CANCRO FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER GRAND OPENING
Frantz Michel ‘21, Heidi Roderick, Director of Health and Wellness, Ave Maria Law, Jim Kelleher, The Kelleher Firm, Sue Kelleher, Tom Monaghan, Founder, Ave Maria Law, Dr. Salvatore Lacagnina, Tatiana Cancro, Peter Cancro, CEO Jersey Mike’s, Gary Tomcik, Chief Experience Officer, NCH Healthcare, Monsignor Frank McGrath, Chaplain, Ave Maria Law, Kevin Cieply, President and Dean, Ave Maria Law, Susan Kuhar, Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce
February 7, 2020 was a momentous occasion for the law school. We held the grand opening of the Cancro Family Wellness Center. To kick off the opening, we did what we strive to do best — we honored and celebrated our veterans at our Fourth Annual Veterans Celebration. It was exciting to host our first event in our new wellness center and it gave us a glimpse of our future to come. It takes a village and there were many individuals involved in making this happen. We were extremely blessed to receive a donation in the amount of $2 million from Mr. Peter Cancro, the founder and owner of Jersey Mike’s, his wife Tatiana, and their family for naming rights to the building. Their contribution helps with the operational expenses for the facility. We received a significant donation from The Kelleher Firm to name the north basketball court. Jim Kelleher, a member of Ave Maria Law’s Board of Governors, and his wife, Sue, are dear friends and supporters of Ave Maria Law. The Kelleher family’s connection to Ave Maria Law runs deep: their son, Patrick, graduated in 2018, their daughter Kathleen’s husband, Eric Leeman, graduated in December, and their children, Mary Clare and Jim, Jr., are members of the Class of 2021.
More than a facility, this wellness center is a part of the law school’s greater mind, body, and spirit initiative. The opening of the Cancro Family Wellness Center aligns with the school’s holistic approach of bringing reason, faith, and wellness into the legal education of its students. We proudly presented and honored the following individuals with the St. Martin of Tours Hero Awards: William LaMothe, Sean Lux ‘18, and his wife Debi Lux, and Vincent Von Zwehl (posthumously). Connie Von Zwehl announced the Annual Vincent Von Zwehl Veterans Scholarship which will generously assist and enable veterans to attend Ave Maria Law. Named in honor of Vinny Von Zwehl, a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy and a steadfast friend and benefactor of the law school, the scholarship was recently founded by Mrs. Connie Von Zwehl in memory of her late husband. The first recipient of this scholarship was Taryn Vaughn ‘20, U.S. Navy Veteran.
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