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Marygrove Matters, the College’s bi-monthly newsletter, is published by the Communications and Marketing Department and reports events oncampus, news and other information regarding students, faculty and staff. The next issue is scheduled for September 5. Copy is due by August 30.Please e-mail your information to Rahee@marygrove.edu. • Marygrove College • 8425 W. McNichols Rd., Detroit, MI 48221

The Marygrove College Newsletter Volume 66 ❚ number 70 ❚ may 2, 2006M A T T E R SM A T T E R SM A T T E R SM A T T E R S

LookingAhead

“There is an appointed time foreverything, and a time for everyaffair under the heavens.”Ecclesiastes 3:1-2

1998 was the time for me to plant

myself in Detroit to begin a new

phase of my career and professional

life. Now the time has come for me

to leave the Marygrove College stage

and begin service to the community

in a different way.

I came to the College full of antici-

pation, energy, and ideas. I met

wonderful colleagues and engaged

in rewarding work. I believe that the

values of the College, as shaped by

the IHM Sisters, have been responsible

for creating an environment of hope

and faith. Marygrove is a place

where opportunity is more than a

word; it is the reality of everyday life

for so many members of the

community.

I leave knowing that my debt is

great. I am indebted to so many

who have provided numerous

opportunities for me. Opportunities

to learn and grow in ways that I

could not have imagined in 1998: to

make friends, to travel the globe, to

know more about myself, to impact

the lives of other members of the

community. I am indebted to those

students who have been grateful for

their education and thanked me for

their success. I am indebted to the

staff who have worked each day to

make our mission of service come

alive. I am indebted to the faculty

who strive each day to bring knowl-

edge and understanding to

everyone that they encounter.

I leave Marygrove College with a

strong belief that it will thrive and

become even more significant in the

metropolitan Detroit region than

ever before. I leave thanking you for

all that you have done and will do to

ensure that a Marygrove College

education is a liberating experience

for the students and a process for

fostering justice in the community.

Glenda D. Price

NewAccreditationWeb Page NowUp and Running

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Monday, April 10-Friday, May 12The Paintings of Stephanie SarisLiberal Arts Building, Beyond WordsGallery

Wednesday, May 3Employee Recognition Day 3:30 p.m.Madame Cadillac Building, Alumni HallContact Anne Johnson,ajohnson@marygrove.edu or 313-927-1209

Saturday, May 6Marygrove Clean-Up9 a.m.-12 p.m.The CampusContact Elishama Ross, 313-927-1572or eross@marygrove.edu

Saturday, May 6Planting Marygrove’s GardenAgainst Hunger9 a.m.-12 p.m.Meet in front of Madame CadillacBuildingContact Jesse Cox, 313-927-1404 orjcox@marygrove.edu

Tuesday, May 9Marygrove Community’s Farewellto Dr. Glenda Price3-5 p.m.Outside Madame CadillacContact Maureen Leonard, 313-927-1308 or mleonard@marygrove.edu

Thursday, May 11BACCALAUREATE MASS7 p.m.Liberal Arts Building, Sacred Heart ChapelContact Jesse Cox, 313-927-1404 orjcox@marygrove.edu

Saturday, May 13COMMENCEMENT1 p.m.Greater Grace Temple, Detroit

Thursday, June 8Public Retirement Party for Dr.Glenda Price6-9 p.m.Outside Madame CadillacContact Jo Ann Cusmano, 313-927-1434 or jcusmano@marygrove.edu

E v e r y o n e ’ s I n v i t e d !

Faculty, staff, students, alumni and ourIHM sponsors are all invited to cele-brate Dr. Glenda Price’s impendingretirement at a Garden Party onTuesday, May 9, from 3 till 6 p.m. infront of the Madame Cadillac Building.Light refreshments will be served.

As she bids us all farewell, Dr. Priceleaves a beautiful remembrance of hereight years at Marygrove with the Dr.Glenda D. Price Garden between theLiberal Arts and Madame CadillacBuildings. This gorgeous addition tothe landscape of Marygrove will be an

ever-present salute to the faculty, staff,students, alums and IHMs whom Dr. Price has encountered during herpresidency.

Please come as we dedicate the newgarden and wish her a long, healthyand happy retirement.

For more information, contact MaureenLeonard, 313-927-1308 ormleonard@marygrove.edu.

A public retirement celebration willtake place on Thursday, June 8, at 6p.m. If you’d like more information,please contact Janet Kuras, 313-927-1436 or jkuras@marygrove.edu.

Help Beautify Marygrove’s CampusBeginning on at 9 a.m. May 6, Marygrove alumni, faculty, staff and students willspruce up the campus for a couple major campus events: Dr. Glenda Price’s retirementparty on May 9 and graduation on May 13. We will clean out flowerbeds, plant LOTSof flowers, rake leaves and grass, pick up trash and prepare the urban garden forplanting.

The schedule includes clean-up and planting from 9 a.m. until noon followed by anhour to admire our work and have lunch. For more information or to volunteer,contact Elishama Ross at 313-927-1572 or eross@marygrove.edu by the close of business today, May 2.Continues on back

Marygrove is Busy This Saturday!

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Accreditation Team in theWindy City . . .A contingent from the MarygroveCollege Accreditation SteeringCommittee visited Chicago in earlyApril to attend a conference onaccreditation as part of thecollege’s on-going self-study.Pictured from the left are Dr. DonaldLevin, associate professor of Englishand project co-chair; Dr. DonaldRizzo, professor of biology and chairof the science and mathematicsdepartment; Dr. David Fike, provostand president-elect of Marygrove;Johnesa Dimicks, director of institu-tional research and assessment andproject co-chair; Dr. Steven Scribner,associate professor of chemistry anddirector of the Honors Program; andDr. Allan Cook, assistant professor ofEnglish. Not pictured is the photog-rapher, Dr. Thomas Klug, assistantprovost, associate professor ofhistory, and director of the Institutefor Detroit Studies. Dean ofEnrollment Services Sally Janecek,who leads another criteria team,attended last year’s conference.

Wondering what is this thing calledaccreditation? Questions aboutcriteria? Desperately seeking theSteering Committee?

Then you need to check out the newweb site for the Marygrove CollegeAccreditation Project, now online athttp://www.marygrove.edu/nca andaccessible from the Quick Links box on the College home page. The website will be your main source for information as the accreditationproject moves toward our site visitscheduled for March 25-28, 2007.This web site has continually updatedpages on the entire self-study process,the different criteria we’re using, theproject’s steering committee andmembers of the self-study teams, and,when it’s ready, the actual self-studyreport that the school will produce.

Check it often, and all your accredita-tion questions will be answered!

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Marygrove to GrowFood for NeedyNeighborsOn Saturday, May 6, Marygrove will beplanting our second annual GardenAgainst Hunger. Last year, we raisedtomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini,squash, watermelons, hot peppers,cucumbers, beans and carrots. Thisyear, we’d like to get an earlier start sowe are asking everyone interested tohelp with the planting from 9 a.m. tonoon. Please meet at 9 a.m. in front ofthe Madame Cadillac Building. If you’dlike to donate seedlings to be plantedin the garden, please bring your dona-tions the first week of May to CampusMinistry, Student Center Room 229. Weespecially need seedlings for tomatoes,bell peppers and hot peppers, carrotsand broccoli. We’ll grow everythingelse from seeds.

We also need help watering andweeding throughout the summer. Justas last year, the proceeds of the gardenwill be donated to Forgotten Harvestwho, in turn, will donate the food to thepoor and hungry. If you are interestedin helping in anyway, contact Jesse Cox,Campus Ministry, at 313-927-1404 orjcox@marygrove.edu. Please come outand help us cultivate an organic gardenand feed the hungry. Green thumbsnot a requirement!

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Marygrove is Busy This Saturday! Dr. Vivian Johnson, associate

professor of Education, made apresentation at the AmericanEducational Research AssociationConference held in San Francisco,April 9-12. Dr. Johnson’s research,“Urban Adolescents & Pre-Service/In-Service TeachersLiterature Choices,” examined thedisparity between what adoles-cents and teachers considerengaging literature, and the impli-cations for classroom teachers.

Dr. Loretta G. Woodard,associate professor of English,has been included in theMontclair 2006-2007 registry ofWho's Who in Collegiate Faculty forher commitment to and influenceon teaching. She has also beeninvited to serve on the Board ofDirectors of Little Scholars ofDetroit, a nonprofit organizationcommitted to the individualneeds of young people.

Faculty Awards ‘06-‘07Sabbaticals:Dr. Jeanne AndreoliWinter ‘07, to continue develop-ment of innovative approaches toteaching science and preparepractices/research for publication

James KaragonFall ‘06, to publish results ofresearch on the impact onstudents of involvement inHIV/AIDS outreach servicelearning experiences

Junior Faculty:Dr. Catherine Orban3-credit course load reduction tostudy feminist ethics in correc-tional organizations

CIP:Drs. Jeanne Andreoli and DonRizzo Summer stipend todevelop a two-semester biologysequence for the IntegratedScience program and for biologymajors

Drs. Jana Abolins, KenWilliams and Sr. MarylynRussSummer stipend to develop acourse to address the needs ofstudents taking the MTTC BasicMath Skill test

Dr. Karen Davis Summer stipend for materials tocreate lesson plans that adaptHumanities for elementary andsecondary pupils

STICBlackboardSummerInstitute2006Do you wish that you had a blockof time to work on convertingyour present courses to an onlineformat? Would you like to workalongside people who can helpyou every step of the way? Wouldyou like to discuss issues relatedto online pedagogy with facultyfacing similar situations?

This two-day intensive programwill give you the skills and confi-dence you need to develop inter-active courses in Blackboard intime for the next academic year.

INSTRUCTION SCHEDULEDateTuesday and Wednesday, May 23 and 24, or Wednesday and Thursday, August 23 and 24

Times9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (both days)

LocationSTIC Rm. L012

Contact Jennifer Meacham, 313-927-1554 orjmeacham@marygrove.eduorLinda Brawner, 313-927-1846 orlbrawner@marygrove.edu, to reserve your space.

Summer 2006Important DatesMay 11 Baccalaureate and Gala

May 13 Commencement

May 15 Summer Classes Begin*

May 15 - 22 Late Registration ($100 fee)

May 15 - 22 Add/Drop Period

June 24 Session I Ends

June 24 Graduation Application Due

June 26 Session II Begins

July 4 Holiday

August 5 Official End of Semester

September 5 Start of Fall Semester

*Tuition due in full by the end of the first week of the course session.

SSttuuddeenntt--AAtthhlleetteess EEaarrnn VVaarrssiittyy LLeetttteerrssThe Mustang Athletic Departmentawarded varsity letters to 18 student-athletes for their participation in men’sand women’s basketball during the 2005-06 season. The Mustangs had seven first-time letter winners. To earn a varsityletter, a student-athlete must play in 50percent of the team’s scheduled gamesduring the season. Below is a list of the2005-06 Mustang letter winners (careerletters earned).Women’s Basketball

Tiffany Burt, SR (2)

Shanaye Davis, FR (1)

Amanda DeGain, JR (3)

Brianna Glasscox, SR (1)

Brittany Smith, JR (3)

Jessica Taeckens, SO (2)

Men’s Basketball

Anthony Acho, FR (1)

Marques Barton, JR (3)

Emuel Billings, JR (3)

LaGary Brundidge, SO (2)

James Carelock, JR (1)

Bassey Ekanem, FR (1)

Darryl Gay, JR (3)

Michael Hawkes, SO (2)

Donne Jones, JR (3)

Stefan Kalabat, FR (1)

David Lewandowski, FR (1)

David Stephens, SR (2)

Happy Summer!As we come to the end of the academicyear, the staff of Marygrove Matterswishes to thank you for sending us yournews and feature items to make it thepopular campus-wide publication that itis. Each edition of Marygrove Matters isgrabbed up the moment it’s published.Please look for the next MarygroveMatters on Tuesday, September 5.

In the meantime, we invite your input tomake it an even better publication. Whattypes of stories would you like to read?How can Marygrove Matters better meetyour need to know what’s going on?Would you read Marygrove Matters inelectronic format? Send your sugges-tions to Renée Ahee, 313-927-1446 orrahee@marygrove.edu.

Have a safe and wonderful summer!

Hurray!Hurray! 28 Graduate with Honors

Jeanette Agnello

Sheilah Alinga

Linda Arnold

Jeffery Ashmore

Bernadette Bastien

Twyla Branch

Adam Byrd

Meridith Cervenak

Jennifer Cooper

Valorie Evans

Ester Harrell

Mariama Jenkins-Spann

Tsvetomila Kachovska

Jody Kelley

Zakiya Knighten

Dorothy Luxton-Stewart

Anthony Madison

Robin Mathiea

VieAnna Mattox

Mary McCullough

Diane Newman

Angela Pope

Sylvie Ramde

Qiana Rivers

Caroline Spencer

Priscilla Wallace

Eileen Wiggins

Distinguished StudentJeffery Ashmore

Honors Program GraduatesLaToya Jackson

VieAnna Mattox