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At the 2015 Cardinal Newman Banquet, several alumni from Kansas Newman College gathered to re-create a photo the same group (almost) had posed for at a Homecoming event in the early 1990s. Missing from the 2015 shot are Drew ’79 and Karen Bogner, who did not attend this year’s banquet. L-r, front row: Mark ’78 and Ann (Roder)’81, ‘01 Fox; Carm (Faber) ’79 Ludlow; Veronica (Armendariz) ’82 and J.V. ’82 Johnston; Susan (Carney) ’80 and Michael ’80 Pool; back rows: Drew Bogner ’79; Mike Ludlow ’78; Karen Bogner; Ralph ‘80 and Barbara (Neuharth) Thiergart ’80, and Monte ’78 and Kimberly Vines.
L-r, front row: Mark ’78 and Ann (Roder)’81, ‘01 Fox; Carm (Faber) ’79 Ludlow; Veronica (Armendariz) ’82 and J.V. ’82 Johnston; Susan (Carney) ’80 and Michael ’80 Pool; back rows: Ralph ‘80 and Barbara (Neuharth) Thiergart ’80; Mike Ludlow ’78, and Monte ’78 and Kimberly Vines.
Co-author of book on Father Emil Kapaun signs copies at Newman On Feb. 26, Wichita Eagle reporter and noted author Roy Wenzl came to the Newman campus to discuss and sign copies of the book he co-authored, The Miracle of Father Kapaun: Priest, Soldier and Korean War Hero.
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Kapaun, who was from Pilsen, Kan., was ordained in St. John’s Chapel at Newman on June 9, 1940. He died
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in 1951 in a North Korean prisoner of war camp. A theatre presentation about the priest’s life and cause for sainthood named “The Miracle of Father Kapaun” was presented at Newman in 2010. The work was based on the original eight-part series on Kapaun that Wenzl wrote for the Eagle. To see a video of Wenzl's presentation, visit http://newmanu.edu/roywenzl.
According to the 2014 NSSE, 88 percent of Newman freshmen have been or plan to be involved in a community-based service project. The national average is 53 percent.