This Issue
Point
of Competition
Center for Educational Technologies to Offer IT Certification Testing
Challenger
Learning Center Earns National Honor
NTTC
to Award Funds to West Virginia Companies as Part of New Program
50th Anniversary Logo
Graduates
of Nuclear Medicine Program Have A Glowing Future
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Welcome to
the Wheeling Jesuit e-Chronicle!
Here's the latest issue of the Wheeling Jesuit e-Chronicle, a monthly
electronic newsletter designed to keep alumni and friends in touch with
the latest news and information from Wheeling Jesuit University.
Graduates
of Nuclear Medicine Program Have a Glowing Future
Nuclear
medicine technologists aren't feeling the effects of a slow job market.
In fact, recent graduates from Wheeling Jesuit University have jobs waiting
for them when they leave the classroom. "Our nuclear medicine students
are in demand at hospitals such as The Cleveland Clinic, University of
Maryland Medical System and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,"
says Angela Macci Bires, assistant professor and department chair. "These
centers are offering them job incentives and often times positions are
held for them until they graduate. Wheeling Jesuit nuclear medicine graduates
have a 100 percent employment rate."
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50th
Anniversary Logo
Wheeling
Jesuit University unveiled its 50th anniversary logo as part of an upcoming
celebration planned for the 2004-2005 academic year. Displaying Wheeling
Jesuit's 50th Anniversary logo are from left; University President Rev.
Joseph R. Hacala, S.J.; Rev. Daniel R.J. Joyce, S.J., vice president for
Advancement and co-chair of the 50th Anniversary Committee; and Judith
Geary class of 1963, co-chair of the 50th Anniversary Committee. The logo
and the theme, Luceat Lux Vestra (Let Your Light Shine), will be used
on everything tied to the University's anniversary celebration from letterhead
to banners. Wheeling Jesuit, the youngest of the nation's 28 Jesuit institutions,
incorporated as Wheeling College on Sept. 25, 1954. Workers laid the cornerstone
for Donahue Hall on Nov. 21, 1954. The College, staffed by 12 Jesuits
and four lay professors, opened its doors to the first class of 90 freshmen
on Sept. 26, 1955.
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NTTC
to Award Funds to West Virginia Companies as Part of New Program
The Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center
at Wheeling Jesuit University is awarding $300,000 to West Virginia companies
to research, develop and integrate innovative technologies that may solve
some of the state's most pressing environmental issues.
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Challenger
Learning Center Earns National Honor
For the eighth consecutive year, Wheeling Jesuit University's
Challenger Learning Center (CLC) was honored for having served the most
children of the 51 Centers worldwide. During the 2002-2003 school year,
the CLC conducted 381 on-site simulated missions, which was the most of
any Challenger Center in the network.
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Center for Educational Technologies to Offer IT Certification Testing
The Center for Educational Technologies (CET) at Wheeling
Jesuit University will offer information technology (IT) certification
testing using the Pearson VUE™ Testing System. The Center recently
signed an agreement with Pearson VUE, an electronic testing business of
Pearson Education.
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The
Point of Competition
Wheeling Jesuit University's NCAA Division II sports allow men and women
to carry over the performance of the classroom into the athletic arena.
The University's 38 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(WVIAC) titles and 29 Academic All-Americans are proof of WJU's success
in developing quality student-athletes.
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Past Issues
September
2003
The
Point of A Wheeling Jesuit Education
Wheeling Jesuit
University President Rev. Joseph Hacala, S.J., recently corresponded
with high school students about the value of an undergraduate degree
from Wheeling Jesuit. Below is an excerpt from the correspondence that
may serve as a building block for many of our alumni and friends when
answering similar questions from prospective students:
"We think the point is to offer you an education for life. When
you enroll at Wheeling Jesuit, you officially enter an educational system
more than 450 years old, and after 450 years of practice, we believe
we're getting it right! Jesuit education, characterized by a real, practical
concern for you and what you do with your life, focuses on considerably
more than just a degree, and, on considerably more than merely preparing
you to enter the work force, or simply housing, feeding, educating and
entertaining you. Any other university could do that.
"Rather, unique among all other universities, we focus our efforts
on helping you develop a life of competence, conscience, compassion,
community, and commitment. A life in a place where you are known, and
cared about, and where you are called to do and to be more. When you
graduate in four years, we want you to be successful, but, more characteristic
of Wheeling Jesuit University, we want you to be significant. A lofty
goal? Perhaps. A reachable goal? Absolutely."
Open House events are planned for October 18, and November 8. To arrange
a visit of the Wheeling Jesuit University campus, or to apply, call
1-800-624-6992 or e-mail admiss@wju.edu or visit Wheeling Jesuit online
at www.wju.edu
A recent
speech by Fr. Hacala on the topic is found online. MORE
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