SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
South Orange, New Jersey

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 20 January 2006

ADMINISTRATIVE ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 2006-01

Subject: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Charter Day - Friday, 24 February 2006

This year’s Charter Day will take place on Friday, 24 February, at 10 a.m. in Jubilee Hall Auditorium. The celebration will feature an address by Dr. Dermot Quinn, Professor of History at Seton Hall, titled "Three Founders and a Vision: Bayley, McQuaid, Corrigan and Early Seton Hall." The program will also feature a dramatic presentation of Mother Seton’s reflections, "Dear Remembrances," performed by Katherine Stout, Class of 2007, written by Angela Kariotis, Class of 2000, adapted and directed by Catherine Zizik, Associate Professor of Communication at Seton Hall University.

The day’s festivities will also include the presentation of the Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid Medal, awarded annually to three long-time employees for distinguished service and wholehearted commitment to the University’s mission. This year’s McQuaid Medalists are:

Dennis Garbini
Vice President for Finance and Administration

Chrysanthy Grieco
Professor, Department of English

Rebecca Warren
Secretary, Department of English

Walsh Library will host a reception immediately following the program. In celebration of our sesquicentennial, the University will display the Multimedia Traveling Museum of Saint Elizabeth Seton in the Library. The museum will open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the reception. All are invited to visit the museum and to share in the joy of the University’s celebration.

Please join me in celebrating Charter Day 2006 by taking part in scheduled events. And join me as well in thanking those listed below who generously served on this year’s planning committee.

2006 Charter Day Committee

Elizabeth Bakes - Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations
Therese Chidiac - Department of Human Resources
Sheena Collum - Student Government Association
Alan B. Delozier - University Libraries
Kevin D. Lockwood - Division of Student Affairs
Jill Matthews - University Advancement
David P. Mest - Stillman School of Business
Ines Murzaku - College of Arts and Sciences
Reverend Lawrence B. Porter - Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology
Genevieve Pinto Zipp - School of Graduate Medical Education
Angela M. Raimo - College of Education and Human Services
Kirk Rawn - Office of the Provost
Joel B. Sperber - College of Arts and Sciences
Aimée Su - Department of Information Technology
Joyce Wright - College of Nursing
Catherine Zizik - College of Arts and Sciences

 

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