Those students’ names plus others receiving recognitions or
participating in significant initiatives earlier this year are listed
below:
Honors Convocation recognitions
Samuel Cardinal Stritch Service Award: Zara Nehls, Trevor Rees
In
honor of Milwaukee’s former Archbishop who improved the lives of
countless people of all races and religions and encouraged the Sisters
of St. Francis of Assisi to found the University, this award is for a
graduating senior enrolled in the traditionally taught undergraduate
programs.
Sister Camille Kliebhan Service Award: Corey Loeffelholz
Named
after Cardinal Stritch University’s former president whose leadership
helped bring about the College of Business and Management in 1982, this
award is for students enrolled in undergraduate programs in CBM.
Multicultural Image Award: Edward O'Neil
This
award recognizes and encourages student commitment to multicultural
issues and efforts toward building an inclusive society and/or campus
community.
Dr. Robert Flahive Essay Award: Luz A. Cruz
In
honor of Cardinal Stritch University’s former senior vice president,
whose leadership embodied Franciscan values, this award is open to all
Stritch students who submit an essay which is focused on a different
Franciscan value each year.
Pace Bene Award: Kwabea Agbley
Named after the
Italian expression “Peace and all good,” this award goes to a person who
by their everyday words and actions recognizes the goodness and dignity
in everyone, incorporates Stritch’s mission into their personal
spiritual and faith life, actively expresses their faith in daily life,
and contributes to the spiritual or faith life of the campus.
Sister Joanne Marie Kliebhan Service Award
College of Arts and Sciences: Stephanie King, Theresa Pardoe
College of Nursing: Mary Fergal
College of Education and Leadership: Katherine Pogorelec
College of Business and Management: Christina Taber
Faculty of the Year: Daryl Webb, assistant professor of history
Staff of the Year: Sean Lybeck-Smoak, director of vocational programs and experiential learning
2012-13 Student Government Association Executive Board Members:
President: Stephanie Coker
Vice President of Legislative Assembly: Steven Thomas
Vice President of Clubs and Organizations: Ian Blankenmeyer
Vice President of Communications: Jonelle Ludin
Vice President of Finance: Richard Turnquist
Vice President of Programming: Savanna Kraemer
Who’s Who
The following Cardinal Stritch University students were accepted into
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for the
2011-12 academic year:
Rachel Babiak
Sampson Kwabina Boham
Danielle Ladzekpo
Zara Nehls
Kristen Stodola
Departmental Honors
These students held the highest G.P.A. in major-specific courses for those graduating in May 2012 or December 2011:
College of Arts and Sciences
Accounting: Navjot Singh
Biology: Kayla Chapman
Chemistry: Jeff West
Communication Arts: Trevor Rees
Computer Science: William Hildenbrand
English: Kevin Berres
Graphic Design: Catherine Feldkamp
History: Ashley Zdrojewski
Mathematics: Ashley Billo
Music: Jerod Reetz
Photography: Catherine Feldkamp
Psychology: Madeleine Swart
Religious Studies: Aaron Franczek
Sociology: Zara Nehls
Spanish: Catherine Scaffidi
Sport Management: Jennifer Piotrowski
Theater Arts: Trevor Rees
Writing: Melissa Brander
College of Education and Leadership
Early Childhood Completion: Paul Friedrich
Elementary Education: Stacy Chapman, Alice Weinshrott
Secondary Education: Catherine Scaffidi
Ruth S. Coleman College of Nursing
ADN: Amy Croatt
BSN: Abigail Tushaus
College of Business and Management
Milwaukee Region:
ASB: Kerry Anderson
BSBA: Corey Loeffelholz
BSMIS: Barbara Bartz
Madison Region:
ASB: Karen Hanson
BSBA: Robert Pavlik
BSM: Kelly Lewis
Minnesota Region:
ASB: Paul Mara
BSBA: Kathleen Kingen
BSM: Michael Golden
Scholar Athletes
Baseball
Phil Cook
Troy Engibous
Nathaniel Friday
Russell Herberg
Men’s Basketball
Navjot Singh
Derek Woelffer
Men’s Cross Country
Trevor Rees
Ryan Treviranus
Shawn Wagner
Men’s Soccer
Sessie Agbley
Gustavo Esquivel
David Szymanski
Men’s Volleyball
Aloalii Tauaese
Softball
Brooke Jancik
Kayla Schlegel
Megan Weber
Leandra Zdrojewski
Women’s Basketball
Janelle Bagneski
Kayla Chapman
Lisa Lawrence
Caitlin Mize
Women’s Cross Country
Sally Fullard
Brittany Suleski
Women’s Soccer
Ashley Billo
Brenda Hernandez
Lynn Podkomorski
Sarah Potochich
Kari Schramer
Women’s Volleyball
Alyssa Ahmad
Anna Flock
Shannon Petrack
Student Community Recognitions
Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
In
March, the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies presented
a Paper Recognition Award to political science major Stephanie Coker
and sociology major Tom Rabbit for their paper “The Battle Between
Restorative Justice and Retributive Justice.” The award included a cash
prize and an official certificate. The two presented their paper at the
organization’s annual student conference.
For about two decades, Cardinal Stritch University’s membership with
the non-partisan Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies has
connected students with opportunities to explore foreign policy, global
areas of conflict, intercultural communication, gender relations, and
environmental sustainability. The institute is a consortium of 21
private and public colleges and universities “dedicated to enriching
academic and public discourse on issues of peace and conflict.”
Some past Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies award winners from Stritch include:
Dan DiDomizio, 2005 Dick Ringler Distinguished Peace Educator Award
Cina Chang, 2010 student award
Kimberly Meyer, 2009 student award
Ronald Kabaale, 2009 student award
Kyle Bowman, 2005 student award
Lars Gloessner, 2004 student award
Milwaukee Press Club
Six
Communication Arts students from Cardinal Stritch University were
honored for their work in audio and television journalism and production
by the Milwaukee Press Club at the 82nd Annual Gridiron Awards Dinner
on Friday, May 18.
Shaina Summerville won the bronze Excellence in Journalism Award in
the collegiate category of Best Radio Feature Story for her audio feature on apple picking. This story was produced in the CA221 Audio Journalism class in Fall 2011 and aired on Radio Lobo.
A group of students in the Television Reporting, Writing and Producing class from the 2011 Fall semester produced a web show, Celebrate the Holidays Milwaukee Style,
for WISN.com. This show, produced by Collin Hartman, Edward O’Neill,
Skyla Rice, Srijan Sen and Jessica Brown, won the bronze Excellence in
Journalism Award in the Best Television Program or Special category.
The awards competition was open to work originated and published,
broadcast or posted online in Wisconsin by college students during 2011.
Service & Travel
Franciscan pilgrimage
Eight Stritch students returned to class this week with fresh perspectives and deeper insights after their pilgrimage experience during winter break.
Each year, the University chooses a group of students to travel to
Italy for a Franciscan Leadership Pilgrimage to visit several sites that
hold significance in the lives of Sts. Francis and Clare. The
experience includes time for reflection, study, conversation, leisure,
and visits to sacred Franciscan places in Assisi and Rome. The latest
pilgrims join more than 100 previous employees and students of Stritch
who have gone on pilgrimages for more than a decade as part of Stritch
groups.
This year's student pilgrims included: Jessica Brown, Shabreka
Chapman, Stacy Chapman, Cathy Feldkamp, Anna Flock, George Ghassan,
Monica Kling, and Ryan Treviranus.
Several of the students shared reflections of their experience:
"Honestly, the pilgrimage was the best gift anyone could have ever
given me. …Before leaving, I was told by everyone who had gone in the
past to go into the pilgrimage without any expectations. As hard as this
was, I did just this. I went in expecting nothing and received so much
in return! I received peace of mind, the grace of God, the love of
friendship, and so much more (including sore feet and a cold – which
were well worth it!). The pilgrimage just seems to free you from all of
your burdens. You think less and less about yourself and more about the
life of Francis and those around you. You begin to see things in a
different light and see others in a whole new way. No words can truly
describe the overwhelming love you have for life and for others." –
Stacy Chapman
"The pilgrimage is an experience that you can't prepare yourself for.
It will change you in ways that you don't expect. For me, I felt like I
was changed as much by all of the great people I met more than the
places I visited. The group of 38 students from across the country that I
was a part of became a family to me, and will be for the rest of my
life. God spoke to me through places, people, and sometimes even myself
and for that I am so grateful for the opportunity." – Monica Kling
"I went into this trip thinking I was going to have this epiphany or
enlightening moment. I heard from friends who were past pilgrims that
their experience was beyond description. When I got to Italy and met
students from schools all over the United States we immediately
connected. As we got closer to the end of the pilgrimage I thought I
hadn't had that one spectacular moment yet. But on the last day when I
was saying goodbye to the other pilgrims I realized that it wasn't about
one moment. It was about these people and us being where St. Francis
committed such amazing deeds. I learned a lot from these complete
strangers in only 10 days and I am grateful for that and the experience.
Father Jim told us that we were meant to be a part of the pilgrimage
this year. Not last year or next year but this year. I understand now
why he said that because I had the experience of a lifetime with the
places I went along with the people I met." – Ryan Treviranus
Tanzania Service-Immersion Trip
In May, a group
from Cardinal Stritch University traveled to Tanzania to learn about the
Tanzanian culture and provide service to those in need. Alumnus Father
Tim Coday directs the CPPS Mission Project in Dodoma, Tanzania, and
hosts the bi-annual Stritch groups who travel to Tanzania. The CPPS
ministry provides fresh, clean drinking water to remote villages through
the installation of wells and windmill pump systems. Recently, the
project also opened St. Gaspar’s Primary School, which will be educating
1,000 children. The Stritch students spent the year fundraising to
travel to Tanzania to help install a clean water system for the Rhema
Foundation Education Centre, a preschool that serves AIDS orphans and
HIV/AIDS positive children.
The 2012 participants included: Aaron Franczek, Collin Hartman,
Monica Kling, Sarah Meleski, Claire Pattison, Amanda Schmidt, Becca
Scholz, Alyssa Stuiber, Becky Thorn, Ryan Treviranus, Gracie Ventura
Haas, Marcie Weiss, Jenny White, Robert Bhatia, Jill Braasch, Jenni
Herrick and Laine Philippa. Visit their group blog at http://www.tanzaniaservice.blogspot.com/.
Spring Break trip to New Orleans
During spring
break, a group of students traveled to New Orleans, which continues to
recover seven years after Hurricane Katrina. Among their projects during
the week, they helped in an effort to recycle Mardi Gras beads.
Spanish Club trip to Miami
The Miami Herald covered one of the service projects the Spanish Club participated in during their June trip: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/06/2836572/birthday-party-held-for-miamis.html
Additional information and a photo from their trip can be found in the Summer issue of Stritch Magazine.