This Issue
New
Track & Field/Cross Country Coach
Four Additional Companies Join Business Accelerator
University
Receives Grant from National Science Foundation
Wheeling
Jesuit Among "Best Universities" for Seventh Consecutive Year
Respiratory Therapists Breathe Easy When Finding
Job Opportunities
MBA
Program to Celebrate 25th Anniversary
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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.
MBA
Program to Celebrate 25th Anniversary
Twenty-five
years since its founding, Wheeling Jesuit University's MBA program continues
to educate community and civic leaders to make an impact in today's business
world. The 2003-2004 academic year marks the 25th anniversary of the University's
MBA program and the key to its longevity has been keeping the curriculum
relevant to the needs of the business world, says Paul Ostasiewski, director
of graduate business programs.
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Respiratory
Therapists Breathe Easy When Finding Job Opportunities
Wheeling
Jesuit University graduates are realizing that a degree in respiratory
therapy gives them numerous career opportunities, including a wide-open
job market.
Respiratory therapy is the allied health profession that cares for patients
with problems involving the heart and lungs. "There are so many job
opportunities for respiratory therapists right now," says Allen Marangoni,
Ed.D., PT, RRT, respiratory therapy director at Wheeling Jesuit. "Recent
graduates are finding employment months before they graduate and are receiving
signing bonuses.
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Wheeling
Jesuit Among "Best Universities" for the Seventh Consecutive
Year
The 2004 edition of U.S. News & World Report's
America's Best Colleges ranks Wheeling Jesuit University as the "point
of education" in the state for the seventh consecutive year. The
liberal arts university, the only Catholic institution of higher education
in the state, is the lone West Virginia school to appear in the magazine's
rankings of "Best Universities-Master's Category in the South."
The America's Best Colleges issue ranks Wheeling Jesuit 16th in
the "Best University--Master's Category" in the South. The magazine
ranked 573 universities in the "Best Universities-Master's"
category within four geographic areas-North, South, Midwest, and West.
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University
Receives Grant from National Science Foundation
A grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
is providing new research opportunities for chemistry and technology students
at Wheeling Jesuit University. The University received nearly $103,000
from NSF to purchase a thermal gravimetric analyzer/Fourier Transform
Infrared (TGA/FTIR) instrument. Students and faculty will utilize the
TGA/FTIR to conduct research focusing on environmental and energy concerns.
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Four Additional Companies Join Business Accelerator
The National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) at Wheeling Jesuit University
announced that four additional companies have joined its new Alan B. Mollohan
Business Accelerator, bringing the total number of members to six.
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New
Track & Field/Cross Country Coach
Trent Huntsinger from Pocatello, Idaho, is the University's new track
& field and cross-country coach. He comes to Wheeling Jesuit from
Idaho State University. While at Idaho State, he helped produce eight
NCAA Division I All-Americans, three Academic All-Americans, and eight
Academic All-American teams. Wheeling Jesuit's cross country and track
and field teams have won 19 West Virginia Collegiate Athletic Conference
championships. The programs have produced, 18 NCAA All-Americans and three
individual NCAA track and field champions. During the 2003 track season,
Wheeling Jesuit dominated the honors on the men's side of the conference
track meet. Swiger was named Coach of the Year. Sprinter Chris Spencer
took home the MVP, high point scorer and Track Athlete of the Year honors.
Cardinal high jumper Hong Yong Bi was the Field Athlete of the Year.
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Past Issues
August
2003
President Invites Alumni & Friends to Mass of the Holy Spirit and
Unveils Theme for New Year
The Wheeling Jesuit University community invites alumni and friends
to attend the Mass of the Holy Spirit at 11 a.m., Thursday, September
11, in the Chapel of Mary and Joseph.
"The Mass of the Holy Spirit is a tradition at Catholic colleges
and universities worldwide, and it provides students, faculty, administrators,
staff and alumni, the opportunity to call upon the Holy Spirit to recommit
our mission - to educate men and women for life, leadership and service
with others," says Rev. Joseph Hacala, S.J., President.
The Most Rev. Bernard Schmitt, Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
will preside the liturgy. Rev. Timothy Brown, S.J. provincial of the
Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, will serve as the homilist.
For more information on the event, contact Campus Ministry at 304-243-2385.
Fr. Hacala
also announced that the University's Mission and Identity Committee
chose Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) as the theme for the year in
celebration of the 40th anniversary of Pope John XXIII's 1963 pastoral
letter, and as a way to recognize Pope John Paul II's, January 2003
World Day of Peace message. The University will integrate the theme
into activities and programs throughout the year.
"The papal
messages are an invitation for the University community to be instruments
of God's peace, in our own hearts, on our campus, in our local communities,
in our homes and throughout the world," says Fr. Hacala. "The
challenge to be peacemakers is an expectation for all of us in the year
ahead."
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