NewsNotes
Founder of L’Arche Honored On July 24, 2004, the University presented the Ut Diligatis Invicem award to Dr. Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche and of Faith and Light. The award, which takes its name from founder Archbishop John Mark Gannon’s motto: “That You May Love One Another,” is given annually to individuals who show commitment to their faith, exemplify Judeo-Christian ideals of love and respect for human dignity, and whose life’s work enriches their professions, societies, and world. Past recipients include Archbishop Desmund Tutu, renowned Catholic artist Frederick Franck, and author Sister Helen Prejean. In 1964, Jean Vanier founded the first L’Arche community when he invited two developmentally challenged men to join him in communal living in a small home he purchased north of Paris, hoping to promote a higher level of dignity and independence than institutions then supported. Today, Dr. Vanier’s message of inclusion and compassion has sown more than 120 L’Arche communities in 30 countries around the world, including the oldest in the United States, founded in Erie by current Gannon Chaplain Father George Strohmeyer in 1971. Dr. Vanier, who is deeply rooted in the Catholic tradition, is close to Pope John Paul II and periodically meets with Vatican officials to further the mission of L’Arche throughout the world.
Bernadette Hattjar
Susan Carnes
Maria Gerase, Ph.D.
Laura Rutland, Ph.D.
Supawadee Lee, Ph.D.
Julie M. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
Johnson Olanrewaju, Ph.D.
Kathleen M. Kingston, Ed.D.
Margaret T. Clark, Ph.D.
New Professors Welcomed Gannon welcomes the following new faculty members: Susan Carnes, Assistant Professor of Nursing; Margaret T. Clark, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor of Education, Julie M. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor of Business; Maria Gerase, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Services and Criminal Justice, Bernadette Hattjar; Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, Carol Hayes; Instructor of English, Perry Hilburn; Instructor of Physics; Sr. Claire Hudert, OSB, Instructor of Theology; Lamont Johnson, Instructor of Philosophy; Kathleen M. Kingston, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Education; Suzanne Kitts, Instructor of Sport and Exercise Science; Supawadee Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy; Johnon Olanrewaju, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering; Laura Rutland, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English.
Consortium Dietetics Program Reaccredited The Pennsylvania Consortium Coordinated Program in Dietetics (CCP), sponsored by Gannon University, Mercyhurst College, and Edinboro University, has been approved for continued accreditation. Program Director Dawna T. Mughal, Ph.D., received notice of the continued accreditation, made for the maximum period of 10 years, from the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association.
The CCP is the only program of its kind nationally and one of only 50 four-year coordinated programs accredited by CADE. As an accelerated program, the CCP includes at least 1,000 hours of supervised practice or internship spread across the student enrollment. The consortium model allows students at Gannon to share faculty and resources with dietetics students from Edinboro and Mercyhurst, widening the perspectives from which they can learn.
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