Alumni Newsletter
March 2004

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

LATEST ISSUE OF THE WORD ONLINE AT: http://www.uiw.edu/thewordonline/

CATCH UP ON ALL THE NEWS AT: http://www.uiw.edu/news/newsarchive.html

CHECK OUT THE UIW ALUMNI NETWORK http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/anet/

Alumni are joining the network all the time. The current format will soon change. You will have your own login and password to edit your data and keep it current.

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

ADCaP NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE: http://www.uiw.edu/adcap/adcapnews.htm

OTHER HANDY LINKS:

http://www.uiw.edu/hr/ UIW Human Resources; http://www.uiw.edu/career/ UIW Career Services ; http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/newsletter/index.htm back issues of the Newsletter; http://www.uiwlogos.com The Logos student newspaper, and http://www.uiw.edu/carillon.html if you are homesick for the campus and http://www.womensglobalconnection.org CCVI Women's Global Connection, http://www.uiw.edu/admissions/alumvolapp.html Alumni Admissions Volunteers.

WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE

When the academic year opens the weekly Sunday Mass in Our Lady's Chapel will be at 10:30 a.m. Mass in the Motherhouse Chapel is on the second Sunday of the month, at 11:00 a.m.

SISTER ALACOQUE POWER, CCVI, Ph.D. obituary

http://obits.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?type=0&id=31589

ALUMNI RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE CORPUS CHRISTI ADCaP /VU ALUMNI

A first-ever reunion of alumni of the Corpus Christi ADCaP and Virtual University programs, faculty and staff will be held on March 10, 2004 at 7 p.m. and hosted at the home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Mueller [UIW trustee Patty Mueller], 39 Hewitt Drive, Corpus Christi. All Corpus Christi area alumni are also cordially invited to the party and meet the ADCaP graduates who attended their classes on the campus of Del Mar College. Virtual University graduates, of course, did course work online. Admission is free but please RSVP to the Alumni Office.

HOMECOMING AND REUNIONS

Mark your calendars and watch for more email and regular mail as there will be various Homecoming and Reunion events for university alumni/ae from April 16 to 19 th , including the spectacular annual Fiesta Fashion Show [if you are able to get tickets to this]. Remember that this year reunions will be by decades rather than specific years, although this does not rule out a class celebrating a special anniversary. Hopefully this will eradicate the myth that homecoming and reunions are only for certain years. And also for the future, while we will always have a Homecoming celebration or celebrations during the year, formal decade reunions will be every other year after 2004. And so, the next big reunion year, wonder of wonders, will be for the University's 125 anniversary year, also known as a quasquicentennial [1881-2006].

INCARNATE WORD DAY SCHEDULE
INCARNATE WORD DAY CELEBRATION! Thursday, March 25th

March 25 th is the traditional celebration of the Incarnation, the announcement to Mary that she was to be the Mother of the Incarnate Word (Luke 1: 26-38).

It is our feast day, too, a day of joyful celebration for us as members of the University of the Incarnate Word.

You are cordially invited to join in all of the Feast Day activities listed below:

Student Activity : Banners and Balloons-8:00 a.m. Campus.

Faculty-Student "Teach-in" - Sister Yolanda Tarango will address the topic: "Effect of Homelessness on Children" 9:00 a.m. Library Auditorium.

The Red Dress Project: The Heart Truth - Nursing and Fashion Design. Marian Hall. Details on Red Dress posters.

Distinguished Speaker : "The Globalization of Christianity: Developments and Consequences," by Fernando F. Segovia. 12:00 p.m. Marian Hall.

Special Liturgy . Awarding of CCVI Spirit Award. 3:00 p.m. Our Lady's Chapel.

Community Party : Jordan Plaza. 4:00 p.m.

Student Activity : Marian Hall. Evening .

NURSING HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS

Calling all UIW nursing honor society members, past and present:

The UIW nursing honor society will become part of Sigma Theta Tau, the international nursing honor society, in April.  If you are or know an honor society member, active or inactive, we need your current address.  Invitations will be sent soon for the April induction ceremony.  If you miss being inducted into STTI, there will be no grandfathering.  Please notify Maureen Rauschhuber, Ph.D., R.N. rauschhu@universe.uiwtx.edu  of your address.  Her phone number is 210-829-3995. 

PEACE POLE DEDICATION TO ALUMNA ADA KOENIG KIRK

Join us dedicating a Peace Pole.*

Over 200,000 monuments with the words "May Peace Prevail on Earth" stand in over 180 countries.

Sunday, March 28, 12 noon
University of the Incarnate Word
Brackenridge Villa Lawn

The Peace Pole will be on the lawn of the historic home of Eleanor Brackenridge, "Mother of Women's Suffrage in Texas." She wrote on legal rights for women and knew that the foundation of peace is justice. She gathered suffragettes in her home.

An oak tree and the Peace Pole will be in memory of Ada Koenig Kirk (1923-2003, BA from Incarnate Word in 1943, MA in 1965), an educator, community leader, and creator of peace who organized over a hundred students and citizens in the first Peace Pole ceremony in rural south Texas in Cuero, May 13, 1998 (pictured above).

Schools, groups, and individuals are invited to do "peace art, music, and projects" for the celebration. Make and bring pages for the "God Weeps" mural. See www.salsa.net/peace/godweeps/ For more information contact Ada's daughter, Sister Martha Ann Kirk, University of the Incarnate Word, 829-3854, kirk@universe.uiwtx.edu This monument will be in English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Hebrew, Vietnamese, and Swahili.

* Read more about Peace Poles, http://www.worldpeace.org/activities.html

OVERSEAS TRAVEL OPPORTUNITY OPENS UP

A special opportunity for alumni and friends!

GREECE: BIBLICAL AND BEAUTIFUL, a pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Paul celebrating centers of beauty, spirituality, learning, and life. June 5 to 16, 2004 with Sister Martha Ann Kirk and Basil Alvialiotis. Experience Athens, Aegina, Corinth, Delphi, Meteora, Thessaloniki, Phillippi. See http://www.uiw.edu/gre-turkstudytour

DON'T FORGET!

YOU, TOO, CAN BE A M.A.R.S. ROVER!

UIW graduates - Do you know a prospective high school or college student that may be interested in coming to Incarnate Word?

If so, did you know you can nominate one prospective freshman or transfer student every year to receive the McCracken Alumni Referral Scholarship [M.A.R.S.]?

This is a one-time $1,000 scholarship for first-time freshmen and transfer students admitted to UIW.

Simply email the Alumni Office dickm@universe.uiwtx.edu and we will make certain the Office of Admissions sends you an information packet, including a voucher to complete.

Deadline for submitting vouchers is August 1, 2004.

For more complete details go to: http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/mars.html

AND YOU CAN HELP THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE AS A VOLUNTEER

http://www.uiw.edu/admissions/alumvolapp.html

ST ANTHONY GRADE SCHOOL SEEKS ALUMNI/AE

The following is from IWHS Alumna Emily Juen Mason, '84:

ATTENTION ALL ALUMNI FROM ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC SCHOOL

205 W. Huisache Avenue, San Antonio, TX
We need your current mailing address for our ALUMNI DATABASE. Please forward your information to Emily Juen Mason, Director of Development and Alumni Relations Direct Office: (210) 735-0713  or  E-MAIL:  ejuenmason@stanthonysa.org  

ALUMNAE SEEK HELP WITH FINAL FOUR, PARADE

#1. March Madness is just around the corner as San Antonio prepares to host the 2004 NCAA® Final Four® in the Alamodome, April 3 & 5. This event offers a tremendous volunteer opportunity! Although game tickets don't come with the job, an official uniform, an opportunity to contribute to one of the greatest sporting events in the country, and plenty of Final Four® fun do! Sign up today by registering at www.saloc.org . For ticket packages or general event information, call UIW Alumna, Jenny Carnes at 210-820-2104.

Jenny Carnes, Associate Director, San Antonio Local Organizing Committee, 2004 NCAA Final Four P.O. Box 830386 San Antonio, TX 78283-0386
jcarnes@sanantoniosports.org

#2. As some of you may know, I am now President of the Harp & Shamrock Society, the Irish Society that my Dad founded back in the 1960's. Every year we put on the St. Patrick's Day Parade. We are in desperate need of convertibles to be in our Parade. If any of you know of anyone that would either, let us borrow one or would like to drive it in our Parade, please let me know. It's really a lot of fun. I used to have a 1977 VW convertible, as many of you may remember and we always had it entered in the Parade. Josh Davis (The Olympic swimmer) is our Grand Marshall of the parade this year and we really need some convertibles to drive some people in the Parade. Home # 699-1362 or eiandwayne@aol.com Thanks.

Eileen Burke-Faught, IWHS '83, BA '87, President
Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas

WORDSWORTH BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, March 10, Sarah Bird, The Yokota Officers Club

Presenter: Dr. John Perry, Professor of English and Speech Communications

Tuesday, March 23, John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

Presenter: Dr. Doug Gilmour, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Meetings will be held from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the Dr. Burton E. Grossman International Conference Center, located on the corner of Hildebrand and Hwy 281. You are invited to bring a brown bag lunch and come at 11:30 a.m. to enjoy your salad or sandwich before the presentation starts. Coffee, tea, and cold drinks will be provided. The fee for participation is $60.00 per semester ($45.00 for senior citizens and students. For more information contact: Lorraine Ewers, Office of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway, CPO 144, San Antonio, TX 78209. Telephone: 210.829.6070 Email: lewers@universe.uiwtx.edu

INTERESTED IN ALUMNI/AE INVOLVEMENT?

The UIW Alumni Office is looking for nominations or volunteers for a core group to study the formation of an official Alumni Organization to assist the university in carrying the mission forward, and playing a dynamic role in the future direction of alumni activities and events. Meetings will be scheduled for those interested or nominated. Send your nominations or your own name to gladysd@universe.uiwtx.edu

UIW CREDIT CARD AVAILABLE

Alumni/ae often ask about the UIW affinity Mastercard available through MBNA. In addition to a personalized UIW credit card, MBNA gives UIW a percentage of all purchases/charges at no extra charge to you. Even if you make a gift on your MBNA card we will still get a percentage as an extra gift.

We receive nearly $1,000 a quarter from this program, all designated for the Faculty Development Endowment.

To get more information on a card, just call MBNA at 1 800 847 7378 [Mastercard] and refer to source code YH9Q.

INCARNATE WORD PINS SELLING FAST

Proceeds are for the Faculty Development Endowment [to meet a matching grant]

http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/zelime.html

2004 PHONATHON

Once again all alumni are receiving a call from students [or an email] in support of pledges to the 2003-2004 Annual Fund, although you don't need to wait for us to call you. The annual fund is, in general, unrestricted donations in support of operations for the year on the various campuses. In practice, the annual funds provided by alumni/ae offer direct student assistance. These funds are vital to our students, and we hope you will be as generous as possible. So far, UIW is over $80,000 in pledges, St Anthony has exceeded last year's goal, and IWHS is still in progress. If you wish to pledge to the Phonathon you may email dickm@universe.uiwtx.edu for the University, IWHS@universe.uiwtx.edu for Incarnate Word High School, and greener@universe.uiwtx.edu for SACHS. Gifts can also be made online at http://www.uiw.edu/giving/giv_index.html

Photos by alumnus Don Ewers capturing the arrival home from Iraq on February 22 and meeting his wife, Angel, and son, David. Alumnae Mom and sister, Lorraine and Theresa, are not far away. Praise God.

From nursing alumna Maxine Burns of Sacramento, CA:

The famous Olympic skier Picabo Street(pronounced Peek-A-Boo) is not just an athlete; she is a nurse currently working at the Intensive Care Unit of a large metropolitan hospital. She is not permitted to answer the telephone, however, as it caused simply too much confusion when she would answer the phone and say, Picabo, ICU

Dick McCracken, Dean of Alumni and Planned Giving dickm@universe.uiwtx.edu

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

* This concept is an adaptation of the directions of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word at their last General Chapter which urges the members to "re-found the Congregation." This means to recapture the original founding spirit of 1869 which included dedication, a spirit of fearless innovation, Jesus' Gospel values of service and courage, all within the context of faith. For the university, this means an examination of our founding core values as they continue to animate our mission in the 21st century.