginning at 10 a.m. If severe inclement weather forces the event indoors, it will be held at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport. University President Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J., will be sending out commencement information to all senior parents in October. Each graduate receives five tickets for commencement, so please plan accordingly. The undergraduate Baccalaureate Mass will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, 2006. Parents are strongly encouraged to make housing reservations for Saturday evening as soon as possible as many area universities hold commencement on the same weekend. Housing will also be available on campus Saturday evening. Reservation forms will be available in October for on-campus housing.

For commencement announcements, go to: www.jostens.com

Money Matters

StagCard + StagBucks = The Smartest Plastic on Campus

by Mike Tortora, coordinator of information systems for student services

Credit cards, debit cards, and the StagCard ... which piece of plastic offers Fairfield University students the best way to manage their money? The answer is all three. Credit cards offer students an opportunity to build a credit history, which is imperative when establishing their lifestyle after college. In conjunction, debit cards are an excellent way to keep credit card debt down, so that students can focus on paying off their school loans when they get that first job. At Fairfield, there is a Bank of America ATM located on the second level of the Barone Campus Center, and branches of Bank of America and Peoples Bank are easily accessible using the campus shuttle. Since there is no check-cashing service on campus, a debit card is vital for money management.

The StagCard, Fairfield University's official identification card, doubles as a debit card for select purchases (no cash withdrawals are permitted). By adding StagBucks to a StagCard, students can purchase items on campus at the University bookstore, dining locations, vending and laundry machines, and computer labs for printing. With off-campus merchants, most of whom can be visited through the campus shuttle service, students can satisfy a hunger craving at such restaurants as The Chef's Table and the Rye Ridge Deli, take a break from studies at Nutmeg Bowl, and replace personal items at CVS pharmacy. They are prohibited, however, from using their StagCard to purchase tobacco or alcohol. In 2004-05, Fairfield students put approximately $462,000 on their StagCards, an average of $150 per student.

Deposits to StagBucks can be made with cash, check, MasterCard, or Visa, and are accepted in person, over the phone, by mail, or online at www.stagcardonline.com . Accounts for Bank of America can be set up by calling (800) 225-5353. For more information, and for the latest list of off-campus merchants, visit www.fairfield.edu/stagcard or call the StagCard Office at (203) 254-4009.

Parents' Committee

by Tom and Sharon Lydon, P'06

Before we sat down to write this article, we asked our 21-year old son his opinion. Jason, a senior at Fairfield, responded in his quintessential straightforward manner, "Well, why are you chairing the Parents' Committee?"

We explained to Jason that we were doing this first and foremost for him and his friends. Then we pointed out that the reputation of a school is based on ever-increasing admission standards, top-notch faculty, and the latest technology, and such growth simply cannot be funded through tuition alone. When our son began looking at schools, we didn't know too much about Fairfield, but soon Jason heard through friends and teachers at his high school what this University was all about. Fairfield was our son's choice because of its reputation; the power of name recognition hit home to him. And as a young school compared to other elite colleges, Fairfield's reputation is still in a relatively early growth stage. That means the impact of Fairfield University listed on his résumé throughout his career can only grow stronger in years to come - based on what we as parents can contribute today.

Now that Jason has been coming to this campus for three years, we think Fairfield is pretty special. We get a certain feeling when we drive onto the campus. First, there's the excitement about seeing our son. Then, there's the beautiful campus setting, the landscaping, the fountain, and the bell at Egan Chapel of St. Ignatius Loyola. Even though we sleep more soundly when our son is home, this home-away-from-home feels good. Then there are the students. From Jason's friends we see a genuine friendliness, confidence, and bonding among them. They truly epitomize a "work hard, play hard" philosophy. We think a major benefit of attending this close-knit Jesuit institution is the friendships that will continue after graduation and into their professional lives.

Last April, Fr. von Arx wrote a long and personal letter to the parent members of The President's Circle. He wrote about being committed to pursuing the goal of moving Fairfield into the leadership ranks within Jesuit higher education. He asked each parent to help him accomplish this goal. We also listened to the addresses at Orientation and at several Parents' Weekends, heard administrators and professors speak, and got a sense that all are motivated to perform at the highest level of scholarship.

Volunteering and providing for Fairfield's growth is another way of supporting our sons and daughters and acknowledging how proud we are of them. When our son graduates from the Charles F. Dolan School of Business next May, we hope he finds the right connection to a rewarding job opportunity and career. With the example we set of giving back in both time and money, we hope he will see the value of building Fairfield's reach and reputation once he becomes an alumnus.

We also feel that the parents who came before us made sacrifices to Fairfield so that our sons and daughters would benefit. Now it's our turn to help. As co-chairs of the 2005-06 Parents' Committee, we invite you to join us.

Important Reminders

Health Insurance
Freshman Parents: Fairfield University requires three items for entrance into residence halls: a completed health form, MMR vaccines (two doses), meningitis vaccinations, and insurance information. Health insurance coverage could be provided through personal family coverage or the University policy. If your child is not subscribing to the University plan, you must provide proof of coverage by completing the waiver form.
Returning Students/Parents: Insurance information needs to be re-submitted each year to insure the University has the most current data. To update insurance information, go to: www.universityhealthplans.com

Homeowners Insurance
Expensive items like a laptop computer are often covered by homeowners insurance. To make sure such belongings are insured for your student, check with your insurance carrier to confirm; if not, ask to obtain special insurance for such items.

Fire Safety
Regarding fire safety, Fairfield University has a state-of-the-art fire detection system that includes sprinkler systems in all residence halls, fire-retardant dorm furniture, and a full-time fire marshal on staff. To prevent fires, a number of hazards are prohibited in student rooms, including but not limited to: candles, incense, toaster ovens, microwave ovens, halogen lamps, mercury thermometers, and live Christmas trees. Please consult the Student Handbook for more information.

Parents' Handbook
The 2005-06 Parents' Handbook is available online, containing answers to questions parents most frequently ask. It's all yours at: www.fairfield.edu/parentshandbook

Parents Raise a Half-Million Dollars

Last year's Parents' Fund Committee Co-chairs Jim and Denise Paul, P'05, '03 report that, as of press time, parents contributed $584,614 to Fairfield University's Annual Fund in 2004-05 - $84,614 over our $500,000 goal! Included in this figure are: $67,468 for gifts parents made through family foundations or charitable gift funds; $65,775 from parents who are also alumni; and $56,709 in employer matching gifts received for parent donations to the Annual Fund. We would like to extend a warm thanks to parents for their generous support this past year. This year's chairs, Tom and Sharon Lydon, P'06, look forward to your help in exceeding this figure for the 2005-06 year!

What's New at Fairfield U?

A Shot at Increasing Basketball Attendance

by Mark Reed, dean of students

The 2004-05 basketball season saw an average of 480 students attend the men's games at the Arena at Harbor Yard. Student Stags fans were a key factor in wins over Manhattan College in the first MAAC game of the year, and Loyola College in the last. For 2005-06, the configuration at the Arena will be modified so that, among other things, Fairfield students will be put right on top of the action and immediately adjacent to the court, bench, cheerleaders, dance team, mascot, and pep band. The goal will be to raise the average student attendance to more than 750 student fans per game. With home games against St. Joseph's and Fordham, as well as MAAC rivals Manhattan and Iona, among others, the upcoming season at the Arena will be an exciting one. The end of the season will also see Fairfield host the NCAA Women's Basketball East Regional with what surely will include some of the top teams in women's college basketball.

Individual game tickets for students will remain a very modest $5; season ticket packages carry even more value. For more information, look for a mailing this summer, contact the Athletic Department ticket office at (203) 254-4103, or visit www.fairfieldstags.com .

Focus on Faculty From the School of Nursing

Celebrating 35 Years of Leadership in Nursing Education

This is an exciting year for Fairfield University's School of Nursing! We're celebrating the 35th anniversary of its founding and look forward to hosting special events throughout the year to commemorate this occasion. The celebration will commence on Oct. 26, when our first Nursing Lecture Series will be launched with Dr. Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author of Awakenings, and conclude on June 17, our Health Care Professional Development Day. We invite your interest and participation during this anniversary year.

Nursing is a profession requiring intellect, commitment, and learning - and truly embodies the Jesuit mission of service to others. In the last several years, nursing enrollment has continued to rise at Fairfield. A talented student body infused with an accomplished faculty is creating a very exciting environment in which to study and learn together. Renewed energy spurred by activities involving faculty development, community partnerships, and curriculum development has strategically positioned the School to improve the image of nursing and strengthen its future. Our goal is to become a leader in health care education, so we can make a difference in the health care industry now and throughout the 21st century.

As this 35th anniversary year gets underway, we took a moment to ask two of our faculty members whose research focuses on America's aging population to reflect on the challenges that lie ahead for our current student body.

Our question and their responses follow:

Q. With one of the greatest health care challenges for adult baby boomers being the "Sandwich Generation" experience, what do you believe will be the greatest health care challenge for our children's generation?

A. One of the first things I tell sophomore nursing students in their gerontological course is to plan their lives to 100 years. So much is known about how to increase the lifespan and promote healthy aging, that a great many of our students will surpass the 100-year mark and live happy and healthy lives into their tenth decade. But with this increased lifespan is the challenge to overcome ageism among society. Ageism is defined as a negative attitude or bias toward older adults, resulting in the belief that older people cannot or should not participate in societal activities or be given equal opportunities afforded to others, and it results in a number of myths on aging. Fairfield's current students are well-positioned to fight ageism and dispel the many myths of aging. If the next generation can make this change (and I believe they can!), older adults of the future will be free to age without bias and restrictions on health care.

Meredith Wallace, Ph.D., APRN
Associate Professor and holder of the Elizabeth DeCamp McInerney Chair of Health Sciences

A. The greatest health care challenge for our children's generation will be achieving equity as the pressures of cost and coverage continue to limit access. Cost containment efforts over the past 30 years have not controlled the cost of care. Health insurance linked to one's job continues to compound the problem. There are currently 45 million people representing 17 percent of the under-65 population who are uninsured in our country, including 8.5 million children. We need some form of national health insurance. In 2004, the Institute of Medicine report entitled Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations urged the federal government to insure all U.S. citizens. This report included data calculating the probability of being uninsured. While Connecticut was in the 10 to 14.9 percent range, six states fell into the 20 to 24.9 percent range (Ark., Calif., Id., La., N.M., Wyo.) while only one state, Texas, was 25 percent or higher. Equal access to health care is and will continue to be the social justice issue for our children.

Philip A. Greiner, DNSc, RN
Associate Professor and Director, Health Promotion Center
President, Connecticut Association of Public Health Nurses
Mini-Grant Awardee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
National Blueprint Project for Physical Activity in Older Adults

From the College of Arts and Sciences:

• Dr. Joan Weiss, professor of mathematics and computer science, became president of Pi Mu Epsilon, an honorary national mathematical society.
• Dr. Gary Weddle, associate professor of chemistry, was an active member of a scientific team cited in Science Magazine in an article entitled the "Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year."
• Dr. Arthur Anderson, professor of sociology and anthropology, was the recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award.
• Dr. Paul Lakeland, Aloysius Kelley professor of Catholic Studies, was awarded the first place 2004 Catholic Press Award in theology for Liberation of the Laity: In Search of an Accountable Church.
• Elizabeth Hohl of the History Department received the new University Adjunct Professor of the Year award.
• Dr. Danke Li, associate professor of history, was awarded the 2005 ASIA Network Freeman Student-Faculty Fellows grant to assist three students to study in China.
• Dr. Olivia Harriott, associate professor of biology, received a National Science Foundation Research Opportunity Award of $12,068.
• Drs. Tod Osier and Ray Poincelot of the Biology Department received a $90,000 grant from the Carrier Corporation for renovation of the Bannow Greenhouse.
• Dr. Glenn Sauer, associate professor of biology, received a grant of $15,000 from the Metanexus Institute (Templeton Foundation) for the start of a Science and Religion program in Ignatian Residential College.

From the Charles F. Dolan School of Business:

• Dr. Winston Tellis, professor of information systems and operations management, has been named to the Stephen and Camille Schramm Chair in Business.
• Dr. Lucy Katz, professor of business law, was named to the new endowed chair in the Dolan School of Business (official title of chair has yet to be announced).
• Dr. Anna D. Martin, professor of finance, is the new Finance Department chair.
• Dr. David Schmidt, professor of business, is the new Management Department chair.

Student Spotlight

Getting Involved on Campus

by Jessica BiBuono '06, FUSA President

Coming off yet another successful year, the Fairfield University Student Association (FUSA) is gearing up to make this one memorable as well. Last year's changes in our Constitution will lead to better communication and interaction between the branches of FUSA, which in turn will craft a more organized and effective association. For 2005-06, we hope to better represent student needs to administrators and to gear our programming more closely to student interests. FUSA is always looking for motivated and dedicated students to join our organization! Whether for FUSA or the other 80 or so interest clubs at Fairfield, please encourage your son or daughter to become involved on campus. The offices for FUSA are located on the bottom level of the Barone Campus Center, and our website is accessible from the University's homepage and your son's or daughter's Stagweb account. My e-mail address is 06_jdibuono@stagweb.fairfield.edu, and I welcome any questions, ideas, or concerns you - or your son or daughter - may have! To learn more, visit:

2005-06 FUSA Cabinet

FUSA President - Jessica DiBuono '06
VP of FUSA - Kristina Chomick '06
Chairman of Student Organizations
Board of Governors - Bill Entwistle '06
Court Justice - Chris Gradel '06
Executive Director of Programming - Caitlin Conway '06
Secretary of Academics - Ashlee Fox '06
Secretary of Student Life - Marco Ambrosio '07
Secretary of Communications - Stacey Campbell '06
Secretary of Treasury - Ryan Neubauer '07
Chair of Senate - Jennifer Cole '06

Parents on Campus
2005-06 Calendar

Sept. 4 & 5: Move-in Days
Oct. 22 & 23: Parents' Weekend
Dec. 18: Campus Ministry Mission Mass for January Arrupe Volunteer Trips
Feb. (TBA): Siblings Weekend
April 6: Pi Mu Epsilon
April 25: College of Arts & Sciences Student Award Ceremony
April 30: Charles F. Dolan School of Business Awards Ceremony
& Beta Gamma Sigma Induction Ceremony
May 7: Campus Ministry Mission Mass for May Arrupe Volunteer Trips
May 20: School of Nursing Pinning & Awards Ceremony, Baccalaureate Mass, Senior/Family Dance
May 21: Class of 2006 Commencement Exercises

For athletic schedules, check throughout the year at: www.fairfieldstags.com

The Advancement Division of Fairfield University publishes Parent Ties  three times a year for parents of undergraduate students. Letters to the editor, address changes, and correspondence should be sent to:

Parent Ties
Bellarmine Hall Room 307
Fairfield University
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, CT 06824-5195
e-mail: parentties@mail.fairfield.edu

Editor
Lisa M. Roberts

Photojournalist
Jean Santopatre

Editorial Committee
Claudia B. Nielsen
Eileen Bossone
Tom and Sharon Lydon P'06
Clare Schimpf '76