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HAVE A SEAT…AND MORE!

Jerry Kempf, Lori Ashe Kempf '67, Janet Kempf and Lenore Pochelski '70 enjoy the reception	Mary Kachnowski, Debora Brunnell and Terri Clark
Ron Galli, Katie Galli and Ann Moore Feeney '57	Vennis Woods, Deborah Woods, Tannisha Woods and Darren Woods
Kathy Kniaz Anderson '83 and Bob Anderson '82 look at art during the silent auction	Artist Lina Stephens and the chair she designed and donated to the live auction
Matt Hines, Cathy Hines, Monique Sorrano and David Sorrano	Dr. Fike, Sylvia Rosales-Fike, Delia Pangborn and Dominic Pangborn
Kathy Tkach '84, Maria Stoko '71 and Patricia Barrett '71	Charlie Langston auctions off one of Pangborn's chairs during the live auction

SPIRIT WEEK

Carlotta Taylor, Ashley Barker and Takeyma Treadwell wear green and gold	Janet Hunt '66,director of academic support programs; John Ambrose, dean of students; and Ruby Williams, conference center
Ashley Bailey sings karaoke with back-up dancers Roosevelt Collier and LaShawnda Walker	The Marygrove College cheer team
The 2007 - 08 women's basketball team	The 2007 - 08 men's basketball team

SISTER JANE MARY HOWARD RECEIVES PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP
At the recent President’s Council Dinner, Dr. David Fike made a very special presentation to one of his predecessors, Sister Jane Mary Howard, who held the interim presidency from 1968 to 1969.

Dr. Fike created the Marygrove College Presidential Award for Leadership to recognize exceptional leadership in service to the College, as described in its three-sentence criteria:

The Presidential Award for Leadership is bestowed by the President of Marygrove College in recognition of extraordinary actions to innovatively advance the College.  In deciding to grant this honor, the President shall conclude that a person’s deeds demonstrate exemplary qualities of leadership, among them:  pioneering new paths while serving and inspiring others.  In granting this honor, the President shall judge that the recipient’s leadership causes observers to say, simply and sincerely:  “Marygrove College is blessed, better living its mission today, because of this person.”

In response to the 1967 civil rebellion in Detroit, Jane Mary Howard, IHM, began an aggressive effort to increase Marygrove’s African American student population.  What became known as 68 for ’68 was lauded as a bold step for this private Catholic college.  In the Congressional Record of August 14, 1968, the United States Congressman from Michigan, the Honorable William S. Broomfield, was quoted as saying, “Marygrove’s goals in undertaking this project were at least threefold.  First, as a college, Marygrove wanted to respond to the needs of the community and the nation in the way it was best qualified.  But its faculty and administration hoped that they would gain along with the students by living and working with persons of different racial, social and economic backgrounds.  And, the college wanted to take the initiative in attracting young Negro women of ability.”

The Congressman went on to applaud Marygrove for its realistic understanding of its resources and responsibilities in the large metropolitan community.  He cited Sister Jane Mary for her leadership in designing the program.

In recognizing Sister Jane Mary, Dr. Fike said, “Occasionally and often as the result of tremendous clarity of vision, individuals have undertaken exceptional action.  If you listened to Sister Jane Mary Howard in 1968, you could hear this clarity of vision when she stated:  “If a small women’s college can venture in this way, we might think of multiplying such programs a thousand fold and more across the country.  Such a multiplied effect could make a perceptible contribution to the problems of inequality in education which underlie so many other inequities in our country.”

Sr. Jane Mary Howard’s vision was about creating opportunity for individual students, in this case African Americans, and it is about providing institutional leadership for our city, region, state, and country.  This is Urban Leadership at its best.

MARYGROVE PARNTERS WITH SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS AND COLLETTE VACATIONS FOR A NEW TRIP TO EGYPT
Splendors of the Nile
March 11 -  22,  2009
12 Days – 22 Meals
$3,449 – Includes roundtrip air from Detroit, hotel transfers and departure taxes.

Step back in time and explore thousands of years of history, legend, and lore as we view the timeless wonders of Egypt.  Discover the world of the ancient Egyptians as we visit the incomparable sites of the pharaohs – Memphis and Sakkara, the Pyramids of Giza, Luxor and Karnak temples, and the tombs on the West Bank and ancient Thebes.  Cruise along the legendary Nile River, pass colonnaded temples, and stop at the temples of Edfu and Kom Ombo, situated at the crossroads of ancient caravan routes.  We’ll learn about ancient Egyptian history during lectures in Cairo and on board the cruise from our Egyptologist/National Guide who will accompany guests throughout the journey.

Beijing City Stay
October 14 – 22, 2008
9 Days – 15 Meals
$2,029 – Includes roundtrip air from Detroit, hotel transfers and departure taxes.

Experience the best of Beijing, home of the 2008 Summer Olympics, while spending each night of our tour in one of the city’s finest hotels.  We’ll visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and The Great Wall.  We’ll also experience ancient Beijing on a rickshaw tour, have a tradition Chinese dinner with a local family in their home and attend the Peking Opera.

Alumni-sponsored travel is open to all alumni, family and friends of Marygrove College.  To view the full itinerary for these trips, please visit www.marygrove.edu/alumni/travel.  Special accommodations can be made for people who need a departure city other than Detroit.  If you have questions or need more information, contact Diane Puhl, director of Alumni Relations, at (313) 927-1443 or dpuhl@marygrove.edu.

DINNER/THEATER: BACK OF THE THROAT
The Dinner/Theatre programs sponsored by the Marygrove Alumni Association Program Committee have met with great success.  This season we are pleased to bring you Back of the Throat from the UDM Theatre Company in the Marygrove Theatre, preceded by dinner in the Main Dining Room in Madame Cadillac Hall.

Back of the Throat, by Yussef El Guindi and directed by Arthur J. Beer
Saturday, December 1, 2007   Dinner 6:30 p.m.   Stage Play 8:00 p.m.

Back of the Throat is the tale of an apparently friendly visit by two government officials, which soon devolves into a full-blown, no-holds-barred probe. Khaled, an Arab-American writer and the focus of the inquiry, finds himself, to his astonishment, suddenly accused of possible ties to terrorists. As the interrogation proceeds, the officials reveal their evidence, but is it evidence? Or have innocent events been distorted through the lens of paranoid suspicion? As the situation turns increasingly surreal, and the menace to Khaled increasingly real, the question of what it means to be an American takes on a very personal and charged significance. An enthralling and ultimately chilling black comedy, Back of the Throat confronts bureaucratic euphemisms like “person of interest” and “extraordinary rendition” with the frightening reality they seek to obscure.

The ticket cost is $30 per person. Space is limited. To make reservations, contact Marianne Gaynor, at (313) 927-1572 or mgaynor@marygrove.edu by November 21.