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October 20, 2007
Saturday, October 20th saw a group
of Honors students hauling and laying sod, raking
rocks, and planting trees for Habitat
for Humanity of Detroit. Habitat-Detroit serves
the communities of Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park,
Harper Woods, Grosse Pointes, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights,
Redford Township, Melvindale, Allen Park, River Rouge,
Ecorse, Lincoln Park, Wyandotte, Southgate and Grosse
Ile, helping families in need to own decent, affordable
homes of their own.
October 13, 2007
On Saturday, October 13 a group of
Honors students drove north to Royal Oak to visit
the Detroit Zoo,
which provides a broad audience with engaging, meaningful
and memorable experiences, outstanding and unique
educational opportunities that lead to the appreciation
and stewardship of nature, and a concern with wildlife
conservation and animal welfare. Among such experiences
is the Arctic
Ring of Life, a state-of-the-art, $14.9 million,
interactive facility that encompassing over four acres
of outdoor and indoor exhibits. In addition to showing
a variety of fauna and flora, the exhibit explores
the relationship between Arctic people (Inuit) and
wildlife.
Annual Honors Induction Ceremony
& Dinner
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Pasquale's Restaurant, Royal Oak, MI
On October 7, 2007, approximately
40 guests gathered for the official induction of nine
of our forty incoming freshmen to the Program. After
a blessing offered by Sister Sandra Yost, CSJ, everyone
gorged themselves silly at Pasquale's in Royal Oak.
Before dessert Professor of Management and "Final
Lecturer" Gerald Cavanagh, S.J. about two
important guides in life--our talents, and our heart--followed
by the presentation of the Honors Triad and the awarding
of pins to the new inductees. Dessert and coffee were
then served, during which the Student Deans presented
their plans for the upcoming year.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
On
September 19, 2007, the former Gardella Chapel was
officially re-dedicated as the Gardella
Honors House. Above (from left to right), student
deans Jennifer Janusch and Cassie Moran, UDM President
Gerald Stockhausen S. J., George Gardella Jr., program
director David Koukal, George Gardella III, and student
dean John Chirco celebrate after the official ribbon
was cut. For more details on the space and the dedication,
click here.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Various Locations on Campus
On March 25,
2007, the University recognized the achievements of
various students across the university. Students from
the College of Engineering & Science made up the
majority of those graduating from the University Honors
Program this
year. Above (left to right) Brian Jones, Phuong
Nguyen and Adrienne Baran show off their Honors cords.
Other CES honorees who will be wearing golden cords
at graduation but who are not pictured are Mimi Tran
Nguyen, Jessica Heidt and 2007 Valedictorian Riham
Mazen Alwan.
Honors
Co-Sponsored
Lectures
Winter 2007 Term
The Honors
Program has long been a co-sponsor of many worthy
events that help enhance the intellectual life of
the University. This winter has been no exception,
as attested to by this list of distinguished speakers.
On January 24, Dr. John Paul Russo
(above), Professor of English and Director of Graduate
Studies at the University of Miami (FL), gave a talk
based upon his award-winning book, The Future
Without a Past: The Humanities in a Technological
Society (University of Missouri Press, 2005),
offering many provocative ideas about how technology
is remaking the way we think and act, inside the university
and in the larger world. This lecture was also sponsored
by the Department
of History, the Phil
Alpha Theta Honor Society, and SENSOG.
James Harney (above) fields a question
after his February 6 slide presentation and talk on
the human cost of economic globalization. Harney,
a photojournalist, storyteller and founder of the
nonprofit organization Posibilidad,
has traveled throughout Latin America. He was able
to offer his UDM audience much first-hand insight
in regard to the national debate on the fate of some
12 million undocumented people--from the other side
of the border. Harney's presentation was sponsored
in conjunction with the Carney
Latin American Solidarity Archive.
On March 16, Dr. Mitch Kachun (above),
associate professor of History at Western Michigan
University, came to UDM to discuss his rediscovery
and republication of The Curse of Caste, or The
Slave Bride (1865) by Julia Collins, the first
imaginative novel published by an African American
woman. Kachun's research raises a number of questions
about race and identity at the point that slavery
was ending in the United States, and has received
extended coverage in the New York Times.
His talk was also sponsored by the College
of Liberal Arts and Education, the Departments
of English
and History,
the African
American Studies Program, and the Black
Abolitionist Archives.
February 24, 2007
On Saturday, February 24 a group
of Honors students piled into a van and headed to
the Detroit
Science Center to see "Our
Body: The Universe Within," an innovative
exhibit that exposes the inner workings of human anatomy
by presenting (get this!) actual human
specimens, anatomical displays, reproductions
of historic anatomical artwork and much more. Though
the exhibit helped members to better understand their
own bodies it didn't help their appetites, as afterwards
everyone joined Molly Redigan in ordering vegetarian
pies at Greektown's famous Pizza
Papalis.
January 20, 2007
Arts
& Scraps recycles 22 tons of industrial scraps
and serves over 200,000 children annually by providing
them with safe and inexpensive creative material to
actively involve them in learning, increase their
confidence and encourage independent thinking. On
Saturday, January 20th, a number of UDM honors students
volunteered to assemble art kits for this non-profit
organization, after which they repaired to their usual
haunt, Buddy's
Pizza, for some great pie and chicken soup.
Detroit Opera Theater
October 27, 2006
Originally conceived by Gershwin
as an "American folk opera," Porgy
and Bess was first performed in the fall
of 1935, but was not widely accepted in the United
States as a legitimate opera until the late 1970s
and '80s. It is now considered a part of the standard
operatic repertoire, and is regularly performed internationally.
On October 27 a group of Honors students had the opportunity
to see this American classic at the Detroit
Opera House.
October 21, 2006
On a cold, damp and blustery Saturday
morning, a dozen members of the Honors Program arrived
on Detroit's east side to help beautify a
stretch of Vernor Highway just north of Elmwood Cemetery.
Above from left to right, Molly Redigan, John Chirco
and Kori Loewe pose proudly with their young sapling
(which they named Rupert).
This project involved over 100 volunteers,
and was part of Greening
of Detroit's larger efforts to improve the quality
of life in Detroit by guiding and inspiring the reforestation
of the city's neighborhoods, boulevards, and parks
through tree planting projects and educational programs.
Since the group was already in the
neighborhood, it stopped to take a look at the world-renowned
Heidelberg Project,
a testament to Detroit artist Tyree Guyten's long
efforts to reclaim a blighted neigborhood through
community and open-air art projects.
Honors
University Event:
"Successes and Failures in
the War on Terrorism"
A lecture by Dr. Juan Cole
Professor of History, University of Michigan
Thursday, October 19, 2006.
Juan Cole takes a question after
his talk before a large audience at UDM on October
19. An expert on the modern Middle East and South
Asian history, Dr. Cole has written extensively about
modern Islamic movements in Egypt, the Persian Gulf
and South Asia, and he has given numerous media and
press interviews on the war on terrorism and the war
in Iraq. His current research focuses on Shiite Islam
in Iraq and Iran, and the "jihadi" or "sacred-war"
strain of Muslim radicalism, including al-Qaeda and
the Taliban among other groups. His most recent book
is Sacred Space and Holy War (2002). This
lecture was sponsored by the Honors Program as part
of 9/11:
Five Years and Beyond, a series of commemorative
and contemplative events on the past, present and
future taking place at UDM over the fall term.
Annual Honors Induction Ceremony
& Dinner
Sunday, October 1, 2006
Pasquale's Restaurant, Royal Oak, MI
This fall the Honors Program accepted
a record 60 freshmen. On October 1, 2006, twenty-two
of these freshmen attended the annual Honors Induction
Ceremony and Dinner, along with fifty other guests.
After a blessing offered by Sister Brigid Johnson,
RSM, everyone tucked into their savory sausage, roast
chicken and mostaciolli. Before dessert Professor
of Political Science and "Final
Lecturer" Victoria Mantzopolous spoke to
those assembled about the importance of mentorship
in her life, and the duty of helping others. Afterwards,
incoming Student Deans John Chirco, Jennifer Janusch
and Cassie Moran presented the Honors Challenge Triad,
and the new inductees came forward to receive their
Honors pins (above), along with Honorary inductees
Sister Brigid and Dr. Mantzopolous. Dessert and coffee
were then served, during which the Student Deans presented
their plans for the upcoming year, and encouraged
the new members to get involved.
Honors
University Event:
A reading by Sharona Muir,
Author of The Book of Telling
Friday, March 31, 2006.
Friday, March 31 saw author Sharona
Muir in the Grounds coffeehouse reading from her novel
The Book of Telling, the tale of a woman
searching for the truth about her father and, ultimately,
her own identity. Muir is also the author of a collection
of poems, During Ceasefire, and a scholarly
study of science fiction. She has won many awards
for both her poetry and her prose, including a National
Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her work has appeared
in The Jerusalem Report and The Paris
Review, among other publications. Muir holds
an A.B. from Princeton University in Comparative Literature,
a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford
University, and is director of Creative Writing at
Bowling Green State University in Ohio. This event
was co-sponored by the English
Department and the Women's
Studies Program.
On Wednesday, March 22, the Honors
Program co-sponsored a lecture by Fr. G. Simon Harak,
SJ of the War
Resisters' League. In exploring the connections
between business and war, Fr. Harak argued that war
profiteering has evolved to a point where "corporations
more and more 'call the shots' when it comes to US
war-making policy," as opposed to just rushing
in to make their profits whenever a war arises. After
presenting copious facts and figures to support his
case, Fr. Harak suggested a nonviolent way to counter
this trend through counter corporate recruitment.
Other co-sponsors of this event were the Carney
Latin American Solidarity Archive, the College
of Business Administration and the Student
Senate.
February 3, 2006
The Honors Program has been a proud
co-sponsor of the UDM
Ethics Bowl since its inception in 2001, but this
year's contest was noteworthy for the number of Honors
students participating. Among those members taking
part in the February 3 competition were Mary Webber,
Carrie Da Via, Annie Kotynski, John Chirco, Chris
Janusch, Deanna Renner and Cassie Moran. Jessica Givan
was a member of the fourth-place Merovingians, and
Patrick Halligan, Lauren McAuley, Josh Kushnereit
and Laura Uschold were all members of the team placing
third, Super Tutors & the Ringer. Honors student
Mikhial Pasic (above left) was a member of the winning
team (The Canadian Connection), and will be representing
UDM with his teammates Peter Verschoote and Stephanie
Hill at the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl taking place
March 2 in Jacksonville, FL. Honors student Emily
Barone was instrumental in helping in the set-up of
the UDM competition, and received the thanks of Ethics
Bowl's organizers.
January 29, 2006
After meeting director Dave Koukal
for a scintillating breakfast at the world's busiest
IHOP in Livonia,
a number of Honors students traveled to the Holocaust
Memorial Center in Farmington Hills on Saturday,
January 29. The Center illuminates the story of the
Jewish people, European anti-Semitism, the rise of
Nazism in Germany, the Final Solution and the founding
of Israel after WWII, and is dedicated to the memory
of those who perished in one of history's most horrific
episodes of cruelty and mass murder.
January 14, 2006
On a chill and blustery January 14th,
several members of the Honors Program traveled to
Focus Hope
in Hamtramck to pack food boxes for those in need.
In an amazing display of hustle and spunky teamwork,
a gritty rookie UDM Honors team (above) edged a much
more experienced squad from Warren's De La Salle Collegiate
High School, 660 boxes to 639. Honors "corn"
man Phuong Nguyen (below) was voted the competition's
MVP. Afterwards the exhausted but jubilant Honors
team celebrated its hard-won victory at Buddy's Pizza
(Detroit's #1
Square Pizza since 1946!)--though some settled
for Buddy's tasty antipasto salad and a diet Coke.
Annual Honors
Induction Ceremony & Dinner
Sunday, October 9, 2005
Pasquale's Restaurant, Royal Oak, MI
A record eighty-three guests attended
the University Honors Program annual Induction Ceremony
and Dinner at Pasquale's Restaurant in Royal Oak on
Sunday, October 9, 2005. The assembled membership
and their guests sat down to dinner after UDM President
Gerard Stockhausen, SJ, offered blessings. Between
dinner and dessert, Professor of Biology R. Gerard
Albright, SJ, gave the annual "Final
Lecture" in which he challenged the twenty-seven
inductees to not waste their days of youth. After
Father Albright's charming talk, inductees were then
presented with the Honors Challenge Triad and came
forward to receive their Honors pins (above), along
with Honorary inductees Fathers Albright and Stockhausen.
An addition to this year's dinner was the attendance
of several already-inducted members who turned out
to greet the new inductees, including Jennifer Janusch
(below at far left) and John Chirco (far right), who
are posing with outgoing Student Deans Jackie Eisel
and Beth Reifert (center-left and center-right, respectively).
UDM
Appreciation Night at Comerica Park
Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago White Sox
September 27, 2005
Left-fielder Craig Monroe (above)
hustles to glove a long fly ball in a closely-played
3-2 Tigers
win against the White Sox on September 27th. A group
of Honors students went down to the game as part of
UDM Appreciation Night and shivered in the early fall
climate, but boistered by overpriced hotdogs and popcorn
they cheered the hometown team to victory. The members
assembled (below) went delirious as the final out
sent the Sox home to do their laundry.
September 24, 2005
 
On Saturday, September 24th, some
fifteen members of the Honors Program arrived to serve
breakfast and lunch at the Coalition on Temporary
Shelter (COTS)
in downtown Detroit. At top left Cassie Moran and
John Chirco display grins of relief after finally
filling the world's largest set of condiment containers;
at top right Emily Barone prudently avoids the wicked
blade of Chris Janusch, who really sticks it to a
helpless stalk of celery. Afterwards a group repaired
to the Magic
Stick for pizza, where everyone patiently humored
Joe Holbrook as he tried to claim a pie for himself.
COTS is always looking for volunteers,
and Honors members are urged to contact
them to fulfill a portion of their required service
hours.
The Honors Program
was pleased to bring author and University of Detroit
alumnus ('50) Elmore
"Dutch" Leonard back to his alma mater
on April 5th, when he gave a talk in the School of
Architecture's Loranger Center.
Mr. Leonard began
his talk by reading a passage from his 1989 book Kill
Shot, which is slated to be brought to the screen
by directors Quentin Tarantino and John Madden. Leonard's
characters often inhabit the fringes of society, which
is brought to life by the rhythm of his authentic
dialogue--prompting many convicts to write and ask
if Leonard has ever done time (he hasn't). After sharing
some of his prison fan mail, Leonard recited his famous
Ten Rules of Writing and then took questions from
an appreciative audience.
Leonard began
his career writing westerns, but soon became a master
of the crime novel. His best sellers include The
Big Bounce, Glitz, Get Shorty, Rum Punch, and
Out of Sight, all of which have been adapted
to the screen. His most recent publications include
a children's novel--A Coyote's in the House--as
well as another crime novel--Be Cool--which
has also been adapted to the screen, starring John
Travolta and Uma Thurman and is currently playing
in theatres.
Sunday, April 3, 2005
Various Locations on Campus
On April 3, 2005,
the University community gathered in various locations
on and about campus to recognize students for their
achievements both in and out of the classroom. The
College of Liberal Arts and Education Honors convocation
was held in the beautiful Gesu Catholic Church (shown
above), just north of campus. During the ceremony
the University Honors Program recognized thirteen
graduating seniors.
Here's a post-show
shot of a handful of the several Honors students who
headed to the historic Masonic
Temple Theater to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom
of the Opera on March 18. Prior to the popular
musical all met at the original Buddy's
Pizza at McNichols and Conant to scarf slices
of one of Detroit's best pies. Then off to the cultural
district to watch a ghost haunt an opera house for
the sake of love. How romantic!
On November 20,
over thirty Honors students gathered at Pizza
Papalis in Greektown for some of the best deep-dish
pizza your Director has inhaled since leaving Chicagoland.
After a leisurely feast all parties walked to the
Detroit
Opera House to take in Charles Gounod's devilish
opera Faust.
After watching Satan utterly ruin a man's life we
emerged from the opera house a little wiser, and Ryan
Adams insisted on documenting this
moment.
Over sixty people
were in attendance when the University Honors Program
held its annual Induction Ceremony at Pasquale's Restaurant
in Royal Oak on Sunday, October 19, 2004. After blessings
from Dr. Gerald F. Cavanagh, SJ, the assembled membership
sat down with family and friends to break bread together.
Between dinner and dessert, Dr. Elizabeth Oljar, Professor
of Philosophy, gave the annual "Final
Lecture" in which she expresssed her deep gratitude
to her students for helping her live the philosophical
life. After Dr. Oljar's talk, Honors Deans Chawn Cliborne,
Jacqueline Eisel, Elizabeth Reifert and Adrienne Baran
(ex officio) presented the Honors Challenge Triad.
After the traditional candle-lighting ceremony, freshmen
and other members who had not been formally inducted
received their Honors pins. Honorary inductees included
not only Drs. Cavanagh and Oljar, but also Dr. Charles
Marske, new Dean of the College of Liberal Arts &
Education, and Dr. Barbara Schirmer, new Academic
Vice President and Provost of the University.
For 31 years
UDM and Oakland University have run a British
Studies at Oxford Program to offer UDM students
a wonderful chance to study abroad at one of the most
prestigious universities in the world. Between July
4-24, 2004, the UDM Honors Program instituted a pilot
program in order to determine whether or not it wants
to pursue a more permanent relationship with the British
Studies Program. Honors students interested in earning
Honors credit in Oxford must file this form
with the Honors Program Director. For more information
on the British Studies at Oxford Program contact the
Program co-director Professor Edward J. Wolff at mpigott1@comcast.net.
Sunday, March 28, 2004
On March 28,
2004 the University community gathered in McAuley
Auditorium at the Outer Drive campus to recognize
students for their achievements both in the classroom
and in society at large. The University Honors Program
recognized six graduating seniors, four of whom are
pictured here. From left to right: Michelle Jones
(Honors Scholar), Melba Cantu (Honors Scholar Cum
Laude), Kevin Kijewski (Honors Scholar Cum Laude)
and Austin St. Peter (Honors Scholar). Not pictured
are Katie Rosenthal (Honors Scholar Cum Laude) and
Presidental Scholar Racine Miller, who was off celebrating
with her family.
Sunday March 14th
saw members of the Honors Program traipsing through
the Detroit
Science Center filling their minds with the wonders
of the physical universe. Besides visiting the MarsQuest
exhibit and taking in two IMAX features ("Solarmax"
and "Everest") while reclining on their backs in the
Science Center's new dome theater, members brushed up
on Newton's third law and bought cheesey plushy animals
from the gift shop. Above, Chawn Cliborne (left) and
Kyla Heusner cheerfully demonstrate how power is derived
from the push of the wind on a sail's back surface when
the sail is set at approximately a 90° angle to the
longitudinal axis of the boat. Afterwards the group
repaired for dinner at The
Cass Cafe, where Kyla had Cajun-something, but said
she's had hotter.
On Friday, February 20th several members
of the Honors Program headed to the Detroit
Institute of Arts for Jazz Friday. Besides being
treated to two searing sets of the poetry-jazz of Jayne
Cortez and the Firespitters, members participated
in drawing workshops, took guided tours featuring "American
and European Arts Highlights" and "The Four Continents
and the Ancient World," meandered through the museum's
amazing new galleries of African and Asian art, and
posed with Henry Moore's Reclining Female Figure (above).
Afterwards members feasted on baked lasagne and canelloni,
chicken scaloppine al limone, Italian ices and canollis
at the Roma Cafe
in the Eastern Market, Detroit's oldest Italian restaurant
(below).
UDM Ethics
Bowl 2004
Friday, February 6th, 2004
For the fourth year in a row, the
Honors Program co-sponsored the UDM
Ethics Bowl. Ethics Bowl is inspired by TV's College
Bowl, but modified rules adapt the game to the subject
of ethics. Questions may address ethical problems on
classroom topics (e.g. cheating or plagiarism), personal
relationships (e.g. dating or friendship), professional
ethics (e.g. engineering, law, medicine), or social
and political ethics (e.g. free speech, gun control,
etc.), with each team's answers being scored by a panel
of judges.
After a very close final match with Darwin.com, Raoul's
Raiders Vol. 2 (pictured above) repeated as the UDM
Ethics Bowl champions. The Raiders went on to represent
the university at the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, which
took place at the annual meeting of the Association
for Practical and Professional Ethics on February 26th,
2004.
From left to right on the back row: Chris Nowak, Kevin
Peshl, Frank Mucci, and Tony Smykla. Angel Meadows is
front and center.
Fifteen members
of the Honors Program trekked to the Detroit
Opera House on Saturday, November 15 to experience
the tragic opera Madame
Butterfly. Before immersing themselves in Giacomo
Puccini's heartrending tale of love and abandonment,
opera buffs gathered at the Union
Street Saloon for a dinner organized by Lenore Johnson,
where Chawn Cliborne herself was inadvertantly abandoned
until rescued by Racine Miller and Jim Hartley, who
brought her safely to the Opera House.
Above, a group of emotionally drained Honors students
gather for a photograph after the opera. At lower right,
Adrienne Baran and Andy Ball are all smiles during intermission,
before the tragedy starts in earnest. At lower left,
Ryan Adams and Anton Espat look on as Jason Wah attempts
to photograph the photographer. At center, the tragic
geisha herself, Cio-Cio-San: Madame Butterfly.
On Wednesday, November 12, the Honors
Program co-sponsored a lecture by Professor of Philosophy
Bill
Lawson of Michigan State University, who spoke on
"Reparations: The History of An Idea." Approximately
60 people gathered at 7:30pm in the UDM Student Center
Ballroom to hear Professor Lawson argue for why reparations
should be paid to African-Americans for the legacy of
slavery and other forms of institutional racism, and
why there is so much resistance to this demand for social
justice. Other co-sponsors of this event were the departments
of History and Philosophy, and the African-American
Studies Program.
On Sunday, October
19, 2003 the University Honors Program held its annual
Induction Ceremony at Pasquale's Restaurant in Royal
Oak. After blessings from the president of the University
of Detroit Mercy, Sister Maureen Fay, O.P., the assembled
membership sat down with family and friends and shared
a fine Italian meal. Between dinner and dessert, Dr.
Clint Hirst, Professor of English, gave the annual "Final
Lecture" in which he spoke of hope and Wordsworth,
and it was very well received. Dr. Hirst's talk was
followed by the presentation of the Honors Challenge
Triad by Honors Deans Ryan Adams, Jacqueline Eisel,
Elizabeth Reifert and Adrienne Baran (ex officio). After
the traditional candle-lighting ceremony, freshmen and
other members who had not been formally inducted were
welcomed into the Program and received their Honors
Pins. Twenty-three members were inducted (including
Honorary Inductee Dr. Hirst), and a total of seventy
people (including two Honors alumni from the 1960s)
were in attendance. A good time was had by all.
(Your photographer apologizes for the poor quality of
this picture. Hard to believe he used to be a professional.)
On April 6, 2003 the University community
gathered in McAuley Auditorium at the Outer Drive campus
to recognize students for their achievements both in
the classroom and in society at large. The University
Honors Program recognized fourteen graduating seniors,
eight of whom are pictured here. From left to right:
James Hartley, William Bowman, Denisse Barraza, Melissa
Moccia, Gina Leclerc, Stephen Bardelline, Bridgett McCann
and Paula Gillis.
March 14 saw the UDM Honors Program
at the Detroit
Institute of Arts for Fine Arts Friday. The evening
included Florentine music performed by the Vox Early
Music Society and La Gente d'Orfeo, a lecture on the
images of Madonna and Child in Italian art, a workshop
on pinwheels, and screenings of the 1926 German silent
classic The Adventures of Prince Achmed, hailed as the
first full-length animated film.
Afterwards we adjourned for a late dinner at Fishbones
in Greektown. Famished culture vultures gorged themselves
on such Cajun delicacies as deep-fried jumbo Gulf shrimp,
gumbo, muffaletta, ribs, and crawfish smothered in something
we couldn't quite figure out but which was delicious
nonetheless. All in all, a delightful evening.
On Sunday, October 27, 2002 the University
Honors Program held its annual Induction Ceremony. After
blessings from Fathers Brian O'Donnell and John Staudenmaier,
SJ, freshmen and other members who had not been formally
inducted were welcomed into the Program and received
their Honors Pins after sharing fine food and conversation.
In addition to adding a sit-down
dinner to the Ceremony, the Honors Program resurrected
an old tradition from the Honors Program at Mercy College
of Detroit. Every year during the 1980s, Honors students
at Mercy selected a speaker from the faculty, who was
asked to imagine that "This is your last chance to speak
to your students. What is the most important thing you
have to say to them?" The "Final
Lecture" was re-inaugurated this year by Dr. Carol
Weisfeld (upper left), professor of psychology and former
director of the Honors Program at Mercy College. Starting
next year the Final Lecture will become a permanent
feature of our Induction Ceremony, and the speaker will
be selected by the general membership of the Honors
Program.
At center-right, Honors Student Deans Steve Bardelline,
Matthew Dick and Paula Gillis present the Honors Triad
before presenting the inductees with their pins.
At bottom, the latest inductees to the UDM Honors Program.
From left to right: Paul Burkett, Chris Rupp, Gina LeClerc,
Nichole Wolinski, Paul Bristol, Bridget McCann, Adrienne
Baran, Austin St. Peter, Sarah Fornath, Jesse Slimic,
Ryan Adams (rear), Jacqueline Eisel.
Other pictures: miscellaneous festivities.
With the help of their families and
friends, freshmen Honors students move into the first
Honors housing in the University's history. Many thanks
are due to Monica Leonard and DuVon Waire of Residence
Life, as well as to Sr. Nancy Surma, for making this
happen. The Honors Program plans to have on-campus housing
for all Honors students by 2005.
If you are interested in living on
the Honors Floor, contact
Residence Life at 313-993-1230 or reslife@udmercy.edu.
On July 13, 2002, alumni from the first
Honors Program at the University of Detroit (circa 1962-1966)
came from all over the country (and Slovakia) to gather
at the McNichols campus for a reunion. Director David
Koukal joined the alumni for breakfast, spoke to them
about the present Honors Program, and gave a tour of
the campus. Many lively stories were told about the
U of D in the 60s, and several alumni expressed interest
in being involved with the present Program.
13 of the 25 Original Members of the Honors Program
1962-1966. Back Row: Mark Recor, Martin Ferrer,
Martha (DeCraene) Goodman, Paul Murray. Middle Row:
Al Raden, Len Daley, Gary Robertson, Dennis Gallus,
Nikki (Gedeon) Westberg. Front Row: Mary (Finch) Daley,
Jim Alef, Sharon (Bennett) Richardson, John Bonnell.
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