Free and open to the public, this all-day conference will feature Shakespeare scholars from Carlow University Humanities' faculty members, students, and alums, as well as scholars from Duquesne University. They will explore topics from Shakespeare and Hegel to Shakespeare and hunting. What’s more, lectures will be interspersed with Shakespearian entertainment performed by Carlow’s Fly by Night Productions directed by Stephen Fatla, chair of the theater department.

Co-producer Bill Stewart, PhD, assistant professor of philosophy at Carlow, says he and fellow producer, Jim Carmine, associate professor of philosophy at Carlow, first conceived of a conference to explore the notion of philosophy and the absurd but then narrowed it down to Shakespeare, asserting that no one did the absurd better or has done it better since him.

According to Stewart, there’s Shakespeare and then there’s everybody else—because he was the best: the best poet, best playwright, best philosopher, and best psychologist, and a master of playfulness.

“Shakespeare explored this idea of endless playfulness in his work. You see it in his imagination, humor, puns, and comic interludes. And that’s what we want people to experience at this conference—a delightful combination of fun and scholarship,” says Stewart. “These are the ingredients that fuel good learning—fun and play opens the mind to creativity.”

This is the second conference sponsored by the Division of Humanities and Department of Philosophy. Last year’s Biomedical Ethics in Today’s Healthcare, also co-sponsored by the School of Nursing, was a huge success. Already, Stewart is thinking of next year’s conference as a way to continue to showcase the depth and breadth of scholarship and talent of Carlow’s Humanities’ faculty members. He hopes to present a conference every year. For the Shakespeare and Philosophy conference, Stewart promises that those who attend will leave energized, having had a “merry good old time.”

The program:

Keynote speaker Lou Boyle, PhD, professor and chair, English, Carlow University will kick off the conference with “Wise Council in Shakespeare.” The line up of speakers include: “Shakespeare and Hegel,” Jennifer Bates, PhD, associate professor, philosophy, Duquesne University, and author of Hegel and Shakespeare on Moral Imagination; “Hamlet’s Soliloquy,” Joel Woller, instructor, history, Carlow University; “Honor and Gender in Much Ado about Nothing,” Sigrid King, PhD, professor, English, Carlow University; “The Sanity of King Lear,”Bernie Beranek, PhD, associate professor, English, Duquesne University; "Measure and Sexuality in Measure for Measure,” Natalie Suzelis, 2010 Carlow University Alumna;  “Shakespeare on Love,”  Vincent Ciampaglia, sophomore, Carlow University; “Shakespeare and Hunting,” James Carmine, PhD, associate professor, philosophy, Carlow University; and periodic Shakespearian entertainment by Carlow Theatre Fly By Night Productions.

For more information, please contact Bill Stewart, PhD at 412.578.6370 or wmstewart@carlow.edu.
To register online, please visit www.carlow.edu/events-calendar/shakespeare.html.

Core Value: Discovery/Quest

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Core Value: Leadership

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Carlow University Students Head North and South for Alternative
Spring Break
42 Students, Faculty, Staff Will Build Houses in Michigan and Florida March 6-12, 2011

Traditionally, college students across the country spend spring break building little more than a tan. A group of 42 Carlow University students, faculty, and staff will instead spend the week of March 6 through March 12, 2011, building houses as a part of Alternative Spring Break (ASB).

"Carlow has a long history of service," says Jermaine McKinley, coordinator of the Mercy Center for Service. "The Sisters of Mercy founded our University on a tradition of service to create a more merciful and compassionate world. Our students' and faculty's continued participation in ASB reflects some of Carlow's core values: discovery, leadership, service, and student progress."

The group will be sent to two different locations: 12 participants will go to Battle Creek, Mich. and the other 30 will travel to Immokalee, Fla. Both groups will work with Habitat for Humanity along with other volunteer organizations to serve less-fortunate members of the community. The Carlow volunteers will help improve the residents' living situations by renovating their homes so that they may focus on improving their own working conditions.

Both locales are populated by farm workers and are dealing with similar societal issues: healthcare, education, and fair wages. Prior to departure, the group will meet to discuss and learn about these underlying concerns. McKinley explains that "all volunteers are asked to study the issues of these communities so that they can approach their ASB work with compassion and understanding of who they are serving and why."

Since 1992, Carlow University has participated in 17 ASB trips. Last year, 28 volunteers traveled to Laredo, Texas, to build houses with Habitat for Humanity. In years past, Carlow groups have volunteered in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, as well as Arizona, Kentucky, St. Thomas, and Jamaica.

Core Value: Service

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Other than passing away a week apart in January, Mary Lynch Bailey, MD, a medical researcher, and Catherine “Kay” Macek, a first grade teacher in the Penn Hills School District, may seem to share little
in common.

Dr. Bailey helped Jonas Salk find a cure for polio, then retired from active practice to raise her family in the south hills of Pittsburgh. Macek spent a half-century teaching six-year-olds to read and write, and raised her family in the east hills of Pittsburgh. While nearly two decades separated them in age, the medical researcher and the teacher shared one experience in common: their alma mater, Mount Mercy College, now known as Carlow University. And that has made all the difference.

Both Dr. Bailey and Macek lived out the Carlow University mission statement in so many ways in their professional and personal lives, and it was noticed by those around them.

When Dr. Salk needed subjects to test his vaccine in the 1950s, he called on Dr. Bailey to visit the schools in Pittsburgh to ask the students to get their parents’ permission to allow them to test the new vaccine. She secured their parents’ permission, the trials were conducted, and the rest is history … literally. 

For her accomplishments, in 1990, Dr. Bailey was presented with the Alumnae Service Award in Science.

Anita Dacal, Carlow's executive director of Advancement, recalls being assigned the task of following up with the person noted as the professional endorsement for the service award: Dr. Jonas Salk.

“I called the Salk Institute to follow up on my letter to Dr. Salk, and the person to whom I spoke told me that she would deliver my message,” says Dacal, who never gave it another thought until the day her secretary arrived in her office, frantically waving her arms, signaling Dacal to end the phone call she happened to be on. “I ended my call and (my secretary) immediately forwarded me a call from Dr. Salk. I was totally taken aback and when I finally was able to speak, I gave him the reason for my call. He said he would be honored to give Dr. Bailey his professional endorsement and based it on our mission statement, which he read from my letter. He proceeded to give Mary the most beautiful and heartfelt endorsement which was full of admiration for her.”

Macek’s endorsements are far less historic, but no less important.

“Mrs. Macek made learning a fun thing and I think without her my attitude towards school would be
completely different,” wrote one former pupil in a scrapbook presented to Macek in recognition of her 50
years of teaching.

She spent the first 14 years of her teaching career at William Penn Elementary School in Penn Hills. In 1983, she moved to Forbes Elementary, and she remained there until succumbing to cancer in January.

“Every child is given that one teacher who touches their life, that one teacher you remember forever,” wrote one parent. “You are that one teacher for (my child) and will be appreciated always.”

Dr. Bailey knew the importance of having good teachers. In a thank-you note to the committee who selected her for the service award, she wrote:

“Because of the guidance and direction of Sister Frances Xavier, I became a physician to do research, a goal I had set for myself in biochemistry. Sister had me set higher goals. ‘If you wish to do good research, become a doctor, Mary.’ I followed her advice.”

Dr. Bailey also singled out Sister Regis, Sister Jerome, Father Coleman Carroll, Father Foley, and Father Pauley for praise in teaching her that life in God with honesty, justice, and mercy as guides will serve
students well.

“I owe my good fortune in life, my career, and my family to the guidance and ideals Mount Mercy taught me
to cherish,” Dr. Bailey wrote.

In their own ways, Dr. Mary Lynch Bailey and Kay Macek touched the future with their work; one by helping
to rid the world of a horrible disease, and the other by teaching generations of students the joy of being lifelong learners.

Any question remaining that when the road less traveled leads to Carlow it can make all the difference?

Core Value: Sacredness of Creation

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Annual Top Scholars Reception Has Biggest Turnout Ever

Carlow's President Mary Hines and the chair of Carlow's Board of Trustees, Louise Malakoff

Leah Pascarella, Ringgold High School, and Mary Hines

Core Value: Student Progress

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Celtics Raise More than $3,000 for Breast Cancer Research on Think
Pink Night

More than 200 people were in attendance at Oakland Catholic High School’s Donahue Pavilion—one of the largest crowds in the history of Carlow University Celtics’ basketball—for the game against nationally ranked Walsh University from North Canton, Ohio.

Sarah McAteer

The game proved significant for a number of reasons—not the least of which was the more than $3,000 raised for breast cancer research as part of the Celtics’ annual Think Pink Night.

George Sliman, Carlow’s director of Athletics, credits a joint effort of the Student Athlete Association, the Campus Activities Board, the Student Government Association, Women in Communications, the Alumnae/i Association, and the Office of Diversity Initiatives for contributing to the success of the evening. 

In addition to Think Pink, the game also was Senior Night, and the lone Carlow senior, Sarah McAteer, was honored before the game.  In the previous game, against city rival Point Park, McAteer joined the 1,000 point club—only the 10th player in Celtic history to reach that milestone. In the game against Walsh, McAteer was joined in reaching double figures in scoring by first year player Chanel Berry of Ravenna, Ohio, who scored 10 points.

Walsh came into the game ranked seventh in the country in the NAIA and first in the American Mideast Conference.  Despite the formidable opponent, the Celtics, who came into the contest with a
7-16 record, made it a game for a good portion of the first half, leading at one point 16–14.

“After that, Walsh began to assert their dominance,” says Sliman. “They demonstrated why they are nationally ranked.” Walsh would go on to win the game 75–40, and clinch first place in the conference.

At halftime, the largest crowd in Carlow history was treated to meringue dance performance featuring several Carlow “stars.” Enrique Mu, assistant professor in the School of Management, represented the faculty.  Barbara Johnson, director of the Office of Diversity Initiatives, represented the staff, and Heather Hamil represented the students. Their partners were professional dancers Jeff and Colleen Shirey and Loyal Martinez, who can be reached through www.salsapittsburgh.com.

In addition, a “Spirit Contest,” sponsored by Panera Bread, to find the best dressed Carlow Celtic supporter was won by first year student Kasey Young, an early childhood and art education major from Leechburg, Pa., who is also a Celtic softball player.

Core Value: Student Progress

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Alumnae/i reunions provide diverse national venues for alums to meet Dr. Mary Hines, hear firsthand about the difference the University is making in the lives of students and the community, and to network.

On Friday, March 25, 2011, Martha Valo ('60) will be hosting a luncheon at the Nancy Lopez Country Club in The Villages, Fla., for alumnae/i in the greater Orlando area.

Host committee members include: Barbara Hays (’68), from The Villages; Mary Ellen FitzGerald-Collins ('63) of Deland; Liz Trench Payer ('68) from Oviedo; and Jean Petruska ('89) from Hernando. The committee is contacting fellow alums to join them in welcoming Dr. Mary Hines and Karen Galentine, vice president for Advancement and Government Relations, for this special reunion. 

Hosted by alumns in their homes or other settings, Carlow reunions include a reception or lunch that give alumnae/i a chance to meet Dr. Hines and to learn about the growth that Carlow is experiencing, as well as to receive updates on recent campus activities. Each gathering also provides a dynamic opportunity to reconnect with former classmates, make new friends, and renew acquaintances with Carlow staff from the Alumnae/i Association and the Advancement and Government Relations office.

To date, Alumnae/i Reunions have been held in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Ohio, Florida, Washington, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Virginia, South Carolina, Washington, D.C., Maryland, and
across Pennsylvania.

Dr. Hines will also be attending alumnae/i events in the Pittsburgh region in May. She will meet with Pittsburgh area alumnae/i at The Rivers Club hosted by Carlow Trustee Joyce Bender on May 4; and she will also meet the Pittsburgh East End alumnae/i hosted by Trustee Chair Louise Malakoff '67 on May 15.

For a schedule of alumnae/i reunions or more information, please visit http://alum.carlow.edu/ or contact Rose M. Woolley, director, Alumnae/i Relations at 412.578.6274 or rmwoolley@carlow.edu.

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To celebrate Black History Month, Carlow University presented a Family History Workshop led by Joseph Kennedy IV, founder and CEO of Riverbends, Inc., on Wednesday, February 16, 2010.

Kennedy, who learned about genealogy searches while researching his own ancestry, founded Riverbends, Inc., to help amateur African American genealogists and family historians research their own ancestry. While the workshop is designed to help African Americans discover facts about their ancestry, the basic tools for searching one's history that Kennedy will present can be used by anyone to research their ancestry.

Kennedy, who was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa., and attended
Shady Side Academy, received his BA in political science from the College of Wooster, and his JD from Cornell Law School, where he was the
editor-in-chief of the Cornell Law Review and president of the Black Law Students Association. He became the director of operations at Family Communications, the nonprofit company that produced "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and other educational materials for children and families. Kennedy received a national primetime Emmy nomination in 2004, as co-Producer of the documentary Fred Rogers: American's Favorite Neighbor. Currently, Kennedy is running Riverbends, and is the president of the City of Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission, and a member of the board of directors of Dreams of Hope, a local nonprofit.

Core Value: Hospitality

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Carlow University Hosts Conference on Technological Advances in Healthcare Sponsored by Carlow’s School of Nursing and Pocket Nurse

Carlow University will host an all-day conference titled Technological Advancements in Healthcare on Friday, April 29, 2011 from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. in the Rosemary Heyl Theatre in Antonian Hall, located on the Carlow campus.

The conference, which is co-sponsored by Carlow’s School of Nursing and Pocket Nurse, will spotlight a number of issues that technology has brought to the fore in today’s healthcare world.

“Technology has helped prolong life, increase the quality of life, and increase efficiency on the nursing units,” says Sunshine Barron, DNP, RN, an assistant professor of nursing at Carlow, who will be one of the presenters at the conference.

“The use of technology has brought with it issues around security and patient privacy that nurses and healthcare professionals need to be aware of,” says Danielle Spirnak, DNP, RN, the director of the Nursing Simulation and Skills Lab at Carlow, who will also be a presenter.  “This conference will bring some of these issues to light.”

Topics and presenters include:

Security Issues of Using Technology in Healthcare: Diagnosis and Treatment
Presented by Cory Maloney, DSc, assistant professor and chair of information technology management
at Carlow.

The Role of Simulation in Emergency
Care Education
Presented by Ron Roth, MD, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.

SmartRoom—Thoughtful Technology
at the Bedside
Presented by David Sharbaugh, the president of SmartRoom, LLC.

Issues of Life and Death—Patience
and Wisdom
Presented by Bill Stewart, PhD, associate professor of philosophy at Carlow.

Simulation in Healthcare—A Multidisciplinary Approach
Presented by Danielle Spirnak, Sunshine Barron, April Chaney, DNP, RN, an adjunct faculty member at Carlow, and Sheila Roth, PhD, LCSW, professor and chair of social work at Carlow.

Nurses who attend the conference can receive five hours of continuing education units (CEU). All participants will receive a special gift compliments of Pocket Nurse.  Boxed lunches are available for $10.

For more information or to register for the conference, please visit www.carlow.edu.

Core Value: Intellectual Integrity

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Fashions for Kids' Sake

A. Jim Lokay (right) from KDKA-TV was the master of ceremonies at the Fashions for Kids’ Sake event at the St. Agnes Center of Carlow University on February 10, 2011.  Tom Baker, the vice president of programming for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh is on the left.  According to Carlow student Chrissy McLachlan, who was the director of the fashion show, nearly $3,000 was raised in the course of the evening.

B. Carlow students Elicia Tedrow, Samantha Berton, and LaShae Williamson (left to right) enjoy their moment in the spotlight at Fashions for Kids’ Sake.

C. Carlow students Alyssa Casey and Tara McTighe (left and right) make some last minute adjustments to the recycled dress worn by Carlow student Nora Zidian (center). McTighe designed all the outfits worn in the Recycled Group portion of the show.

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