FACULTY MATTERS
About Our Faculty and Staff Assistant Athletic Director Kelly Antcliff and her husband, Chad, welcomed Isaac Michael Antcliff on Dec. 8, 2009. He joins big sister, Claudia, who is three years old.
B. MATT GILES
Assistant Principal for Student Life and Community Relations B. Matt Giles ’86 and his wife, Liana, welcomed Leo Finnian “Finn” on Feb. 24, 2010. Finn weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces, was 21.25 inches long, and joins big sister, Belle.
TED HAMPTON
Social studies teacher Matt Mayer and his wife, Katie (Witchger) ’99, welcomed newborn son Michael Patrick on Jan. 28, 2010. Social studies teacher Franklin Oliver recently published his second book of poetry, “Myths.” Mr. Oliver was recently interviewed in JAWS, the Indianapolis Recorder’s Journalism and Writing Seminars, which is a paid internship program for MATT MAYER freshman, sophomore and junior high school students. The mission of JAWS is to develop professional communication skills for youth who plan on pursuing journalism as a career.
BREBEUF JESUIT BYLINES / SPRING 2010
GREG VANSLAMBROOK
Last year, Brebeuf Jesuit and the Liberty Fund developed a partnership together that takes place in physical form in Brebeuf ’s Faculty Resource Center. The Liberty Fund donated a collection of books and video materials covering the classics and new works in the areas of history, law, philosophy, religion, natural science, literature, political thought and economics. As part of this partnership, the Liberty Fund also ensures that one of Brebeuf ’s faculty members will attend a Liberty Fund conference once a year. Matt Lo, Chair of the Social Studies Department, was the first faculty recipiMATT LO ent to be presented the Liberty Fund Faculty Scholar Award for his work in foundational American constitutional and civic education issues. Below is a letter from Mr. Lo to Mr. Chris Talley, President of the Liberty Fund, expressing his appreciation.
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I want to thank you for providing Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School faculty members the opportunity to attend your conferences. I recently returned from your James Madison and Liberty Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it was an exhilarating, reinvigorating experience for me; I know that it will be just as fruitful for other faculty members in the future. DEBBIE REALE
Dr. Sharon Sperry of the English Department was awarded a Teacher Creativity Fellowship through the Lilly Endowment Inc. Her project is called “Masimulizi (Stories in Kiswahili).” Dr. Sperry will travel to St. Aloysius Gonzaga Preparatory School for AIDS Orphans in Nairobi, Kenya, this summer and collaborate with an English and journalism teacher at the school to create co-authored projects for Brebeuf and Kenyan students.
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Robert Murphy started on the night crew in January.
Mr. Chris L. Talley
Amy Pitcher, Director of Research and Data Management, and her husband, Jake, welcomed Liam Van Pitcher on Oct. 6, 2009. Liam weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 21 inches long. He joins big brother, Noah, who is four years old. Brebeuf ’s Human Resources Coordinator, Debbie Reale, successfully passed her Professional Human Resource (PHR) Certification Exam.
New Faculty and Staff
Liberty Fund Conference
Mark G. Kite Wellness Center Coordinator Ted Hampton married Casey Beth Greenwood on Dec. 12, 2009. Athletic Director Mike Marshall and his wife, Sara, welcomed newborn son, Ezekiel “Zeke” James, on Sept. 11, 2009, weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 21.75 inches long. Zeke joins big brother, Jordan, who is 12 years old.
Assistant Principal for Academics Greg Van Slambrook and his wife, Sara, welcomed Anna Elizabeth on Sept. 7, 2009. Anna weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce, and joins big brother, Elijah, who is two years old.
If I may, here is one immediate impact of the conference on my teaching. At the conference, a significant part of the conversation centered on James Madison’s warnings in the Pacifucus-Helvidius debates about granting too much executive prerogative. The first day back in the classroom my students and I were discussing a reading over President Lincoln’s war-time measures. The author of the reading we discussed strongly advocates executive prerogative, and uses John Locke’s argu-