May 2007

BICENTENNIAL UPDATE >

Come Back to the Mount to Kick off the Bicentennial
August 22-24, 2007
Mount St. Mary's will kick off the Bicentennial with a three-day celebration to include Bicentennial Convocation and Mass of the Holy Spirit on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, dedication of the Waldron Family Stadium on Aug. 23, and unveiling of the Founder's Plaza with a campuswide celebration and evening fireworks on Aug. 24.

For more information, please contact Bicentennial Events Coordinator Laura Michener at 301-447-6122, ext. 4475, or michener@msmary.edu.

Find out more about the bicentennial at www.msmary.edu/bicentennial.

Be Part of Mount History!
… Last Chance to Be a Bicentennial Pioneer!
There are only 100 spaces left in the Founder's Plaza. Your commitment must be received by May 31, 2007. First come, first served.

Diane Rehm Receives Bicentennial Medal
Ms. Diane Rehm, radio talk show host and executive producer of The Diane Rehm Show , gave a talk May 10 as part of  the Mount's Presidential Lecture Leadership Series. She is shown here with her son, Dr. David Rehm, the Mount's Vice President for Academic Affairs, after receiving the Bicentennial Medal.

Click here to read her talk.

Flashbacks
Patrick Reynolds, an illustrator who has a syndicated column, Flashbacks, in the Washington Post Sunday comics, will create a multi-part series on the university in honor of the Bicentennial. Look for it to begin this fall.

Save the Date!
Bicentennial Baseball: 125 years, Sept. 29, 2007
Pre-Game: Mount alumni vs. Gettysburg College alumni
Come see the Mountaineers in old-time uniforms play a throw-back baseball game against Gettysburg College at the Mount's new home field, the E.T. Straw Family Stadium. A BBQ celebration will take place after the game.

Academic Symposium, Oct. 16-17, 2007
Dr. Peter Phan, Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University, will be the next speaker in Mount St. Mary's Bicentennial Distinguished Lecture Series, Notes to the Class of 2058: The Challenge of Faith and Culture. Dr. Phan will discuss "How Catholic Will the Catholic Church Be in the Next Fifty Years? Theological Reflections on the Mission of the Church."

Mark your calendar with other bicentennial events.

Share Your Mount Memories !
Help us prepare for the Mount's birthday celebration! Send us your favorite Mount memory, from a favorite class or professor to the food you liked most (or least) in the dining Hall. Take a look at some of the memories shared with us so far!

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UNIVERSITY NEWS >

Matching Grant for Performing Arts Center Received
Recent legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly included an appropriation of $2 million towards the planned construction of a performing arts academic center. The performing arts academic center will be designed as an addition to Flynn Hall. The design portion of the project is expected to be substantially complete by early fall.

Read more.

Honors Convocation
The 2007 Honors Convocation took place April 29. To view the list of award recipients, click here.

New Mount Business Team Takes Home Two Awards
Members of the Mount's Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team received both the "Rookie-of-the-Year" and "2nd-Runners-Up" awards at the SIFE Regional Competition held March 30 in Philadelphia, Pa. More than 40 schools competed.

Learn about SIFE.

National Recognition for Mount Student
Sophomore Honors Program student Christine Wroge recently received an honorable mention in the 2007 Goldwater Scholarship Competition. Christine competed in a national field of 1,110 science, math and engineering majors and was one of 153 students who received an honorable mention by the review panel of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.

ROTC Cadets Among the Best
The Green Terror Battalion, which consists of ROTC cadets from the Mount and Hood and McDaniel colleges, received the Douglas MacArthur Award at the annual President's Day review on April 19. This honor means they were selected the number one small ROTC battalion in the nation and recognizes that Mount students in the ROTC program excel academically, militarily and physically.

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ALUMNI NEWS >

Reunion Weekend 2007
Reunion is less than a month away! Please visit www.msmary.edu/reunion for more information and to download printable registration forms for on-campus housing, Reunion events and the Alumni Golf Tournament.

Mentor a Mountie!
We are looking for alumni volunteers to join the ranks of our Mount Student-Alumni Mentor program. We are anticipating roughly 40 incoming freshmen will request to participate in the program, and that means we need more mentors! Please visit the web for more information or e-mail dphillips@msmary.edu.

Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane!
We've received a tremendous response to our request for information on the photos in the Mount's 2007 calendar. Visit www.msmary.edu/memorylane to add your thoughts and see what other alumni have submitted. What a great way to strengthen our ties as lifelong members of the Mount community!

Spring is a busy season for the National Alumni Association! Visit our alumni event page to see what is happening in your area.

SEMINARY NEWS >

Seminary Receives Grant from the Koch Foundation
Monsignor Steven P. Rohlfs, rector, has announced that the seminary has received a $15,000 grant from the Koch Foundation, Gainesville, Fla. The grant will be used to help fund the Querétaro, Mexico , Summer Intensive Language Program in June and July 2007.

Honorary Degree Awarded
Archbishop John Myers ( Newark ) was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Mount at the Lector Installation on April 27. President Thomas Powell made the presentation and Monsignor Steven Rohlfs, rector, read the citation.

Installation into the Ministry of Lector
Twenty five seminarians were installed into the ministry of lector on April 27. Seminarians normally receive this ministry at the end of their first year of theological studies.

Deacon Night
Fr. Robert V. Zylla, O.S.C., faculty, was awarded an honorary doctorate at Deacon Night for his 36 years of dedicated service to the seminary. President Thomas Powell and Monsignor Steven Rohlfs, rector, made the presentation, and Fr. J. Daniel Mindling, O.F.M. Cap., academic dean, read the citation. Fr. Steve Henrich, O.S.C., prior, represented the Crosier Fathers.

ATHLETICS >

Four Inducted into Mount St. Mary's Sports Hall of Fame
The Mount recently inducted four new members into the Sports Hall of Fame at its annual Hall of Fame Dinner. Edward Kuhn (C'63), Brad Hiester (C'91), Greg Goles (C'94) and Chris McGuthrie (C'96) make up the class of 2007.

Established in 1971 by the National Alumni Association, the Mount St. Mary's Sports Hall of Fame annually recognizes former athletes who "have exhibited athletic prowess of an outstanding nature in an intercollegiate sport." Read about this year's class.

NCAA 2005-06 APR Scores Reveal that Mount Student Athletes Excel
The NCAA released publicly their latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores for 800 Division I teams. Thirteen of the Mount's 18 sports ranked above the national average, with four teams ranked in the 80-90th percentile. Mount St. Mary's University's Women's Golf and Tennis teams had perfect scores of 1,000.

Find out more about the Mount's APR score.

Record Wins This Season
The Mount's baseball team set a school record for wins this season and entered the final weekend of Northeast Conference play tied for first place. Follow their progress here.

The women's lacrosse team advanced to the Northeast Conference championship game before falling in a 9-8 heartbreaking loss to Monmouth.

More details on the Mount website.

Remembering Bob Flynn
Bob Flynn, C'79, former men's basketball assistant coach, died of a massive heart attack on Jan. 12. He was 49 years old. Read more here.

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DEVELOPMENT >

Small Investment, BIG RETURN
Last year the number of gifts given to the Mount Annual Fund in increments of $100 or less totaled $159,557! That's enough to provide six Mount students with full scholarships. Just imagine what we could achieve with 100% alumni support!

$10, $25, $50 ... EVERY GIFT MATTERS.

To make your gift now on our secure webpage, click here.

To see your class' participation, click here.

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GROTTO NEWS >

Mysteries of Light
On Sunday, April 28, Bishop Francis Malooly, Western Vicar of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, dedicated and formally blessed the five new Mystery of Light memorials at the National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes. More than 100 guests and Grotto supporters participated in the celebration on this glorious spring day. During President Thomas Powell's presentation and the dinner that followed, all were asked to remember how cherished the Grotto is, the importance of the sacred shrine to the Mount and how so many different people, cultures and groups visit the Grotto for peace and prayer. Father Jack Lombardi, chaplain of the shrine, also spoke of the beautiful generosity of all the donors, Dr. Powell and the university, whose support of the project has generated in excess of $175,000.

Visit www.msmary.edu/grotto for a complete schedule of upcoming events.

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