Alumni Newsletter
April 2003

"Help us to Re-found the University for the Future"

We begin this newsletter on a less than cheery tone, and by the time it moves through cyberspace there is no telling what the news will be surrounding it. To be sure there will be fear and anxiety, pain and loss. And yet we must all prayerfully continue with our lives. Continue, but ever mindful of a broken and suffering world and the family members, friends, alumni, students and staff who are active military, or reserve members called to active duty. There are many in our university community who have been at this point before, and it is their courage, strength, faith and hope that offer us examples and role models in the coming days. And we are here for each other.

LATEST ISSUE OF THE WORD ONLINE AT: [Just out in March]
http://www.uiw.edu/thewordonline/

THE WORD OF THE MONTH
The Word of the Month newsletter is now available for viewing on the web, at www.uiw.edu/wotm/

SAD NEWS
Sister Olivia Prendergast, CCVI ,[formerly Sister Ann Francis]BSN ’56 and former nursing instructor passed away on March 18, 2003, and Sister Jean Marie Davis, CCVI, BA ’41, former Professor Education, on March 20, 2003.

What’s New?
ZELIME GILLESPIE MATTHEWS INCARNATE WORD PINS

Award-winning San Antonio artist Zelime Gillespie Matthews has created these four special pins exclusively for Incarnate Word. For more detail on the pins please go to: http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/

Three of the pins are 2 ¼” x 1” [red, copper, gold] and one is 3” x 2” [silver with colorful flowers at the base]. Each brilliant metallic finish plastic pin is handmade, features the Incarnate Word steeple, and all are absolutely guaranteed to generate joy. They are exceedingly light in weight; easy to wear on jackets (women's or men's) or on the sheerest silks. Professionals, teachers, health care workers and other extraordinary citizens all love wearing and sharing their seasonal whimsy, their patriotic glory and their joie de vie with these pins. They are excellent gifts and are perfect to introduce your personality to the rest of the world

“Inventing a design is the fun part,” Zelime says. “But cutting out the tiny jots and curls of plastic that become fish scales, bluebonnet petals, and other micro components accounts for about 90 percent of her time. There just doesn't seem to be a faster way to do it," she says. Brooches average 20 pieces per design, many only slightly larger than the head of a pin.

Assembly is the next stage. Working from templates, she starts with the largest or most basic piece: an angel's robe, a turtle's shell. Then comes the delicate work of placing smaller pieces above and below this "chassis"; the medium and the process will support up to four layers. Though the designs are standardized, the pieces are all handmade. The mood of a design is changed, she points out, by crossing a turkey's legs rakishly or swiveling a flamingo's head to suggest surprise.

Once Matthews is satisfied with a composition, it goes into the oven on a china plate. "The trick is to remember that it's in there," she says. Like cookies, overcooked pieces change color, starting at the edges. When they're just right, the layers melt evenly and the colors stay true. Once the piece is done, she puts it into a refrigerator. The appliances were added recently; before that, hers was truly a home-cooked enterprise, from the kitchen stove to the dining-room table. She invested in studio appliances because her husband, John, "thinks kitchens are for cooking and dining rooms are for eating," she says, shaking her head.

Once the pieces are cooled, they harden and are ready for her signature in gold script on the back, where metal fasteners are also affixed.

$25 each plus $2 postage and handling. While they last. On sale in the Alumni Office. dickm@universe.uiwtx.edu
Special introductory offer---all four pins for $98.50 plus postage through May 31, 2003.

COMING HOME, SWEET HOME IN APRIL

Complete schedule http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/alhcre.html and online registration:
http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/alhcreform.html

The annual UIW Homecoming and Reunion is in preparation for the weekend of April 11-13, 2003. Although there are some free events on Friday night and Sunday, the majority of the activities are on Saturday to benefit those who must be home in time for the new work week.

It is a time to revisit the campus and perhaps re-discover it, and also a time to arrange to meet and visit with Incarnate Word friends. The Bookstore, for example, has a new and much larger location on the upper campus complete with a Starbucks attached. The uninitiated will learn what we mean by the “upper campus” and for a hint see the cover of the fall issue of The Word. And contrary to the urban legend, you need not be in a reunion class to come for the fun.

Whatever the “official” schedule, there is always time and space for conversation. Brackenridge Villa becomes Homecoming Headquarters for the weekend, one of those places to sit and visit, or stroll down memory lane through the pages of yearbooks, scrapbooks, videos, publications and other memorabilia.

The annual Sister Charles Marie Frank Lecture and Poster Presentations in Nursing are on Friday evening in the spectacular new Sky Room of the International Conference Center. The speaker for 2003 is Dr. Lynn Wieck, President of the Texas Nurses Association and owner of her own research company, which focuses on the emerging workforce. This event is also open to the public and offers continuing education credit for the working professional.

Nursing alumnae of the class of 1953 will be staying at O’Casey’s Bed and Breakfast on West Craig Place, ocaseybnb.com 1-800-738-1378.

The major event is the Saturday luncheon in Marian Hall for ALL alumni/ae and honoring diamond alumni/ae of fifty –one years or more, the golden anniversary class of 1953 and the silver anniversary class of 1978. Reunion classes are those graduation years ending in a “3” or an “8.” Throughout the day there are campus tours, especially to the new Gorman Business and Education Center and the new Bookstore and Sky Room, the magnificent Mabee Library, book signings, athletic games, theatre, and ending with a gala mixer at Brackenridge Villa and an evening free to visit with friends.

This year UIW students will liven up the campus with their Spring Olympics ---- campus organizations competing in fun events, live music until 8 p.m. [the musicians are also auditioning for Clear Channel Communications], and food booths.

All of this is on the lawn of Dubuis Hall.

This year the Sunday liturgy will be the Palm Sunday Mass in the Motherhouse Chapel followed by a reception in Centennial Hall. Other free events will be added to the schedule closer to the event.

UIW Homecoming is lots of fun and inexpensive. It is open to all graduates and former students of all years. If you need some help with travel or housing plans now is the time to contact the Alumni Office. Every single thing you need to know about Homecoming [schedule of free stuff updated regularly], the nursing poster presentations, and registration forms are just a click away at: http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/alhcre.html

BARSHOP TROPHY ROOM

A beautiful new UIW trophy room was added to the Ann Barshop Natatorium as a surprise after the March Trustee meeting. Under a photo of the late Steven Barshop the plaque reads: THE STEVEN LLOYD BARSHOP TROPHY ROOM. Named and dedicated to honor the memory of the son of Mr and Mrs Sam Barshop, faithful members of the university community with our continued prayers and support at the time of their loss. Steven passed away on December 20, 2002 at the age of forty-eight after a long illness. March 7, 2003. In addition, alumna and retired faculty member Nancy Pawel is preparing descriptive copy for her ceramic mural which adorns the lobby of the natatorium.

UIW WOMEN WELL REPRESENTED IN 2003 HONORS

SALUTE TO LATINA WOMEN IN ACTION RELIGION AWARD
Sister Helena Monahan, CCVI, PhD, BA ’68 presented in San Antonio on March 7, 2003.

SA WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME
Mary Louise Vance 1981, Category: Education[High School]; Katie Reed ,UIW volunteer, Category: Volunteerism and Dr Brenda Jackson, former Nursing Faculty, Category: Health Professions; . The awards were presented in San Antonio on March 20, 2003.

CCVI SPIRIT AWARD
Lorraine E Ewers, BBA ’02 wife of Don Ewers, BA ‘82 Lorraine Ewers is the 2003 recipient of the CCVI Spirit Award. She is the Administrative Secretary of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. The award was presented at the liturgy on March 25 as part of the campus celebration of Incarnate Word Day. Lorraine has been on the staff of the University for 21 years. She is also a recent alumna and holds the BBA.

CONGRATULATIONS ALSO IN ST LOUIS
Sister Mary Pezold, CCVI, BA ’68 and former IWHS Principal and UIW trustee was one of the nominees for a Catholic Women Award of the Archdiocese of St Louis. A woman nominated for this award is a woman who gives much of her time and energy to the nurturing of others. She is a companion to the lonely, a comfort to the sorrowful, and a relief to the burdened.

NANCY PAWEL RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBIT ENDS AT HOMECOMING

Nancy Pawel, MA ’89 and retired member of the art faculty, closes the retrospective exhibit of her work in ceramics, The Road Less Traveled, on April 14, 2003 in the Semmes Gallery of the UIW Fine Arts Center. Happily the show is still up for Homecoming 2003.

LET’S SAVE SOME TREES! AND WIN!

Scholarship Sweepstakes is an annual alumni tradition now. We have FIFTY prizes and you can win one of them on July 4, 2003. In the past we sent out thousands of letters with thousands of pieces of paper to be filled out and mailed back in. Costly, and the trees didn’t much care for it either. And thanks to technology there are more student scholarship funds for students at UIW, IWHS and St. Anthony’s.

Using the computer, the process can be relatively paperless. You email us your name, address and telephone number and tell us how many entries you would like. Then you mail us something for the entries [$1 or more each would be nice] and you can even do that online by credit card. We have a computer program that will enter your name for the number of chances you want. The computer even picks the winners on July 4th. Never touched by human hands. And the computer just might select your name for a trip for two anywhere in the U.S. Or a $1,000 bond, or jewelry, or watches, or pottery, or artwork, or etc. Fifty in all.

To get the entire story with directions go to Scholarship Sweepstakes at http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/

WALT GLASS 2003 ALUMNUS OF DISTINCTION

Walt’s major for his BA in 1972 was psychology, but after his experience in ceramics class at UIW pottery became his life. Walt started out with a shop in La Villita in downtown San Antonio, which is still there, but his retail and wholesale business created the need for additional space and staff at the McQueeny Pottrey plant. A major part of the business process through the years has been his wife, alumna Cynthia Vela Glass, BA ’72. Walt has also had stores and showrooms in Houston and Alamo Heights, but his international wholesale business has been fantastic. Somehow he managed to find time to teach at nearby Texas Lutheran University and advise other pottery programs. He and Cynthia have always made Glass pottery available for Scholarship Sweepstakes and Swing-In Golf tournament prizes. For Homecoming 2002, Walt and his celebrated teacher, Nancy Pawel, held a joint ceramics show in the Mabee Library on campus and he surprised her with a special work of his made in appreciation.

FIFTY CHEERS FOR THE CLASS OF 1953

Twelve alumnae from the IWC class of 1953 will represent their class at the morning commencement ceremony on campus on May 10th, followed by a celebration luncheon. As is now the tradition, they will don gold caps and gowns and march in the procession to signify their 50th anniversary, and they will also receive a souvenir of their original diploma. Other members of the 50-year class attended April Homecoming.

ACADEMIC & ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE

UIW Athletic Director and men’s soccer coach Mark Papich proudly stands by the newly installed recognition of our scholar athletes which is displayed in the lobby of the Ann Barshop Natatorium.

IWHS ALUMNAE TEA

The IWHS Alumnae Association annual Silver Tea and awards presentation will be on April 27, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. in the IWHS Gym.

ST ANTHONY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS

Calling All Yellow Jackets ! #1 St. Anthony Alumni Sports Day
Saturday March 29, 2003
Soccer 10:30 a.m. Free admission

PTC Sponsored Lunch
11:30 – 1:30
Basketball 12:30 p.m. Free admission; Family Softball 2:00 p.m. free admission
Contact
Kevin Smisek(’88), Chairman
St Anthony Alumni Association
Call now for team assignments
Phone # 210-520-2590
Email address smisek@epals.com

Calling All Yellow Jackets ! #2 Fiesta St. Anthony Benefit
$10,000 in Prizes
St. Anthony Catholic High School
Fiesta St. Anthony Benefit
Saturday April 12, 2003 - 7:00 p.m. till ?
UIW Convocation Center
Sponsored by St. Anthony Catholic High School PTC; Appetizers, Dinner, Wine & Beverages, Music; Silent Auction and Door Prizes---Must be 21 years or older to attend

How can you Help?
· by contributing items or services for the silent auction
· by purchasing ticket(s) with classmates, friends, co-workers or family members
· by filling a table each year with your classmates, friends, co-workers and family members

Call St. Anthony's
210-832-5603

NURSING HONOR SOCIETY NEWS

The UIW nursing school honor society is in the process of merging with the Sigma Theta Tau, delta alpha chapter from the University of Texas Health Science Center Nursing School. Any former nursing students who were inducted into the nursing school honor society in the past and are interested in renewing their membership to be able to get inducted into Sigma Theta Tau will need to pay the current dues for the honor society by April 30, 03, attend two honor society meetings, and participate in one organization function in order to get inducted in to Sigma Theta Tau. For further information please contact Dr. Maureen Rauschhuber at 829-3995 or e-mail her at rauschhu@universe.uiwtx.edu

MODEL UN CONTINUED BY ALUMNUS

“Since the Model United Nations of San Antonio has turned into such a large, international endeavor, and since it is run by my students and co-sponsored by the city (I'm a line item in the city budget) and since the program originated at UIW and was basically passed on to me by Dr. Beal, I was trying to think of ways to get that news out. Let me know what you think. It just seems that UIW has had a big international push and since I'm an alumnus running our most important international effort at the International School of the Americas, there might be some interest. Get back to me with your thoughts at your convenience.” Russell Rowton, BA 1989

FORE, ANYONE?

Play golf? If you’d like to play in or be involved with the annual Swing-In Golf Tournament May 9th at a brand new golf course, The Republic Golf Course, please contact Director of Development Monica Martinez monicam@universe.uiwtx.edu The Auction pre-golf party is on the evening of May 8th in the new UIW Sky Room

PHONATHON TOTALS AS OF MARCH

By the end of March UIW alumni Phonathon stands at the $91,000 mark in gifts and pledges. The advancement team callers will continue calling through April, and mailed requests sent to alumni without a telephone number or email address of record. The student callers have noted a higher than usual number of undisclosed pledges for the annual fund this year, and we encourage all alumni and alumnae to complete their pledges or make a gift before the end of May, 2003, the end of the UIW fiscal year. Have you made a gift or pledge of support this academic year? Now giving is just a click away at http://www.uiw.edu/giving/giv_index.html

DON’T FORGET to let us know about new addresses, email addresses and phone numbers so that the campus information will keep flowing, and let your friends know that we now have eNewsletters to complement printed materials.

SUGGEST A STUDENT

If you would like to recommend a student to UIW, please e-mail howardd@universe.uiwtx.edu in the UIW Admissions Office.

UIW COOK BOOK---Unique Gift

UIW’s Campus Ministry Office has produced a cookbook full of favorite recipes entered by alumni, faculty, staff and students. It is available for $10.00, tax and shipping included, at UIW Campus Ministry, UPO 29, 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209. The books are $8 if you pick them up on campus. Julie Engel, Assistant Director of Campus Ministry. juliee@universe.uiwtx.edu

FEED BACK SECTION

QUO VADIS?

Many alumni and UIW friends are understandably nervous about overseas travel right now. But what about travel within the USA? This is a simple email poll of the enewsletter readers to see how many might be interested in an alumni tour group to Alaska, New England in the fall, Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, St Louis, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, or where else? Let’s hear from you.

HOMECOMING SURVEY

And while we are surveying opinions, the Homecoming Committee is growing more and more concerned about attendance at the annual Homecoming and Reunion. One suggestion brought to the table was to have a one-event Homecoming in the fall [at Light the Way] and another in the spring near Fiesta, and to have reunions by decades every other year in the spring. The suggestion was based upon the premise of honoring the 25 and 50 year classes every year at the December and May commencement. Opinions please?

SURELY, T’WAS THE WINTER OF EVERYONE’S DISCONTENT

The bitter weather and record snows in parts of the U.S.A. finally managed to ice up even sunny San Antonio.

Rare, but not a first. Which brings to mind an “only in Texas” story. Once upon a time the then IWC president, Sister Margaret Patrice Slattery, was trying to get home from a trip only to find the San Antonio Airport closed due to snow.

After being diverted to Houston, she boarded an early morning flight the next day, but the snow managed to find Houston as well. The pilot calmly announced that there would be a slight delay while the plane was de-iced.

Sure enough, as she glanced out the window, there was a member of the ground crew on the wing, with a broom, de-icing the plane.

Dick McCracken, Dean    dickm@universe.uiwtx.edu