Exploring the

impact of social
justice and public
service on the HNU
community and
those they serve
Changing
Lives
A MAGAZI NE FOR ALUMNI AND FRI ENDS OF HOLY NAMES UNI VERSI T Y
HNU TODAY
ISSUE 1 I 2014
Contents
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Message on the social justice ethos at Holy Names
University
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CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
Social Justice Forum Highlights Work of Martin
Luther King Jr.
HNU Recognized as the Most Diverse University
in the Nation
Entrepreneurship Series Focuses on Social Issues
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STUDENT STORIES
HNU Marks Decade of Activism to Close School
of Americas
Students Travel to Tutwiler for Life-Changing
Experience
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CHANGING LIVES
Feature story explores how social justice and public
service are integrated into the HNU experience
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FACULTY WATCH
Sister Sophia Park Presented with Irene Woodward
Professorship
Gallo Receives $350,000 Grant for Crime Victims
Research
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HNU VOICES
Quotes featuring students, faculty, staff, and
friends
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ALUMNI REPORT
Alumni Awards Ceremony Honors University
and Community Leaders
Alumni Spotlight: Ryan DeCoud 06, MBA 08
Class Notes
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GIVING NEWS
Kodly Program Receives $75,000 Grant
Luncheon Connects Donors and Scholarship
Recipients
Ever Forward Fundraising Campaign Update
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SNJM UPDATE
Visiting Sister Explores Womens Role in the Church
Sister Barbara Williams: Life as a Teacher and a
Sister in the SNJM Community
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LAST WORD
Excerpts from HNUs new online literary journal,
Between the Lines
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Dr. John Carlos
speaks to HNU
students about
the inspiration
behind his symbolic
protest at the 1968
Summer Olympics.
HNU Today is published biannually by the Offce of
MarketingandPublic Relations at Holy Names University.
EDITORS Carolyn Boyd, University
Communications Manager | Lesley Sims,
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
DESIGN Maria Theren, University Graphic
Designer
CONTRIBUTORS William J. Hynes, PhD,
President | Lauryn Barbosa | Carolyn Boyd,
University Communications Manager | Jeanine
Pfeiffer | Anastasia Prentiss, Assistant Professor
of Communication Studies | Carol Sellman,
SNJM, Vice President for Mission Effectiveness
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UNIVERSITY OFFICERS William J. Hynes,
PhD, President | Stuart Koop, Vice President for
Finance and Administration | Lizbeth Martin,
Vice President for Academic Affairs | Michael
Miller, Vice President for Student Affairs
and Enrollment Management | Richard Ortega,
Vice President for University Advancement |
Carol Sellman, SNJM, Vice President for Mission
Effectiveness
ALUMNI EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT
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Holy Names University is a private, co-ed university
located on 60 acres in the hills of Oakland,
California. An academic community committed to
the full development of each student, HNU offers
a liberal arts education rooted in the Catholic
tradition, empowering a diverse student body for
leadership and service.
Activists from
Causa Justa ::
Just Cause
lead a workshop
on fair housing
and tenant
rights at the
Fourth Annual
Bay Area Social
Justice Forum.
HNU students
help to build
a home with
Habitat for
Humanity
in Tutwiler,
Mississippi.
HNU students
attend the 2012
protest of the
School of Amer-
icas (SOA), now
called the West-
ern Hemisphere
Institute for Secu-
rity Cooperation,
in Fort Benning,
Georgia. The SOA
trip is one of many
social justice activ-
ities available to
HNU students.
A MAGA Z I NE F OR AL UMNI AND F RI ENDS
ISSUE 1 I 2014
HNU TODAY
Feature
CHANGING LIVES
An underlying dedication to social justice and public
service is at the heart of the educational experience at
Holy Names University. In this tradition, the HNU
familystudents, faculty, staf, Sisters, and alumni
engage with the world to create change in the local
community and beyond.
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On the Cover: HNU student Edward Duncan assisting Habitat for Humanity.
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THIS ISSUE OF HNU Today is dedicated to the theme of social
justice. In March 2011, when I was inaugurated as president
of Holy Names University, I summarized our work for social
justice at HNU as follows:
Here students are liberated and transformed, discovering their
brotherhood and sisterhood, gaining cultural competencies that
allow them to understand, relate, and work together as teams
across our cultural diversity, and most importantly, becoming
passionate about working for social justice. Social justice goes
beyond acts of charity that help people for the moment and
focuses upon the underlying social and economic causes, such as
ignorance or social structures that create and perpetuate poverty.
A homeless family needs not only temporary housing and
food today, but a long-term economy that grows and creates
jobs across all socio-economic groups, especially for the poor
and middle class. Whether by acts of temporary charity or
long-term structural change, we need to assure that every
human being is treated with dignity and fairness, and has the
opportunity to develop his or her self to be a productive citizen
of a culture, society, and/or religion. Ideally as practitioners of
social justice, we both minister to the immediate needs of the
poor, marginalized, and denigrated, and we engage in creating
a more level playing feld for all human beings in the future.
Te tradition of social justice
in the Catholic Church begins
with Jesus injunction that
whatever you do for the least
of my brethren, you do for
me, grows more clear with
such medieval theologians as St.
Tomas Aquinas, and becomes
conceptually articulated with the
great social encyclicals, starting
with Pope Leo XIIIs afrmation
in Rerum Novarum that all people
have the right to own private
property and to form unions. A
similar tradition of social justice
in the United States has given us
the Emancipation Proclamation,
the right for women and
minorities to vote, the fve-day,
40-hour work week, integrated
school systems, etc.
Te pages that follow contain many examples of Sisters,
trustees, faculty, students, staf, alumni, and others who are
engaged in both short-term and long-term social justice. One
such example is our annual Bay Area Social Justice Forum that
begins on a given Saturday morning with an inspiring vision
and then melds this with pragmatic expertise in workshops
in the afternoon. At our most recent forum this spring, Dr.
Clayborne Carson, director of the Martin Luther King Jr.
Research and Education Institute at Stanford University,
described Kings dream of global human rights, followed
by Dolores Huerta, Rev. Phillip Lawson, and others sharing
pragmatic ways that we can combat social justice abuses both
locally and around the world.
I hope you fnd this issue noteworthy!
Presidents Message
WILLIAM J. HYNES, PHD I PRESIDENT
Campus Highlights
SOCIAL JUSTICE FORUM HIGHLIGHTS WORK OF MLK
The Fourth Annual Bay Area Social Justice Forum drew attendees
to a day of workshops and presentations, including a keynote
speech by Dr. Clayborne Carson on the vision of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Carson is a world-renowned authority on the subject and
the director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education
Institute at Stanford University.
Carson said that U.S. social movements of people seeking a better
life began to develop in the 18th and 19th centuries as oppressed
populations became more literate, migrated to areas that offered
more freedom, and learned how to work together in a collective
struggle. These movements reached a peak in the two decades
after World War II. It was during this period that King began to play
an increasingly important role in the civil rights movement.
Carson portrayed King as a visionary who was interested in a
broader goal than civil rights.
Martin Luther King was talking about a global freedom struggle,
Carson said. Whereas civil rights usually means rights you have as
a citizen protected by the government, he said, King promoted a
broader view of human rights that is not defned by citizenship.
The forum also included workshops by community organizations
and activists on a multitude of social justice issues, such as human
traffcking, tenant rights, immigration, and health care. The
afternoon panel featured Dolores Huerta, a labor leader and civil
rights activist who co-founded the association that would become
the United Farm Workers; Rev. Phillip Lawson, who leads the East
Bay Housing Organizations Interfaith Action in Housing Program;
Rev. Deborah Lee, director of the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant
Rights; and Karla Salazar, an HNU alumna and director of St. Marys
Center Resources for the Third Age, a program dedicated to
housing stability for seniors.
My hope is that today you are inspired by the speakers and
presenters to ignite or reconnect to your passions and commit to
taking action to a cause that is meaningful for you, Director of the
Center for Social Justice and Civic Engagement Keegan Mills said.
Dr. Clayborne Carson
speaks at the Fourth
Annual Bay Area Social
Justice Forum.
Students and Staf Help Restore
Habitat for MLK Day of Service
In honor of human rights activist Martin Luther
King Jr., HNU students and staff participated
in MLK Day of Service events throughout
Oakland in January. The annual event
connects volunteers with service projects
to aid their communities.
On January 20, the HNU womens
volleyball team and their coach, Allison
Oliver, performed service at Shepherd
Canyon Park with about 100 other volun-
teers. Working with the agency Service for
Peace, they cleared trails, pulled weeds, and
planted grasses.
Five students, accompanied by Assistant
Director of the Center for Social Justice
and Civic Engagement Javier De Paz
and Graduate Assistant Maribel Lopez,
participated on January 18. Students took
part in habitat restoration in collaboration with
Friends of Sausal Creek, an HNU community
partner that works to protect the creek as
a natural resource for Oakland. Activities
included removing invasive species, planting
native species, and watering plants.
De Paz says that the event gave students a
chance to connect with nature and serve the
community. Most importantly, our students
had a unique opportunity to refect on what
they are doing today to serve the common
good, he said.
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William J. Hynes, PhD
President
Ideally as practition-
ers of social justice,
we both minister
to the immediate
needs of the poor,
marginalized, and
denigrated, and we
engage in creating
a more level playing
feld for all human
beings in the future.
William J. Hynes, PhD
President
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fromthe American Library Association. University
Librarian Karen G. Schneider is the winner of the 2014
Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award. Librarian for
Research and Electronic Resources Daniel Ransomwas
selected for the Emerging Leaders programfor 2014.
Resource Sharing Specialist Jake Kurbin was recently
honored with the RUSA STARS-Atlas Systems Mentoring
Award.
DR. JOHN Carlos visited HNU in November. He is the
co-author of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment
that Changed the World, which students and faculty
selected for the 2013 HNU Common Reading Book. In
addition to chronicling historic sports and social justice
events of the 1960s, this story shares Carlos experience
with dyslexia, coming of age as a young black man, and
the civil rights movement.
AN HNU event provided an overview of the 10-day trip
made by National Steinbeck Center staff and affliates
from Oklahoma to California, which followed the path of
the Joad family in The Grapes of Wrath and collected
more than 70 oral histories. Project participants said
they found parallels between issues faced by people
today and those faced in the setting of John Steinbecks
legendary tale.
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Top: Executive Director of the Asia
Pacifc Peace Studies Institute Chiho
Sawada (left) poses with David
Batstone, president of Not for Sale.
Bottom: Torkin Wakefeld, co-founder
of BeadforLife, displays her jewelry
collection.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP SERIES FOCUSES ON SOCIAL ISSUES
The James Durbin
Entrepreneurship Speaker
Series for 20132014
kicked off with a discussion
on social entrepreneurship
featuring David Batstone,
the co-founder and
president of Not for
Sale. Torkin Wakefeld
participated in the
second series discussion.
Wakefeld is a co-founder
of BeadforLife, which
works to create sustainable
economic opportunities
for Ugandan women.
This year our theme
is passionate leaders in
social entrepreneurship,
President William J.
Hynes said. All entre-
preneurship seeks to
add value, but social
entrepreneurship uses the
principles and practices of
entrepreneurship to work
for social good.
Fighting Human Traffcking
Not for Sale is the largest international organization dedicated
to the eradication of human traffcking. Batstone said the
organization is working to change the underlying factors that
lead to enslaved communities by developing business and
social enterprises benefting the most vulnerable.
My competitor (the human traffcking industry) has an annual
revenue more than Google, Microsoft, and Nike put together
$32 billion a year, he said. They are able to deploy 30
million people (as slave laborers) everyday to make that
revenue, and they dont pay them any real wage.
On the other side, those fghting human traffcking have a bud-
get of only $100 million a year. You cant compete against a $32
billion industry when you are facing those odds, Batstone said.
Batstone concluded that the model by which social problems
are fought needed to be reinvented. His strategy was to build a
business that would be proftable and have measurable social
impacts. Gathering 50 entrepreneurs and business leaders,
including the founder of Twitter and owner of American
Apparel, Not for Sale held a forum to develop an enterprise
that would help curb the fow of human traffcking from the
Peruvian Amazon to major Latin American cities. The result
was REBBL, an organic tea with ingredients sourced from the
Peruvian Amazon; the tea is now sold in organic grocery stores.
Not only does REBBL create jobs for people in the Peruvian
Amazon, 25 percent of investors returns and 2.5 percent of
gross revenue are invested back in the community. REBBL
has now expanded to sell teas sourced from and supporting
communities in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe.
Economic Opportunities for Women
Similarly to Batstone, Wakefeld was inspired to create eco-
nomic opportunities that would beneft communities in need.
After she moved to Uganda with her husband, Wakefeld was
walking with her best friend, Ginny Jordan, and daughter
Devin Hibbard. They came across a woman making paper
beads. The woman, Millie Grace Akena, worked in a rock
quarry for $1 a day, but she liked handiwork.
Wakefeld, Jordan, and Hibbard thought that Akena could
make income selling the beads if the right doors were opened.
They decided to try to connect her with the local tourist gift
shop, the Banana Boat.
She told us that actually several people had been taught to
make paper beads, and could those women come with her
to meet us? Wakefeld said. When Wakefeld, Jordan, and
Hibbard arrived for that meeting, there were about 50 women
and a hundred children.
Now the issue had changed. It was no longer Millie Grace
Akena and the Banana Boatnow it was 50 women all of
whom were dirt poor, who had hopes and dreams that
somehow these paper beads would go somewhere,
Wakefeld said.
BeadforLife has served
thousands of women
since offcially launching
in September 2004, and
has reached even greater
numbers in Ugandan
communities. The nonprofts
beading program is an
18-month training that also
teaches business skills and prepares women to launch their
own sustainable enterprises. BeadforLife sells the paper
jewelry through its website, through retailers, and through
Bead Party events held throughout the world. Approximately
18,000 volunteer-hosted parties have taken place in locales
as distinct as Saudi Arabia, Australia, and the United States,
and more than a million people have attended bead parties.
In addition, BeadforLife has started several other programs
to provide entrepreneurial training and other services to
impoverished communities.
Wakefeld suggested that those who are interested in
becoming social entrepreneurs should play on their own
strengths. Need is everywhere. It is so easy to fnd a project
to throw yourself into, she said.
Need is everywhere. It is
so easy to fnd a project to
throw yourself into.
Torkin Wakefeld
Co-Founder, BeadforLife
Executive Director of
the National Steinbeck
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HNU RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST DIVERSE
UNIVERSITY IN THE NATION
U.S. News and World Report has recognized Holy Names
University as the most diverse university in the nation for
the 20122013 academic year.
The magazines Best Colleges 2014 edition included campus
ethnic diversity rankings for national universities, liberal arts
colleges, regional universities, and regional colleges.
The diversity rankings are based on an index that ranges
from .0 to 1.0. The closer a schools diversity index is to 1.0,
the more likely it is that students will have classmates from
different ethnic groups. HNUs diversity index is .80, which
is the highest diversity index of any university or college in
the magazines multiple diversity rankings. African Americans,
Asians, Hispanics, and other students of color accounted
for 80 percent of the HNU undergraduate student body in
20122013, when excluding non-USA residents and students
of unknown ethnicity.
Our diversity is a source of great pride for us, President
William J. Hynes said. Our students are empowered both by
a rigorous liberal arts education and the opportunity to gain
cross cultural competencies from each other. Thus, they are
well equipped to be new global leaders working for the
common good.
Our diversity is a source of great pride for us. Our
students are empowered both by a rigorous liberal
arts education and the opportunity to gain cross
cultural competencies from each other.
William J. Hynes, PhD
President
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HNU MARKS DECADE OF ACTIVISM TO CLOSE SOA
In solidarity with other protestors from around the world,
HNU students traveled to Fort Benning, Georgia, to demand
the closing of the School of Americas (SOA). The November
trip, which included visits to civil rights landmarks in the
South, marked the 10th year that HNU students have
protested the SOA.
It was an opportunity to really understand the historical
context of where the School of Americas is located, and to
also get a bigger perspective of the cultural environment
that our own country
faces, Director of the
Center for Social Justice
and Civic Engagement
Keegan Mills said at a
January 28 event about
the trip.
The School of Americas,
now called the Western
Hemisphere Institute for
Security Cooperation, is
operated by the United
States Department
of Defense and used
to train government
soldiers of Latin
American countries.
Several Latin American
dictators who carried
out severe human rights
abuses were trained at
the school.
The January event included presentations by the six
students who participated in the SOA trip. They refected
on what they gained from the SOA protest and vigil, which
included a daylong workshop with international attendees,
and their visits to civil rights landmarks in Birmingham and
Montgomery, Alabama. Civil rights sites that were visited
include the 16th Street Baptist Church, Southern Poverty
Law Center, and Rosa Parks Museum.
On this trip, I grew both academically and personally. Of
course, I learned a lot of new knowledge about civil rights
and about the School of Americas, but I also learned that
every person counts, said Yadira Muoz, a senior. It takes a
whole community of people with the same goal to make that
change or difference that you want to see.
STUDENTS TRAVEL TO TUTWILER FOR
LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE
For the 10th year, Holy Names University staff and students
traveled to Tutwiler, Mississippi, to build a home with Habitat
for Humanity and learn about social, economic, and political
issues that impact this rural, Southern community.
Today is a very special day for all of us. Today marks the 10th
anniversary since we started going to Tutwiler, Mississippi, to
build homes with Habitat for Humanity and to learn about the
civil rights movement, Assistant Director of the Center for
Social Justice and Civic Engagement Javier De Paz said at a
March 27 event about the trip. We thank our administrators,
faculty, and staff for cultivating that passion for social justice.
Seventeen members of the HNU community went on the
March trip, including 13 students, Sister Sophia Park, Direc-
tor of the Center for Social Justice and Civic Engagement
Keegan Mills, Graduate Assistant Maribel Lopez, and De Paz.
The trip was part of the class Spirituality and Social Justice,
taught by Sr. Sophia. Through the course we study social
justice issues, global politics, Catholic social teaching and
then we jump into the work, Sr. Sophia said, noting that
many students have experienced poverty and immigration
and could connect with those who have suffered.
Nearly 40 percent of Tutwilers population lives below the
poverty line and residents face challenges, such as a lack of
access to educational facilities, employment opportunities,
and health care.
In addition to their work
building a home with Hab-
itat for Humanity, students
toured the National Civil
Rights Museum at the
Lorraine Motel in Memphis,
Tennessee; the Tutwiler
Community Education
Center, which offers
programs and services to
the surrounding community; and the Tutwiler Clinic, founded
in 1983 by Sister Anne Brooks to provide holistic care to
patients. The majority of patients at the Tutwiler Clinic
have no health care coverage, and the clinic depends on
donations to operate.
Michelle Morgan, a senior studying liberal studies who took
part in the trip, said it was a life-changing experience.
I went there to give to the community, but I gained so
much more than I gave, she said. Its something that is life
changing, and if you have the opportunity to go I highly
recommend it.
Mens Basketball Players Visit
Elementary School
Members of the mens basketball team
reached out to their local community in
December. The team visited Allendale
Elementary School in Oakland to emphasize
the importance of education. The team
members read stories, answered kids
questions, and delivered basketballs to
several classrooms.
The schools literary coach, Rachel
Amsterdam, refected on the Hawks time
with the elementary students. Having the
basketball players come here to meet with
our kids is exciting, Amsterdam said in
an HNU Hawks story on the visit. Being able
to see our role models who can talk to them
about the importance of school and college
and being a good participating member of
society is really important.
I went there to give
to the community,
but I gained so much
more than I gave.
Michelle Morgan
HNU Student
Top: Crosses represent those who have died
or gone missing due to human rights abuses
in Latin America.
Bottom: HNU students and staff pose in front
of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Top: Brieanna
Mohamed
absorbs the
National Civil
Rights Museum
in Memphis,
Tennessee.
Middle: HNU
students at
work in Tutwiler,
Mississippi.
Bottom: Edward
Duncan (left) and
Jing Jing Yang
take a break.
Joshua Kasim
visits Allendale
Elementary
School.
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Exploring the impact of
social justice and public
service on the HNU
community and those
they serve
Te Universitys commitment to social justice and public service
can be observed throughout the HNU community, as students,
faculty, staf, Sisters, and alumni work to create positive change
and contribute to the common good. Holy Names University is
unique from other institutions in its dedication to working with
underserved communities, says Keegan Mills, director of the
Center for Social Justice and Civic Engagement. Teres a real
efort and emphasis on the social justice aspect of serviceso
critically looking at the communities that we serve and how
were making an impact to a community that might not have
otherwise been addressed, she said.
Educating with a Social Justice Outlook
Students are introduced to HNUs social justice emphasis
early in their studies. All frst-year undergraduates are required
to participate in the Connections Project, which integrates
social justice themes into its curriculum. In addition to
projects performed by student cohorts that address social and
environmental problems, students engage in service activities
during orientation that bring them to diverse locations
throughout Oakland, including the Mercy Retirement Care
Center and Alameda County Food Bank. Tese are some of
their favorite activities, says HNU Experience Coordinator
Andrea Melrose Guimaraes.
Each year students also have opportunities to participate
in community-based learning courses. Tis academic year,
approximately 10 courses took
place with students contributing
more than 1,000 hours of service.
From volunteering in the Oakland
community to performing service in
Tutwiler, Mississippi, these courses
provide students unique learning
environments. Adjunct Professor Diedre
Bean, RN, MSN, MBA brings her
students to participate in community
health fairs in conjunction with a
nursing clinical class, and students also
perform service for local organizations,
such as Vitas Hospice.
Te students have an opportunity
to gain valuable experience and learn
frsthand how much people in the
community know about their health
while enhancing their skills to identify
(health) disparities, Bean said. Tis
is a crucial part of the students
learning experience.
Other courses have led students to
volunteer for local nonprofts and
agencies, including the Oakland
Catholic Worker, an organization
co-founded by Associate Professor
of Religious Studies and Philosophy
Robert Lassalle-Klein and Francisco
Herrera 87 that provides housing and
services for recently arrived immigrants.
Students teach English classes, work on
maintenance projects, cook meals, and
distribute food.
Vice President for Academic Afairs
Lizbeth Martin, PhD says that a social
justice outlook is presented not only
in HNUs community-based learning
classes, but in other courses as well.
Faculty members have social justice in
mind when they design their classes,
she said. I have been impressed
repeatedly, when hiring faculty, that
they seek employment at HNU because
of our social justice mission.
In the Community
HNUs commitment to justice is also
witnessed outside of the classroom.
All student groups must perform one
community service project per semester,
and many groups, like the Peace
and Justice Club, complete multiple
projects. Projects that took place this
year include the
Latinos Unidos
beach cleanup
and a clothing
drive hosted by
RADICAL. Many
students also
create a long-
term impact in
the community
by working at
local agencies,
including the East
Bay Sanctuary
and Interfaith
Coalition.
In addition,
student-athletes
regularly participate in service events.
Among other activities, J. Omar
Sanchez, the head coach of the mens
basketball team, brings players to
workout sessions for kids hosted at the
YMCA and to Hawks Teddy-Gram
Express events, where athletes visit with
kids at the Childrens Hospital Oakland.
Tis is part of our missionto help
the underrepresented, Sanchez said.
More importantly, he says, the team
gains perspective on life. Others have
far less; it is our responsibility to give
back and be thankful for the blessings
presented to us.
First-year student Abigail Lirio, who
says the importance of community
service has grown for her through
the years, echoes this sentiment. In
conjunction with National Hunger and
Homelessness Awareness Week, Lirio
and her Connections Project cohort
distributed bags of food and personal
hygiene items to homeless individuals
in Berkeley. She said the experience
created another eye-opening revelation
to always remember to be thankful and
grateful for what I have.
HNUs mission to serve others carries
over to its staf and alumni, as evidenced
by the service activities they perform.
For example, Javier De Paz, assistant
director of the Center
for Social Justice and
Civic Engagement
at HNU, has helped
bring clothing and
school supplies to
students in his native
El Salvador since
2007. Joe ONeill 07
is active in the East
Bay SOA Watch.
His commitment to
close the School of
Americas was fostered
as an HNU student
when ONeill and
classmates traveled
to Georgia to protest
the institution in
2004. In addition, alumni are active
in the community by pursuing career
paths that contribute to the common
good, such as Ven. Rosemary Trei 66,
the archdeacon at St. Lukes Episcopal
Church in Dallas, Texas. A former
teacher, Treis pastoral duties include
visiting people in the hospital, leading
outreach projects, and participating in
medical mission trips to Peru.
HNUs engagement in the community
creates great opportunities for learning
and growth, Mills says.
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Students participate in the Be Ok campaign
to raise awareness about breast cancer.
HNU students clean trash from the shores of
Lake Merritt in Oakland.
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in Arts and Humanities.
Irene is a woman with great vision. She
was founded in academics, in a true,
spiritual life, said HNU Trustee Barbara
Hood 70 at a summer 2013 reception to
recognize Sr. Sophia and Irene Woodward
55. She understands what needs to be
done. She knows when to hold ones hand.
She knows how to get people through a
very diffcult time.
Woodward frst taught at the then-
named Holy Names College as an
instructor in 1963 and joined the full-
time faculty in 1966 after completing
her doctoral studies in philosophy at
the Catholic University of America.
Her studies centered on Thomistic
metaphysics, but her teaching subjects
were broad, including courses in history,
logic, and her favoritePhilosophy of
the Human Person.
She served as president of Holy Names
College from 1972 to 1982, and as
chancellor for three years. During this
period, she guided the school through
signifcant changesfrom a single-sex
campus to a coeducational one, and from
a student body that was mainly California-
based and Catholic to an international,
intercultural, and diversely spiritual
student body.
Sr. Sophia, who has served as an
assistant professor of religious studies
and philosophy at HNU since 2009, was
selected for the professorship because
of her dedication to social justice and
exploration into the experiences of others,
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Lizbeth Martin said.
Sr. Sophia has demonstrated impres-
sive commitment to making sure that
the voices of women are heard and
appreciated, and that issues of justice
are addressed, Martin said.
Faculty Watch
Sister Sophia
has demonstrated
impressive commit-
ment to making
sure that voices of
women are heard
and appreciated.
Lizbeth Martin
Vice President for
Academic Affairs
GALLO RECEIVES $350,000 GRANT FOR CRIME VICTIMS RESEARCH
Dr. Carina Gallo, assistant professor
of criminology at HNU, and Kerstin
Svensson, professor of social work
at Lund University, have received a
$350,000 research grant from the
Crime Victim Fund managed by the
Swedish Crime Victim Compensation
and Support Authority.
The grant supports their research,
which began in May 2013 and will take
place over three years, into the rise and
evolution of the Swedish Association
for Victim Support. The association
is a non-governmental organization
dedicated to assisting victims of
crime through advice, information,
and support services. Although there
has been a rise in victim assistance
programs in Sweden and elsewhere,
there is little research on the origins
and development of these programs.
The research project relates to Gallos
scholarly interests on how countries
develop criminal policies and practices,
including victim assistance programs.
Gallo is the co-author of Swedish
Victim Support: Self-Image, Target
Groups, and Independence (Victim-
ology: Crime Victims in Theory and
Method, 2012), published in Swedish.
She has authored and co-authored
numerous journal articles and book
chapters exploring crime victims and
social services.
Gallo argues that the idea popularized
in the United States that victims want
revenge through harsher criminal
punishments has been emphasized
for political purposes. Many people
would say that the victim movement in
the U.S. hasnt been very successful,
and the criticism has been that it hasnt
addressed victims needs, she said.
The preliminary phase of Gallo and
Svenssons research project, which has
already been completed, was to study
the Swedish Association for Victim
Supports annual reports from 1989
to 2008. The study showed that, in
contrast to victim movements in other
countries, such as the United States,
the association has followed a path that
emphasizes support and assistance to
victims, rather than tougher policies on
crime, Gallo said.
The next phase of Gallo and Svenssons
research is to analyze the associations
member magazine and board meeting
minutes to evaluate the goals and
mission of the organization.
Gallo says that her scholarly fndings
inform every aspect of her teaching,
and she also involves students in
her research. This is an important
aspect of every course that I teach in
criminology, she said.
Many people would say that the
victim movement in the U.S.
hasnt been very successful, and
the criticism has been that it
hasnt addressed victims needs.
Dr. Carina Gallo
Assistant Professor of Criminology
JAMES A. CONLON, PHD
is a professor of spirituality at HNU
and has served as the director of
the Universitys Sophia Center for
nearly 18 years. Deeply moved by
the impact of the Vatican Council II,
the civil rights movement, and the
Vietnam War, Conlon began his work in
theology, spirituality, and community
organization in the early 1970s. He was
bestowed the Thomas Berry Great
Work Award in 2013.
What is the ultimate goal of the
Sophia Center program?
Te overarching focus of our Sophia
Center program is to evoke in our
participants great enthusiasm and
energy for life. Our goal is to present a
curriculum that touches students deeply
and stirs them into efective action to
create a better world.
In your recently published book, Sacred
Butterfies: Poems, Prayers and Practices,
you urge readers to create a dynamic
integration of their interior life and
everyday world. Why is this important?
I believe it is a misconception to view
our interior life and the everyday world
as dichotomous. I see this as detrimental
to our collective ability to afect change
at this critical time. With this in mind,
we see as central to our work at the Sophia
Center the passing on of new modes of
understanding, whereby graduates leave
the program fully able to capture the vi-
sions that emerge fromtheir imagination and
adept at following these promptings.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
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HNU Voices
I was originally going
to go to what I thought
was the perfect school,
but when I visited the
place I looked around
and thought, I dont see
anyone here who would
be my friend. So I
came here, instead,
and Ive met a lot of
people who dont look
like me. But theyre all
my friends.
Kathrine Hayes, a senior, discusses
diversity in the Oakland Tribune
story Holy Names University in
Oakland Gets Top Ranking for
Student Diversity.
THE CAMARADERIE OF
WORKING WITH THE OTHER
VOLUNTEERS WAS AMAZING
AND THE POSITIVE REACTIONS
FROM PASSERSBY WAS TRULY
REWARDING. I WOULD DEFINITELY
VOLUNTEER AGAIN!
Michelle Morgan, a senior majoring in liberal studies,
talks about her experience volunteering in a MLK Day
of Service project.
Shes been a loving
companion for Belo and a
year-round animal therapist
for stressed-out students.
If anybody has earned their
retrement, its Madge.
University Librarian
Karen Schneider
is quoted in The
Montclarion news
story on the retire-
ment of Writer-in-
Residence Belo
Ciprianis former
guide dog, Madge.
GENUINE FOLK MUSIC HAS BEEN HANDED
DOWN FROM PARENTS TO CHILDREN, THROUGH
GENERATIONS, AND IT CHANGES, AND EACH TIME
IT CHANGES AND MIGHT DEVELOP SOMETHING
DEEPER, SOME DEEPER MEANING.
Anne Laskey, director of theKodly Center for Music Education,
talks with KQEDabout the centers extensive folk songs archive.
Why did I fght back? I didnt fght for me. I fought for you, I
fought for your kids, I fought for my kids, my kids kids. I
went to Mexico City, and I didnt put my fst in the sky for John
Carlos. I put it up for my kids, my kids kids, and you all right
now todayto have the opportunity to exchange one anothers
ideas and thoughts about how we can make this a better society.
Celebrated civil rights activist and athlete Dr. John Carlos explains to
HNU students why he rose a black-gloved fst in protest against racism
and economic depression after winning a bronze medal at the 1968
Summer Olympics.
Writer-in-Residence
Belo Cipriani poses
with Madge.
Alumni Report
ALUMNI AWARDS CEREMONY HONORS
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY LEADERS
The 40th Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony recognized
faculty and alumni for their service to the University and
community.
This is a milestone
celebration 40 years of
celebrating the achievements
and contributions of Holy
Names faculty and alumni,
said Anne C. Dunlap-Kahren
88, chairperson of the Alumni
Awards Committee. Our
ceremony refects pride in the
achievements that the individuals
being honored tonight have
made; profound gratitude for
their contributions (and) the
legacy that they continue;
and passion for the collective
endeavors of our alumni, faculty,
and students and for the future
direction of this institution that
we hold so dear.
The Faculty Award was
bestowed upon Professor
of Art Robert Simons, MFA.
The award is presented to
a member of the faculty for
outstanding service and
loyalty to the University. Simons joined the Holy Names
community in 1975, and over the years he has taught a variety
of art courses in painting, photography, graphic design,
printmaking, and art history.
It has been a privilege to teach here for all these years,
and I am thankful for a lot of thingsmaybe the most is
that Ive been able to be a perpetual student, Simons said.
Ive been able to be one by being given the opportunity to
develop new courses and to stretch my own abilities.
Holy Names University honored three alumni at the award
ceremony. The alumnus recognized for professional
achievement was Miguel Bustos 93, who serves as senior
vice president and community relations and outreach
director at Wells Fargo Bank. Luis Guerra 02, MBA 04 was
awarded for service to the University. Guerra has worked at
HNU for 30 years and is currently the assistant vice president
for facilities and events. Maria Esperanza Harrington 04
received the Young Alumni Award for enhancing the prestige
of the University. She is co-founder of Casa de Espaol, which
teaches Spanish to children and adults through dynamic
lessons that address students unique learning needs.
Alumna Establishes
Community Farm
Several years ago, Anne Symens-Bucher
82 co-founded Canticle Farm in the
Fruitvale district of Oakland, though she
says in some ways the farm has been
emerging for more than 30 years.
The peace and nonviolence community
includes fve homes that were purchased
through the years with her husband, Terry
Symens-Bucher. Drawing on their social
justice work, the farm is committed to
urban agriculture, healthy food, and
sustainable economies. Those who help
to run the farm also perform service in
the larger neighborhood, says Anne.
What were trying to do here is to
demonstrate that our safety is in our
relationships. Thats just about taking
down fences, sharing and growing food,
greeting people on the street, being
neighbors, said Anne in an Awakin.org
interview. Thats where we get this idea
of change happening one heart, one
home, one block at a time.
For information on Canticle Farm events,
visit canticlefarm.wordpress.com.
Top: Sister Lois MacGillivray
66 presents Miguel Bustos 93
with his award.
Bottom: Luis Guerra 02,
MBA 04 gives his accept-
ance speech.
Interested in mentoring HNU students?
HNU Alumni Mentoring Program is a
LinkedIn group launching this spring that
will connect HNU students with alumni
and faculty, who will mentor students
by providing advice, information, and
support. Learn more at 510.436.1240.
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Jules Glaser, December 30, 2012 (husband of
Barbara Carlin Glaser 47)
Remonda Britton 72, February 4, 2013
Barbara Styles 73, February 4, 2013
Marion E. White Brown 34, February 6, 2013
Jean F. Gaynor, MEd 68, February 7, 2013
Walter E. Ousterman Jr., April 3, 2013 (former
member of the board of directors)
Josephine DiMartino 57, April 12, 2013
Eleanor Bertain Roche 56, April 12, 2013
John Lynn Rosa 93, April 19, 2013
Cliford Bachand, April 20, 2013
(husband of Dorothy Rossick Bachand 47)
Mary Franck Starrs 52, April 24, 2013
John Eugene Jack Neville, May 1, 2013
(brother of Molly Neville, SNJM66)
Miriam Irene Furrer, SNJM, May 14, 2013
(sister of Roberta Mary Furrer, SNJM)
Arrie Lawson, May 14, 2013 (grandmother of
John McCoy, former staf)
Bernice Marlow Chamberlain 64, May 19, 2013
Joseph Monaco, May 25, 2013 (husband of Deborah
Cline-Monaco 63)
Barbara Stark, SNJM65, June 1, 2013
Maureen McCall, SNJM, June 2, 2013 (former staf)
Joyce Day Cliford Blakley 75, June 6, 2013
Richard James 98, June 12, 2013
Nancy Teskey, SNJM68, July 12, 2013 (former staf)
Jeremy Jachim, July 23, 2013 (son of Sandra Jachim95)
Helen Walsh, SNJM53, July 27, 2013
Barbara M. Freese Brethauer Cleary 43, July 28, 2013
Eileen Scanlon Fazio 60, August 10, 2013
Mary Helene Vieira 45, August 13, 2013
I N ME MOR I A M
MARY GILPATRIC RUSSELL 51
took her ninth trip to Ireland last summer
to introduce her grandchildren to Irish
cousins. Traveling with her daughter and
four grandchildren, they covered about
1,400 miles, circumnavigating Northern
Ireland and the Republic. In addition to
family visits, they saw former farmland held
by relatives in County Clare and toured the
National Library of Ireland in Dublin.
DOROTHY (DA) MCGILVARY 60
and her husband, Frank, volunteer at the
Fairbanks Pioneer Home, a senior living
community, by helping with the shopping
and playing games. They also help weekly
at a local food bank, filling orders for people
in need. Active in their Alaskan community,
Dorothy and Frank are members of local
organizations and participate in the choir
at the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church, among other activities. They
vacation in Waikiki, Oahu, each year, and
cruised the Panama Canal last winter.
Between 19 grandchildren, numerous
pastimes, and community functions, they
stay pretty busy, Dorothy says.
ANGELA PIRRONE SANDRI 63 and
her husband, Piero, have been creating wine
with fellow enthusiasts since 1992. Rolling
Bay Winery, co-owned by Piero, won gold
and silver medals in the 2014 San Francisco
Chronicle Wine Competition.
SISTER LOIS MACGILLIVRAY 66, who
served as president of Holy Names College
from 1982 to 1992, is working with Heather
Bullock of the University of California,
Santa Cruz to research the effectiveness
of Project 180/180. The project is working
to house 180 people in Santa Cruz County
who are most in need of shelter, such as the
chronically homeless and mentally ill.
MELINE (ANZALONE) GIANNINI 67
has been making jewelry as a hobby for
more than 15 years. She sells her jewelry at
a local art center in Fallbrook, California,
where she also serves on the board of
directors. Although located in a small,
rural community that lacks parking meters
and one-way streets, the art center hosts
national exhibits several times a year. Her
husband, Phillip, is fulfilling his dream of
purchasing a helicopter after owning a
plane for many years. Melines mother,
Grace Anzalone, turns 100 this year, and
her twin daughter and son are going on
46. All in all, Phil and I are doing very
well, she says. We send greetings to all
my classmates and incredible teachers
remembered with much fondness.
TERRY RUSCOE, MBA 93, founder
of Merced Yosemite Realty, is serving on
the Merced College Foundation Board
of Directors.
JACQUELINE GRIEGO 05 is engaged
and plans to marry in 2015. Many of her
classmates will attend the wedding, includ-
ing bridesmaid Lisamarie Gibson 05, MBA
08. Jacqueline is the assistant director
of alumni relations at Loyola Marymount
University, where she also serves as a wed-
ding coordinator. Jacqueline, who received
the Young Alumni Award in 2011, says she
proudly displays the award in her office.
Submit your class note to alumni@hnu.edu.
How do you feel your HNU education has changed
your life? Your point of view and perspectives?
Te education I received at HNU has changed my life by
instilling certain values and confdence within me.From the
education and experience I gained while attending HNU, I feel
as if I can be a solid contributor on any task given to me.My
education has also taught me, and provided me with the tools,
to step outside my comfort zone and take chances. I have gained
knowledge that has allowed me to think strategically through
diferent processes in both my professional and personal life.
Did HNU infuence your decision to work in local
government?
My choice to work in local government was defnitely
infuenced by attending HNUan institution that is very
involved in community activities.
What made you decide to attend HNU?
HNU ofers a learning environment that allows you to fully
understand and develop the skills that are needed when you
face the job market.I enjoyed the tight-knit community of
students whom I attended school functions with and was able
to work with in study groups and on projects.All students and
instructors at HNU really work together to achieve the common
goal of learning.
What excites you most about HNU?
I am excited by how HNU strives to create a diverse student body.
Who infuenced you the most at HNU?
Te late James Durbin, former chairperson of the Business
Department, had a way of explaining complicated material and
making it understandable for his students.He truly cared about
his students learning the material he presented.
What did you enjoy the most about your time at HNU?
I really enjoyed the relationships I built with fellow students.It
was great how everyone came together to study for tests and
complete complex projects.I also enjoyed the way the instructors
pushed us to be the best we could be and make what seemed
impossible, possible.Te lessons learned during my time at HNU
made it easier to transition from college to my professional career.
How do you see HNU changing in the future?
I see HNU being a place that continues to adapt and produce
students who will be great contributors to society.
What advice would you give to a new student?
Take advantage of every opportunity while at HNU.Volunteer,
try to get internships, do everything you can to get experience in
the employment feld you plan on pursuing. Experience is such a
valuable asset when you leave college and enter the job market.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Ryan DeCoud
BA 06 I MBA 08
Ryan DeCoud earned a bachelors degree in business marketing and a Master of Business Administration, concentrating in management and
leadership, from Holy Names University. DeCoud now works as a contracts specialist in the Purchasing Department of the Alameda County
General Services Agency. The department is responsible for procuring goods and services for all county agencies and departmentsfrom
preparing purchase orders and drafting contracts to conducting competitive bid solicitations.
Patricia A. Cox Gallagher 48, August 20, 2013
Antonia Marie Duldulao 69, August 21, 2013
Francis Paul Peterson, SNJM63, August 29, 2013
Mary Jane Rank 45, September 1, 2013
Patricia A. Younkin Hoover 90, September 4, 2013
Ada Anne Daugherty 51, September 7, 2013
Joan McGinty Bertani 55, September 8, 2013
Mary Ann MacDonald Tomason 41, September 27, 2013
Terese Stark, October 1, 2013
John J. Maykovich, October 9, 2013 (former faculty)
MariAna Sylvia Puebla Fortier 60, October 13, 2013
Margaret Mary Jordan 65, October 20, 2013
Fred Cooper, November 4, 2013 (father of Diane Cooper 70,
PhD, uncle of Peggy Hurley, SNJM76, and Fran Heaton 69)
Lynn Palma Barbagallo Phalan 64, November 12, 2013
Catherine Irene Toeni, SNJM 44, November 13, 2013
Claire Croak Cipriano 40, November 14, 2013
Geraldine Branick Desmond 50, November 19, 2013
Florence Cecilia Weinberger Bossu 39, November 21, 2013
Mary Stryker Lewandowski, December 10, 2013 (mother
of Jim Stryker, faculty)
Linda Luebke 79, December 11, 2013
Dorothy Grace Sunny Lockard McClure Bristol,
December 25, 2013
James Avery, December 31, 2013 (husband of Barbara Avery,
former staf)
Edward O. Lui 72, December 31, 2013
Estelle Margaret Moretti 43, January 2, 2014
Bernice Breen, SNJM62, January 11, 2014
Agnes Kenney Airey 39, January 13, 2014
Joan M. Maloney Filice 50, January 18, 2014
Katherine Agnes Machado Garaventa, January 26, 2014
Kate MAbernathy Crawford 95, January 30, 2014
Mary K. Gunn, February 4, 2014 (mother of Sally Gunn,
SNJM68)
Elaine (Gertrude) Ernst Malone 45, February 10, 2014
Lois Ann Zabriskie 57, MM68, March 10, 2014 (formerly
William Paul, SNJM)
Madalena Martinelli Lerone 46, March 18, 2014
Ann Nunes Coakley 62, March 20, 2014
Mary Lou Rush, March 29, 2014 (mother of Teresa
Rush Woo 85)
Ruth C. Collins Landefeld 56, April 3, 2014
Nancy Zabriski Smith 58, April 6, 2014
Francis Kearney, OSU, April 8, 2014 (sister of June Kearney,
SNJM, former faculty and staf, and Frances Kearney, SNJM63)
HNU fondly remembers longtime friends
and generous supporters of the University
Cynthia Jane Logan
August 27, 2013
Wesley L. Jones
February 10, 2014
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HNU made it easier to transition from
college to my professional career.
Ryan DeCoud 06, MBA 08
HNU Alumnus
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standing in front of the
American Folk Song
Collection at HNU.
HNU RECENTLY hosted numerous events in
appreciation of donors. The fall 2013 reception
for donors was attended by President William
J. Hynes and followed by a concert. During the
Thank-a-Thon in January, students who bene-
ftted from the generosity of recent donors
called them to express their gratitude. The
afternoon of concertos on April 13 included a
presentation by HNUs Anne Laskey and Gail
Needleman. The next donor appreciation
event will take place this fall on November 16.
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KODLY PROGRAM RECEIVES
$75,000 GRANT
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has granted
Holy Names University $75,000. These funds will be used
to update the American Folk Song Collection website
developed by the Universitys Kodly Center for Music
Education. The websiteis the only site with recordings of
traditional folk songs and their transcriptions.
The American Folk Song Collection is a very rare website
that has remained important to its constituency, despite
having a user interface that has not been updated since the
sites creation 10 years ago. We are planning on bringing
critical updates to the site in both its technical structure
and in its content, said Anne Laskey, director of the Kodly
Center for Music Education.
In addition to modernizing the website, the grant funds will
be used to increase the song database from 350 songs to
more than 700 songs. Songs that are underrepresented on
the site will be added, broadening the sites coverage of
geographical regions, ethnic groups, and song typesfor
example, sea chanteys, spirituals, and ballads. New material
will include Spanish songs and songs from the Library of
Congress.
Grant Allows Library to Expand
Information Literacy Services
The Paul J. Cushing Library is one of only
14 institutions nationwide to receive a 2013
Sparks! Ignition Grant for Libraries and
Museums.
The grant, which was awarded by the Institute
of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the
amount of $23,660, supports the develop-
ment of multimedia recordings that provide
information literacy instruction on topics such
as citation management and research.
This is the frst time face-to-face, active-
learning, and digital-learning objects have
been intentionally and programmatically
aligned in an academic library setting,
University Librarian Karen Schneider and
Librarian for Research and Digitization Nicole
Branch said.
IMLS is the primary source of federal support
for the nations 123,000 libraries and 17,500
museums. Through grant making, policy
development, and research, IMLS helps
communities and individuals thrive through
broad public access to knowledge, cultural
heritage, and lifelong learning.
Ever Forward Campaign Update
The Ever Forward Fundraising Campaign
is nearing completion of its quiet phase.
This multi-year sesquicentennial campaign
that commemorates HNUs dedication to
educational service has already garnered
commitments reaching $17.5 million, including
the largest single gift in the history of HNU, $4.6
million for scholarships for students to become
teachers. With this donation, the total raised for
endowed scholarships will reach $6 million and
HNUs endowment will increase to $18 million.
This campaign is renewing and deepening
our commitment to the HNU communityI
can think of no better way to celebrate and
assure the 150-year legacy of the Sisters of Holy
Names, President William J. Hynes said.
During the quiet phase, a number of projects
have been successfully funded, including the
recently launched Nursing Simulation Center.
The center, which provides training to about
200 nursing students annually, helps close the
gap between the classroom and the emergency
room as well as other environments that nurses
encounter in their work. Housed in 3,600 square
feet of new modules, it incorporates patient
simulation rooms, audio/video recording and
monitoring equipment, a skills classroom, con-
ference rooms, as well as seating and storage.
A whole new world is opened to nursing
students when they can practice in a safe,
nonjudgmental setting, said Miki Goodwin,
chairperson of the Department of Nursing.
LUNCHEON CONNECTS DONORS
AND SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
The Holy Names University 2014 Scholarship Luncheon
brought together donors, scholarship recipients, friends,
and staff on February 26.
You, our donors and our scholars, are the most important
gifts for which we give thanks, Sister Carol Sellman said.
Each of you is part of the legacy of Holy Names University.
The stories that connect each of you with HNU are rich and
very diverse.
In addition to a welcome
address by Sr. Carol and
message by President
William J. Hynes, junior
Stephany Cachet gave a
student testimonial on
what drew her to HNU.
Not only did I know that
I was going to receive a
quality education, but
I knew that I was going
to enjoy being part of
the HNU community
as well, said Cachet, a
frst-generation college
student majoring in
biological science. My
stay here so far at Holy
Names has been very
fulflling. My experience
in the classroom has been
phenomenal because my
teachers are committed
to being there for their
students.
The luncheon recognized the late Wesley Jones, who
founded the Jones-Frank Memorial Scholarship with his wife,
Martha Frank-Jones, to honor their parents. Jones was a loyal
supporter of HNU who consistently attended the annual
scholarship luncheon.
Wesley was a wonderful gentleman and a gentle man and
a true friend, Sr. Carol said. We dedicate this luncheon
to him in gratitude for giving fully of himself to Holy Names
University.
Top to bottom: Donors and scholarship recipients
connect at the luncheon.
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conducted by Assistant Professor Anastasia Prentiss and Sister Carol
Sellman. Minor edits have been made for clarity.
What year did you enter the community?
It was January 1947, which means as of January 2013 I have
been in the community for 66 years.
Do you have any special memories of the frst Holy Names
campus on Lake Merritt?
The initial building was built in the late 1800s. The choir loft
was really shaky, and we had always been warnedNot too
many people in the choir loft. Be careful! Guess what was
the last thing standing when they tore the building down?
We have to laugh at those kinds of things.
When you started teaching, did you begin at an
elementary school?
I did. I started at Sacred Heart in Oakland in second grade.
Through my whole career Ive taught elementary, secondary,
and collegefor 44 years altogether!
When did you start teaching at the college?
They transferred me from the high school to the college
in 1967. I went to South America in the summer of 67 to
do some research. I taught summer session at Holy Names
in 68 while still studying for my doctorate, which I received
in 1970.
What did you do while you were in South America?
I was there on a Fulbright Fellowship, but I used it to get
some valuable materials for my doctorate focusing on Latin
American politics. I could read and speak Spanish fairly well
at one timenot any longer! I studied at the University of
Chile in Santiago. The classes were all over the city. It was
most interestinga wonderful experience. That summer
was one of the most exciting times in my life. For expanding
my cultural horizons, it was just unbelievably rich.
Is there something in your past that led to your interest in
political science?
Sister Gertrude Mary was a very far-seeing faculty member
at the college. And she was lining up people to ft with
various social science felds that she wanted to develop at
the college. Thats how it started.
HOLY NAMES Sisters presented an
excerpt of the flm Band of Sisters,
which chronicles the lives of Catholic
nuns after the Second Vatican Council,
to celebrate National Catholic Sisters
Week. At each of the three flm presen-
tations that took place in March, two
Holy Names Sisters described their
own experiences after Vatican II.
SISTER ELIZABETH Liebert, the
SNJM Visiting Scholar for spring
and professor of spiritual life at San
Francisco Theological Seminary,
led a discernment process at HNU
to develop actions that support
the Universitys Strategic Plan. The
process engaged representatives from
different campus constituencies to
ensure that all voices are considered in
the implementation of the plan.
SISTER MARCIA Frideger co-authored
The Glass Ceiling Confronting Non-
Native Speakers, which will be pub-
lished in the Harvard Business Review.
The Journal of Applied Psychology
also published a longer version of the
article in August.
Notes
18 I HNUTODAY
VISITING SISTER EXPLORES WOMENS ROLE IN THE CHURCH
HNU welcomed SNJM Visiting
Scholar, Sister Anne Patrick, PhD, the
week of October 7. Sr. Anne, Emerita
William H. Laird Professor of Religion
and the Liberal Arts at Carleton
College, presented at several
campus events, including What
in Gods Eye (S)he Is: Prospects for
Women in Tomorrows Church.
In her frst presentation, Sr. Anne
explored the role of Holy Names
Sisters throughout history, in
particular the growing commitment
to creative responsibility in place of
obedience. She described how 35
years after the founding of the Sisters
of the Holy Names in Montreal,
Canada, six followers of Sister Rose
Marie Durocher sailed across the
Isthmus of Panama and founded Holy
Names in Oakland in 1868.
Clearly the lives of those Sisters
show that creative responsibility isnt
a brand new virtue, Sr. Anne said.
However, creative responsibility,
or responsibility in general, hasnt
been stressed in Christian ethics
not nearly so much as the virtue of
obedience.
Sr. Anne demonstrated how Sisters
views toward creative responsibility
have changed over the years with
two examples. When Sisters from the
Brooklyn diocese were confronted
with confict in the 1930s, their
consciences were governed by
institutional loyalty and a patriarchal
view of virtue and obedience. But in
the late 1980s in Key West, Florida,
an egalitarian feminist outlook
governed Sisters decisions, she said.
In the latter example, Sisters were no
longer willing to cover for clergy or
accept blame for decisions that were
beyond their control.
Although the present gender
imbalance within the Roman Catholic
Church has been defended by
authorities on theological grounds,
many believers do not fnd the
arguments convincing, and they
regard these as limited human
positions rather than divinely
endorsed realities, Sr. Anne said.
Sr. Annes public lecture focused
on the changing role of women in
the church. She said that there are
disputes about the extent to which
women can image Christ.
Women are told we can and should
imitate Christ, practicing the virtues
and promoting the values of Gods
realm, Sr. Anne said. But for now,
at least, we are considered by offcial
Catholicism, as incapable of acting
in persona Christiof taking on
Christs role of community leader
and celebrant of the sacraments.
Theres a difference of opinion, in
short, of whether women are capable
of being ordained priests, deacons,
and bishops.
SNJM Update
Although the present gender
imbalance within the Roman
Catholic Church has been
defended by authorities on
theological grounds, many
believers do not fnd the
arguments convincing.
Sister Anne Patrick, PhD
Emerita Professor,
Carleton College
Last Word HNU Scenes
Yes I JEANINE PFEIFFER
One young farmer in particular haunts my memory. Tall and
thin, with deep-set eyes and a shock of wavy hair, he wore
fraying clothes and simple rubber fip-fops. After our group
interviews were completed, he approached me carrying a
length of cloth clutched to his chest.
As I watched him draw near, my heart sank. I hadnt brought
much money with me to the feld, and I had no means of
replenishing my cash supply until we few to another island
with working ATMs.
Mau beliwould you like to buy this? he gently petitioned me.
Terima kasihthank you, but no, I said, regretfully. After
all the woven cloths gifted to me in the village, I really didnt
need any more.
The farmer and his friend stretched out the cloth between
them: it was several meters long, made of soft, locally-grown
cotton dyed into deep blue-and-black stripes, alternating
with a geometric pattern in the traditional hues of red, black,
and turmeric-yellow.
Lihat, bulook at it, he pleaded.
Bagus sekaliits really well made, I affrmed, stroking
the gorgeously woven cotton with both hands. But it was
too much cloth for too much money: one million rupiah,
which would have wiped me out monetarily for the fore-
seeable future. I had no idea what I would do with such a
long stretch of cloth if I took it home. So I smiled again and
declined the offer.
The farmer didnt give up. There was too much at stake.
Although he didnt ask me again directly, he hovered close
by, holding the cloth, telling me how his wife had spent over
a month to weave it on her loom.
He must have shadowed me for hours.
Finally I relentedwhen was I ever going to be in this corner
of the world again? And it was only a hundred dollars. I could
make it work.
After I handed over the money, that farmers face trans-
formed into such pure, relieved happiness that he glowed.
HNUS longstanding
commitment to the
common good is
evident in this early
1960s photo of stu-
dents collecting
funds for the United
Nations Childrens
Fund (UNICEF) from
Sister M. Madeleine
Rose Ashton. UNICEF
is a humanitarian
aid and emergency
relief organization
for children.
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an HNU scene, whether
historical or modern,
that you think should be
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Helping
the Worlds
Children
Dr. Jeanine Pfeiffer is an ethnoecologist and teaches environmental
science classes for San Jose State University.
Yes and Changed are excerpts of submissions to Between the Lines, HNUs new online literary journal that
publishes creative nonfction and poetry with political and social themes. Writer-in-Residence Belo Cipriani
serves as the journals editor-in-chief, Michelle Morgan is the prose editor, and Andrew Taw is the poetry editor.
Lauryn Barbosa is a sophomore in the nursing program at Holy
Names University.
20 I HNUTODAY
Changed
By Lauryn Barbosa
A better tomorrow in mind
Hope for a better future
Each nail we fasten, each board we grind
Reveals a land full of everything but sorrow
Smiling faces, joyful sounds
Poverty stricken but as loving as any true family
Tis little town that is oh so profound
Started in our hearts a rally
We seek to show the love of Jesus
Unconditional, unending, unyielding
Merely a small act performed by us
Experience we will until eternity be treasuring
We came to change Tutwiler, Mississippi
But Tutwiler has changed us undoubtedly
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