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STUDENT LEADERS INSTALLEDOn Sunday, March 19 at the 11:00 a.m. Mass, the Rev. Sean Hogan, C.S.Sp.officiated the installation of the new Student Government Association leaders.University and Student Life administrators, former SGA Executive Board members,and family members were in attendance. The new SGA Executive Board, picturedleft to right, includes VP of Communications Colleen McDonough, VP of AcademicsJillian Giles, President Ralph Gigliotti, VP of Student Life Katie Judge, and VP ofFinance Allison Campbell.

Congratulations to the executive board and all of our new Student

Government Senators:

Brian AndersonPhillip BascianoErnest BlackwellMichael BertigIan BrownNicholas CampbellGretchen ChardosKristen DominikSteve DozierAmy DudashChristopher Federinko

ISO CELEBRATES25 YEARS of DIVERSITYThe International Student Organization (IS0) celebratedits 25th anniversary this year during Duquesne’s annualInternational Week, April 2–6. Founded in 1981 by theRev. Sean Hogan, C.S.Sp., the group strives to promoteunderstanding between and among international andAmerican students, and also assists internationalstudents academically, socially and spiritually. Thehighlight of the week was ISO Night which celebrated“25 Years of Cultural Reflections.” The global extrava-ganza featured a complimentary dinner, an internationalfashion show, and ethnic performances by ISO mem-bers. Hundreds of faculty, staff and students joinedthe celebration.

DU Undergoing MIDDLESTATES ACCREDITATIONDuquesne University is preparing for and ultimately willreceive a visit for accreditation from the Commission onHigher Education of the Middle States Association. Theaccreditation process begins with an institutional self-study. The self-study is prepared by the University and,through the collection of data, the University assessesits strengths and addresses recommendations forimprovements. Every segment of the University will bereviewed – from academics to student life, from theMission to educational offerings, from student learningto administration and leadership. Accreditation isimportant for maintaining University standards and thequality of education Duquesne offers its students. Inaddition, the Federal government requires that aninstitution be accredited by a nationally recognizedaccrediting organization in order for its students to beeligible to participate in the Student Assistance Pro-grams in Title IV of the Higher Education Act.

Jari HaileErin HenlyshynRyan HerbinkoKelly HoreinErica JohnsonDerek JonesNancy KablackAndrea KomaneckyAmanda MackPatrick ManchesterAllison Murtha

Christopher NewinghamMatthew NewinghamElena NolaLaura PaterraRegis RyanBrad SchamingMario SenecaMeghan WallaceAdam WasilkoRyan Witte

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Orientation 2006GOES HOLLYWOODThe theme for Orientation 2006, Set YourScene, was officially announced at the firstteam leader meeting on March 20. As so manyhave done already, the new Class of 2010 willbe prepared to “set their scene” at DuquesneUniversity. During Orientation week, Aug. 22-27, A-Walk will be turned into a Walk of Fameand the Union Ballroom will be transformedinto a VIP Lounge.

RING BLESSINGCEREMONYA new campus tradition has begun!The Division of Student Life hostedthe First Annual Duquesne RingBlessing Ceremony on Wednesday,March 22 in the Chapel. One hundredmembers of the Duquesne commu-nity participated in the special event in which the Spiritan fathers blessed each of the attendee’sDuquesne ring. Students were reminded of the significance of their ring as a symbol of theirlifelong connection to the Duquesne family.

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SIGMA KAPPA SororityThe Panhellenic Council is looking forward to the addition ofthe Duquesne University chapter of Sigma Kappa Sororityas its seventh member group. For more than a century,Sigma Kappa has worked nationally to unite its members ina bond of sincere friendship for the development ofcharacter and the promotion of social, spiritual and intellec-tual culture. Since colonization week in early February, newmembers have been working hard with national consult-ants, Pam Mosher and Mary Hayes, in leadership trainingworkshops and sisterhood retreats. On Saturday, April 22,new members will be officially initiated in a closed ritualevent, and the chapter’s installation banquet will take placeApril 23, officially marking its addition to the PanhellenicCouncil and Duquesne’s Greek community.

DUQUESNE NamedOne of Nation’sMOST CONNECTEDCAMPUSESFor the second straight year, Duquesne wasnamed to The Princeton Review’s “MostConnected Campuses” list. The 25-member list,which has been compiled for three years, is aresult of a Princeton Review national survey to

find the U.S. colleges and universities offeringthe most cutting-edge technology. Criteriainclude the breadth of the computer sciencecurriculum; the sophistication of campustechnology, including streaming media ofclasses and extracurricular offerings; availabilityof school-owned digital cameras and equip-ment for student use; support for handheldcomputing, and wireless Internet access oncampus.

Duquesne University Wireless Coverage Map

Duquesne’s secure wireless network, DuqNet,has been expanded. Launched last fall, thenetwork now covers nearly all the green spaceslining Academic Walk, including AssumptionCommons and the plaza between Rockwell Hall,Rangos and Old Main. Gumberg Library, the LawSchool and the Duquesne Union are also wireless.To connect in these locations, students need onlyto open their laptops, insert a wireless card, andturn on their machines. It’s that simple!

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PITTSBURGH PLUNGEDuring the last weekend in March seven Duquesne University studentsparticipated in a pilot program for a Cross-Cultural Service Immersionexperience called the Pittsburgh Plunge. The program provided students with the opportunity to be immersed in the South Pittsburgh Hilltopneighborhoods of Allentown, Arlington, Beltzhoover, and others. The group slept in a local church, toured the communities, discussed communityassets and needs with community organizers and members, and were involved in several service opportunities, including a clean-up organized bythe Allentown Concerned Citizens group. Students also engaged in reflective dialogues and activities focusing on community mapping and the roleof students and university in the community.

This innovative program was a joint effort of DUV, the Office of Service-Learning, and Spiritan Campus Ministry. All of the students who partici-pated have pledged to aide in the development of a longer, more intensive experience for the 2006-07 Academic Year. If you would like moreinformation about the Pittsburgh Plunge, please contact the DUV Office at X5853.

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AND THEWINNER IS... DORIAfter collecting 640 name ideas, narrowing it down to six finalists andcounting 576 votes, Duquesne selected DORI as its new Web portal.DORI stands for Duquesne Online Resources & Information. It alsoreflects the idea of a portal as a “door” opening to a wealth ofinformation, news and resources. DORI will expand our onlinecommunity, connecting users to each other through online tools andresources that will help us all work and study more effectively.

A clear favorite with 151 votes, DORI was submitted by ElaineStudnicki, a graduate student from the School of Education’s distance-based doctoral program in instructional technology. “The onlinefeatures of Blackboard give me a sense of community withDuquesne,” she said. “When I thought of what we needed—resources and information—and what we are—online—I just cameup with DORI,” she said.

Thanks to everyone who participated. Please checkwww.webcentral.duq.edu to learn more about the communicationtools and features that will be part of DORI.

KEEPING Students SAFESafety of students and employees is a priority for Duquesne. Andbecause Duquesne University is part of the city of Pittsburgh, wemaintain an ongoing dialogue with local law enforcement agenciesabout personal safety, crime prevention and protection of ourstudents when they travel off campus.

Discussions have taken place with Pittsburgh officials to installsecurity cameras on the city steps that lead from Second Avenue toBluff Street. The University is hoping to have approval within a fewweeks. Although the steps and sidewalks are public property, theyare used by many Duquesne students for convenient access to andfrom campus. If approved by the city, the addition of securitycameras would provide an additional layer of safety to students whouse the steps.

Campus EmergencyNumber:

412.396.4747

Off CampusEmergency

Number: 911

SPRING CLEAN-UPSpring Clean-Up, scheduled for Saturday, April 22, is anannual event where students, faculty and staff joinmembers of the surrounding communities to engage in amassive clean-up effort. Spiritan Campus Ministry (SCM)has been organizing this event for nearly two decades.This year DUV, along with several other organizations andclasses, including Dr. Evan Stoddard’s Honors seminarUniversity and the Community, is teaming with SCM toexpand this event and encourage even greater involve-ment of the community. The clean-up will focus on theneighborhoods of Uptown, Hill District, and South Side.One particular goal of this year’s event is to promotegreater participation by University staff and faculty. If youwould like to organize a team or come as an individual,please email dimaggi171@duq.edu.

Mayor Bob O’Connor recently announced a city-wideclean-up initiative in anticipation of several high profilePittsburgh events, including the Major League All-StarsBaseball Game. Spring Clean-up will be a nice beginningto this comprehensive effort.

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BREAKSGROUNDON FORBESAVENUEPROJECTOn March 14, Duquesne Universitybroke ground for a 125,000-square-footmulti-purpose recreation center onForbes Avenue. The building is the firststage of a mixed-use development,which will serve both the campuscommunity and the Uptown neighbor-hood. The recreational facility, ex-pected to be completed by the end of2007, will include basketball andracquetball courts, and deck hockey.Other areas will house cardio-fitnessfacilities, locker rooms, exercise anddance studios, a ballroom, a kitchenand roof-top deck. A Barnes and NobleBooksellers, a restaurant and otherretail space are slated for the groundfloor of the complex. A pedestrianbridge over Forbes Avenue willconnect both sides of campus.

This page and the next page:Artist’s renderings ofDuquesne University’snew Mulitpurpose Building.

THEN AND NOW

2006 Recreational Facility Groundbreaking. Pictured left to right are the Rev. SeanHogan, C.S.Sp., SGA President Ralph Gigliotti, University President Charles Dougherty,Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O’Connor, and the Rev. Tim Hickey, C.S.Sp.

1957 Rockwell Hall Construction.

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DUsceneAMA HASPASSIONFOR FASHIONBusiness faculty and students strutted their stuff atthe 16th Annual American Marketing Association’s“Dress for Success” Fashion Show on March 29 inthe Ballroom. More than 150 students enjoyed theevent, which included a band, a comedian,refreshments, and a Chinese auction. Proceedsof $400 went to St. Anthony School programs.

In the photo at left, Dr. Audrey Guskey,AMA faculty advisor and Professor Paul Kleinintroduces model Dan Quindlen.

Fifth Floor Plan

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Third Floor Plan

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Proposed Multipurpose Building Floor Plans

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Eugene P. Beard AWARD FORLEADERSHIP IN ETHICS RECIPIENT

Jessica Zerishnek is a Communications major fromMoon Township, PA. Her activities while at Duquesnehave included Campus Ministry, Phi Eta Sigma, FreshmanClass Advisory Committee, Orientation, Omicron DeltaKappa, Women’s Leadership Society and the StudentAdvisory Council of the Department of Communicationsand Rhetorical Studies.

Vira I. Heinz SCHOLARSHIPFOR STUDY ABROADLauren Clark, English and Political Science major, studying inEngland; Carrie Heiney, Nursing major, studying in Italy and Sicily;and Katherine McCormack,Biological Sciences major,studying in Russia.

DOMINIONDISTINGUISHEDSCHOLAR AWARDin the A. J. PalumboSchool of BusinessAdministrationMeighan McMillen, Business major.

Congratulations to all of the award

winners, as well as these nominees:

The Eugene P. Beard Award for Leader-ship in Ethics nominees included AnneChengery, Marybeth Concannon, Ben-jamin Greenfeld, Michael Johnston andBryan O’Black. Student Life Awards forExcellence in Student Leadershipnominees were Heather Blose, MarybethConcannon, Laura Cord, Aileen Dillon,Erin Driscoll, Ben Greenfeld, Adam Hince,Jason Kezmarsky, Erin LaPenta, JackieMader, Meighan McMillen, Ali Metzinger,Allison Murtha, Erin Sommar, JosephTotten, and Valerie Wolbert.

Student Life AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCEIN STUDENT LEADERSHIP RECIPIENTS

Anne Chengery is an Educationmajor with dual certification inEnglish and Communication/Journalism from Pittsburgh, PA.She has been active in DuquesneProgram Council, Orientation,The Duquesne Duke, and

Women’s Leadership Organization.

Margaret Daly is a Psychologyand English major from Irving, TX.Her activities have includedCarnival, Orientation, AlphaGamma Delta, and Rho Lambda.

Michael Johnston is an Economicsand Marketing major fromPhiladelphia, PA. His has beenactive in Student Government,Orientation, and the SPIRITLeadership Program.

Jonathan Miller is a Biology andChemistry major from Sarver, PA.His activities include Orientation,Duquesne Program Council, theSPIRIT Leadership Program andAlpha Phi Omega.

Bryan O’Black is an ElementaryEducation and Instructional Technol-ogy major from Pittsburgh, PA.He has been active in Orientation,Student Government, OmicronDelta Kappa and the SPIRITLeadership Program.

Beth Ann Tiedeman is a Mathemat-ics and Education major fromPittsburgh, PA. Her activities haveincluded Golden Key National HonorSociety, Women’s LeadershipSociety, Orientation, and CampusMinistry.

Thomas BartolecMEMORIALSCHOLARSHIPDerek Jones, Business major.

SENIOR CELEBRATIONIn 1993, the Rev. Sean Hogan, C.S.Sp., Executive Vice President forStudent Life challenged the members of the Duquesne Chapter ofOmicron Delta Kappa , the National Leadership Honor Society, tobegin a new event at the University to honor graduating seniors andtheir families. Senior Celebration is the result of that challenge.

Senior Celebration, now in its 13th year, took place on Saturday,April 1. The event brought the entire campus community togetherto congratulate our graduating seniors and their families. It beganwith Mass in the Chapel followed by Deans’ Receptions at variouslocations in the Union, and dinner in the Ballroom. The featuredspeaker was Len Komoroski, Duquesne alumnus and president ofthe Cleveland Cavaliers. The Eugene P. Beard Award for Leadershipin Ethics and the Student Life Awards for Excellence in StudentLeadership were presented at the dinner.

MAJOR Upcoming EVENTSApril 28-May 4 FINAL EXAMINATIONS

May 5 BACCALAUREATE MASS

May 6 COMMENCEMENT

9:00 a.m. Liberal Arts Palumbo CenterMusic Union Ballroom

Noon Business Palumbo CenterNursing Union Ballroom

3:00 p.m. Education Palumbo CenterBSNES Union Ballroom

6:00 p.m. Health Sciences Palumbo CenterMay 20 10:30 a.m. Pharmacy Palumbo CenterJune 4 11:00 a.m. Law Palumbo CenterAugust 28 FALL SEMESTER BEGINS

For more details on any of the above events or events not listed, visitwww.studentactivities.duq.edu/index.html and click on the Activities Calendar.

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Gumberg Library FINAL EXAM HOURSWednesday–Friday, April 19–21 7 a.m.–1 a.m.Saturday, April 22 10 a.m.–1a.m.Sunday, April 23 11 a.m.–1a.m.Monday–Friday April 24–28 7 a.m. –1a.m.Saturday, April 29 10 a.m.–1a.m.Sunday, April 30 11 a.m.–1a.m.Monday–Wednesday May 1–3 7 a.m.–1a.m.Thursday, May 4 7 a.m.–9 p.m.Friday, May 5 8 a.m.–5 p.m.Saturday, May 6 9 a.m.–5 p.m.Sunday, May 7 ClosedMonday, May 8 Summer Hours Begin

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prideisALIVESPORTS SHORTSA-10 ACCOMPLISHMENTSSenior basketball player Bryant McAllister was named second teamAll-Atlantic 10 in a vote of league coaches. The 6-3 senior is Duquesne’sfirst two-time all-league player since Wayne Smith was named third andsecond team in 2002 and 2000. McAllister led the Atlantic 10 Confer-ence with a 19.7 points per game average. Women’s basketball garneredtwo Atlantic 10 Conference post-season awards. Junior forward Loui Halland senior forward Nicole Sinclair were selected as an honorable mentionAll-Conference and All-Academic pick, respectively. The duo helped leadthe Dukes to the A-10 semifinals for the first time since 1992.Duquesne’s men’s swimming team set 13 of the 19 possible schoolrecords in finishing a University-best fifth at the 2006 A-10 Championship.The Dukes boasted three Atlantic 10 champions in junior Ed Wicker whowon the 100-yard freestyle, junior Scott Darwin who captured the 50-yardfreestyle title and the first place 200-yard freestyle relay team.Duquesne’s women’s swimming team set seven new school records infinishing a University-best fourth at the 2006 Atlantic 10 Championship.The Red and Blue had two Atlantic 10 champions crowned as freshmanKatrina Streiner captured the gold medal in the 50-yard freestyle andsophomore Kyla Favret touched the pads first in the 200-yard backstroke.

NCAA Wrestling ChampionshipJunior wrestler Jared Ricotta won the 174-pound bracket atthe East Regional Championship and qualified for the NCAAChampionships for the second straight year. Ricotta led theDukes with a 29-12 record with eight pins.

GUMBERG SCHOLARSHIPAWARDEDThe 2006 Gumberg LibraryEndowed Student Scholar-ship was awarded onThursday, April 6 to MeganNeary, a student in her firstprofessional year in theMylan School of Pharmacy.She has been employed as astudent aide in the Circula-tion Department sincesummer 2005. Megan feelsthat her job at the library has helped her appreciate the impor-tance of time management, self-motivation and working with avariety of personalities, and that all of these will be helpful inher professional career in pharmaceutical care. In her applica-tion essay, Megan wrote, “Our library is a spot for students togrow and expand themselves whenever they feel inspired.”She describes the library as “an area where students mayimprove themselves as individuals, which ultimately leads to animprovement in the campus as a whole.”

Megan is the fourth recipient of the $500 award, which isfunded by donations from employees of the library. Thescholarship was founded by Gumberg Library employees aspart of Duquesne University’s previous Capital Campaign, inrecognition of the contributions of student workers to theaccomplishment of the library’s mission. Beginning in theirsecond term of employment at Gumberg, student aides whoplan to return to work in the library the following term areeligible to apply for the scholarship.

2006 TEACHER of the YEARThe Teacher of the Year Award is an annual event sponsored bythe Duquesne Chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, The NationalLeadership Honor Society. ODK created this event in 1992 togive students the opportunity to recognize a teacher they believebest exemplifies leadership and excellence in the classroom.On April 24, 2006, Dr. Kathleen Gosnell, assistant professor inthe School of Education, will be recognized as the Teacher ofthe Year. Dr. John Doctor will also be honored at the Teacherof the Year ceremony. Doctor, an associate professor and interimchair of the Department of Biological Sciences, Bayer School ofNatural and Environmental Sciences, passed away unexpectedlyon October 25, 2005. During his 15-year tenure at Duquesne,Doctor touched the lives of thousands of students and mentoredmore than 40 students who worked in his research lab. Hiswidow, Dr. Mary Alleman, who is also an associate professor ofBiology at Duquesne, will accept the Teacher of the Year awardon his behalf.