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The Troubadour, Issue 55 (May 30, 2006)
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The Troubadour  |  
May 30, 2006 Issue 55
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Lifetime Learners gets new director
Tonya Crampton has been hired as the new director 
of Stritch’s Lifetime Learners program, which allows 
economically disadvantaged central-city residents 
to earn an associate’s degree in business by 
attending evening 
classes two nights 
a week for two 
years in their own 
neighborhoods.
The program, 
which is run out 
of the College 
of Business, 
began in 1999 in 
partnership with 
the Next Door 
Foundation, 2545 
N. 29th St., where 
classes still are 
held. A second 
site was added 
in March 2005 
at the Greentree 
and Teutonia 
C o m m u n i t y 
Learning Center, 
3744 W. Green 
Tree Road, in collaboration with the Housing 
Ministries of American Baptists in Wisconsin. 
Crampton oversees both sites.
Crampton, who started May 15, knew about 
Lifetime Learners before joining Stritch and said 
she is pleased to work with a program that offers 
community-based education, free childcare, and is 
value-centered.
 
“I have always admired the University’s outreach to 
a community that typically is not served this way,” 
she said, adding that she hopes to be able to grow 
and expand the program. “I’m excited about the 
possibility of adding some additional community 
partnerships, working to strengthen our current 
partnerships, and to add services such as onsite 
academic counseling and tutoring, which will help 
with student retention. 
“Those services are very important when you’re 
working with adults who are first-generation college 
students.”
Linda Plagman, executive director of University 
Outreach, lauded Crampton’s hiring.
“We’re very excited about having Tonya’s expertise, 
enthusiasm and passion to take Lifetime Learners 
to the next level and help Stritch continue meeting 
its mission in the community,” she said.
Since 1998, Crampton worked for Public Allies, 
a group that recruits and trains young people for 
public service careers through paid internships with 
government agencies and non-profit groups. She 
most recently was the agency’s executive director, 
prior to which she was the associate director and 
recruitment director.
She began working in community development in 
1994, with ESHAC, Inc., an economic development 
community-based organization that serves 
Milwaukee’s Riverwest and lower east side areas. 
She also worked for a year with Wisconsin Citizen 
Action, working on preventing lead poisoning and 
she spent a year with AmeriCorps VISTA, working 
in the Riverwest and Harambee neighborhoods. 
Crampton graduated with honors from Alverno 
College and spent two years studying at St. Norbert 
College in De Pere. She is a member of several 
local boards that are focused on neighborhood 
and community improvement.
The Troubadour  2 |  
The Troubadour supports the overall 
mission, goals and objectives of Cardinal 
Stritch University, and is meant to serve as a 
communications tool for the campus community.
If you have feedback or story ideas, please 
contact Public Relations at prdept@stritch.edu. 
 
For complete information on university public 
relations, media relations and publications, 
please see the PR brochure, which is available 
in My Stritch by clicking on “Public Relations 
Information” in the “Other Employee Info Pages” 
folder under the “Employee Info” tab. 
 
Copy 
Linda Steiner
Design 
Brett Kell
Photography 
Kou Vang
 
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Office of Vocation Development gets $500,000 grant  
from Lilly Endowment
Stritch’s Office of Vocation Development will receive a 
$500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to continue 
programs to help prepare a new generation of leaders for 
church and society. The money follows a prior $1.8 million 
grant received from the Endowment in 2002.
The funding is part of the Endowment’s Programs for the 
Theological Exploration of Vocation, an initiative that seeks 
to encourage young adults 
to energize and renew 
ministerial professions and 
faith attuned leadership in 
society. Stritch is one of 88 
colleges in the U.S. to have 
received such grants and one 
of 30 now getting renewal 
awards. The funding will assist Stritch, through matching 
funds, to sustain and develop permanent financial support for 
programs it has created.
“This initiative opened with three major aims,” said Craig 
Dykstra, senior vice president for religion at the Endowment, 
“to encourage young people to explore Christian ministry 
as their possible life’s work, to help all students draw on the 
wisdom of their faith traditions in making career choices, and 
to enhance the capacity of the schools’ faculties and staffs to 
teach and mentor students in these areas.
“What these schools have accomplished … has been 
phenomenal.”
OVD’s executive director, the Rev. Dr. Trinette McCray, said 
she was delighted that the Endowment is continuing its 
funding.
 “Vocation may find expression in any number of life and career 
paths, but ultimately it is about living the life you are inspired 
to live,” she said. “This grant shows that Lilly endowment 
acknowledges that our work helping individuals find and follow 
their calling is valid and worthy of continuation.”
At Stritch, programs include the Lilly Religious Scholars 
Vocation Program, which provides half tuition and full room 
and board to 12 students who are focusing on ministry. 
Students who want to focus more intently on their vocation 
path, spiritual formation and explore their calling and careers 
participate in the Lilly Vocation Fellows Program. These 
students involve themselves in organized programs and 
services on a regular basis throughout the academic year 
and may receive tuition assistance and/or co-curricular 
financial support. This program currently has more than 35 
active fellows and many new 
applicants.
Other initiatives involve 
students, staff and faculty 
throughout the University in 
mentoring relationships, field 
experiences, internships, 
book groups and other service projects. Many of these 
activities are conducted in partnership with community 
agencies, churches, and local professionals in various fields.
In January, OVD organized a day in which 52 people from 
Stritch worked with children at the New Concept Self-
Development Center at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center as 
part of the National Day of Service honoring King’s memory. 
OVD holds an annual vocation fair, in concert with community 
agencies and churches, each November. And in October, 
OVD will sponsor “Called to the City,” a three-day initiative 
that will turn the city of Milwaukee into a learning lab for urban 
ministry. The Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor and Dr. Ray Bakke 
will facilitate the event. Gardner is a preacher, teacher, civil 
rights activist and author. Bakke is an urban ministry specialist, 
educator and author.
“This funding will enhance our ability to be engaged in 
community formation as well as working with our on-campus 
population,” McCray said. It will help us meet the needs of 
Greater Milwaukee as well as our students. We are very 
grateful to Lilly Endowment.” 
Founded in 1937, the Endowment is an Indianapolis-based 
private foundation that supports its founders’ wishes by 
supporting the causes of religion, community development 
and education.
M a n y C a l l i n g s M a n y G i f t s M a n y W o r k s
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The Troubadour  |  
April 25, 2006 Issue 52
Tickets have been selling steadily for the Friday, 
May 19 performance of the Milwaukee Symphony 
Orchestra, under the direction of Andreas Delfs 
and featuring concertmaster 
Frank W. Almond on violin. 
To date, about 150 tickets are 
left for the concert, which will 
be in the University Theater 
at 7:30 p.m.
The evening is a fundraiser 
for the University, with tickets 
at $40. They are available 
through the Box Office, at (414) 410-4171. The 
event is being brought to Stritch through the 
generosity of trustee and benefactor Joan Steele 
Stein and the St. Joseph Regional Medical 
Center. 
The program will include Tchaikovsky’s Polonaise 
from the opera “Eugene Onegin,” Henryk 
Wieniawski’s Concerto No. 2 in D minor for Violin 
and Orchestra, Opus 22, and Brahms’ Symphony 
No. 2 in D major, Opus 73. 
After the concert, several 
musicians will join the 
audience, along with other 
Symphony musicians, at 
a reception in the Joan 
Steele Stein Center for 
Communication Studies/Fine 
Arts. 
150 tickets left for May 19 MSO concert at Stritch
Delfs
Almond
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Stritch University, and is meant to serve as a 
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For complete information on university public 
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in My Stritch by clicking on “Public Relations 
Information” in the “Other Employee Info Pages” 
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Brett Kell
Photography 
Brett Kell 
(Delfs & Almond courtesy of MSO)
 
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New Stritch Staff
Christine Aguilar
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(Part time)
Counseling & Health Services


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The Troubadour, Issue 53 (May 11, 2006)
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The Troubadour  |  
May , 2006 Issue 53
As we near the end of the 
traditional academic year, it 
is time to update you on the 
work of creating our budget 
for 2006-07. Many of our 
faculty will be off campus 
for much of the summer and 
are wondering where we are in the budget process, 
as are staff members.
I know there are faculty members who are concerned 
about letters of appointment not having gone out in 
March as in the past, particularly those on a nine-
month letter of appointment. You will continue with 
salary and benefits as you currently have until we 
issue the letters for 2006-07, which I hope will then 
include a salary increase. All letters of appointment 
will be issued when the budget process is finished, 
which will be sometime in the next several months. 
With many faculty not on campus over the summer, 
it is important that we have your correct current 
address on file so we can send your letter.  So if you 
have moved recently, please let human resources 
know, Ext. 4222.
Because we need to bring to the Board of Trustees 
a balanced budget each year, we create our 
budget based on our anticipated enrollments and 
anticipated expenses. The budget is still in flux and 
not yet finished, as enrollment figures change daily, 
current students re-enroll for fall and new students 
make their deposits, and the College of Business 
estimates their new enrollments. So, revenue 
estimates are changing daily. The good news is 
that our enrollment numbers are looking better than 
we expected.  
However, as with everyone’s personal budgets, our 
fixed costs have risen. So this work of creating a 
balanced 2006-07 budget continues as we review 
the expense side as well as the revenue side.
In previous years, we always were able to create 
a balanced budget early in the spring because we 
were in a period of high enrollment growth, with 
revenues always much larger than expenses, even 
when expenses also were growing. It was relatively 
easy to say “yes” to new funding requests and to 
annual raises. But as enrollments slow or stall, 
expenses will always continue to increase (benefits, 
utilities, etc.), hence the gap between them has 
been closing. So we are not able to create that 
balanced budget as quickly as in the past.  
I want to assure you that we are doing our very 
best to come up with a budget that will be mission-
sensitive, student-focused, maintain our reputation 
for academic quality and have funding for much-
deserved raises. Once again, I thank you all for 
your many contributions to Stritch, and I ask for 
your continued patience as our work continues. We 
will keep you updated through the Troubadour. 
With God’s blessings,
Message from the President:  
Budget update
Special Edition
Dear Colleagues,


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The Troubadour, Issue 62 (September 21, 2006)
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The Troubadour  |  
September 2, 2006 Issue 62
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When the final figures were tallied for the last fiscal year, 
Stritch came in under budget, and the Board of Trustees has 
allowed allocating the funds in a number of ways that will 
address critical needs and result in future efficiencies.
The good news resulted primarily from the need to 
conservatively budget throughout the year, according to 
Karen Walrath, vice president for Business and Finance.
“Sound financial management requires us to prepare for 
many eventualities that may never happen by 
year’s end,” she said. “But the money still needs 
to be there, to cover potential needs, even 
though in the end they may never materialize.”
To save money in years ahead and to be more 
ecology-minded and environmentally friendly, 
the University will use the end-of-year funds to 
replace old boilers and air conditioning systems 
with new, energy-efficient models. Much of 
Stritch’s infrastructure dates to the early 1960s, when the 
campus was moved from the south side, and it is great need 
of upgrading.
To begin to address critical needs in the residence hall, 
remain competitive, and to give students a more pleasant 
on-campus experience, the first floor of the library will be 
re-carpeted and common spaces in Clare Hall (student 
lounges and computer labs) will be refurbished. Residence 
hall upgrades will include painting, carpeting, new furniture 
and more computers. Great Hall furniture will be replaced, 
and new equipment will be purchased for the fitness center. 
Access issues for students and others with disabilities will 
be addressed.
The University also will lay the groundwork for going 
wireless on the main campus and embark on much needed, 
comprehensive planning regarding campus facilities, many 
of which are beginning to show the results of several years 
of deferred maintenance. Part of the facilities money will go 
toward much-needed signage inside and outside of campus 
buildings, and a portion of the overall funds will help reduce 
the debt on the Bonaventure Hall expansion.
“All of these expenditures are for vital current needs and will 
help move us more successfully into the future,” said Sister 
Mary Lea Schneider, Stritch president. “Twenty-first-century 
students are very consumer oriented. They know what they 
want, and our competition is fierce. We need to try to stay 
ahead of the curve and to invest wisely, so we can continue 
to do what we do best: provide a quality, value-centered 
education and transform lives, one student at a time.”
Many individual factors contributed to the availability of this 
money. For instance, the University has to set 
funds aside to cover its matching contribution to 
the TIAA-CREF retirement fund and its portion of 
employees’ health insurance premiums. In the end, 
fewer people than projected may end up taking the 
University’s coverage or contributing the maximum 
amount needed to get matching retirement funds. 
Enrollments fluctuate, and resulting revenue and 
expenses may vary from projections. This summer, 
enrollments were higher than expected and brought in 
additional, unanticipated revenue.
“When we budget for positions, we budget on the high 
side, the maximum amount, and sometimes people are 
hired at a lower rate,” Walrath said. “When jobs go vacant, 
salary savings result until they are refilled. We budget for 
all associated rental expenses at our off-campus sites, and 
sometimes we don’t have to pay all of those expenses.
“It’s an accumulation of all of these things, and they add up.”
“Good stewardship also undoubtedly plays a role in this,” 
said Executive Vice President Peter Holbrook. “Particularly 
as we are becoming a true Franciscan learning community, 
members of the University community seem to be responding 
to information sharing and are being much more mindful 
about spending and about our need to plan wisely – together 
-- for our future.
“We will continue to communicate regularly on financial 
matters and will ask for input regarding how we can continue 
to budget effectively for our current fiscal year.” 
Fiscal year closes under budget; money funds critical needs
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Stritch’s Technology Services staff has addressed the causes 
of the recent DS1 file server and telephone system crashes 
and said it plans to increase its level of communication with the 
campus community as part of an effort to provide better service. 
According to network manager Steve Tracy, the DS1 file 
server, where the majority of Windows user files on campus 
were saved, crashed because of a drive/controller failure. 
For the past five years, the server had been backed up by 
a three-drive tape library with six terabytes of storage. This 
device failed recently, and two 400-gigabyte (.4 terabytes) 
tape drives have been serving as a replacement backup 
until a new system could be installed.
This backup system saved data every other night for DS1, 
and nightly for the Storage Area Network (SAN) file server 
(called FILESHARE01) and enterprise systems (Jenzabar, 
PowerFAIDS), meaning most data lost in the crash could be 
restored. However, because of the timing of the 
crash, some data that had not yet been backed 
up was lost. In response to the DS1 crash, Tracy 
and other staff members moved data from DS1 
to the SAN. 
A SAN allows for sharing storage resources 
across several servers, making it a better long-
term solution for Stritch’s data storage needs. 
Because of the urgent nature of restoring files lost 
in the DS1 crash, the technology staff has not yet 
been able to complete all planned upgrades and updates. 
Areas affected by the crash included Jenzabar reports and 
customized screens within Jenzabar, some department file 
shares, financial aid tools, academic assessment interfaces, 
and other data reliant upon DS1.
The technology services transition team responsible for day-
to-day IT operations, under the guidance of Executive Vice 
President Pete Holbrook, said they plan to use the server 
and telephone system crashes as an example of their efforts 
to increase communication with the campus community.
The transition team includes Tracy; Sue Ingles, enterprise 
systems manager; Suzy Richards, institutional training 
coordinator; Bill Marcou, assistant director of technology-user 
support; and Ralph Brown, director of telecommunications. 
“It’s never pleasant to have a problem, but we found that 
keeping people informed helped a lot,” Brown said. “Because 
we made it a priority to communicate what was happening, 
fixing the problem went much smoother.”
Brown said the problems encountered when the telephone 
system crashed on Sept. 11 have been fixed, and that the 
department is deeply grateful to the campus community for 
how they handled the situation.
“People’s patience and understanding made it a lot easier 
to diagnose and rectify the problem,” he said. “We want to 
thank them for working with us.”
Holbrook said the way the technology staff handled the 
crashes illustrated how communication could ease tension 
in a difficult situation.
“They put their heads together and solved the problem as 
a team, and they did it quickly,” he said. “It proves just how 
committed they are to building a cooperative culture of service, 
both to each other and to the University community.”
In continuing to build that culture of service, Holbrook and 
the transition team have begun filling three vacant positions: 
a new programmer, Jude Kaider, began Tuesday, and the 
department is also seeking two user support staff. A new 
Help Desk analyst, Femi Jones, began last month. 
Ingles said there is a conscious effort to integrate the different 
areas within the technology department, an idea 
Richards agreed with. “As a unit, we’re acting as 
one,” she said.
As the department’s priorities continue to shift, 
the transition team, and eventually the new Vice 
President for Information Technology/CIO, will 
continue to evaluate options and communicate 
them to the campus community.
For example, there are plans underway 
to reconfigure the residence hall computer lab, form a 
committee to examine options for computer monitors, and 
determine the feasibility of a wireless campus, Marcou said.
Additionally, Tracy said a new server backup tape library with 
robotic drives would be in place in the next few weeks that 
contains 15 terabytes of storage, significantly more than the 
present capacity. Plans also are in the works for a continuous 
protection server capable of backing up data on the SAN 
within 15 minutes of a user saving it, rather than backing up 
data once daily. This solution may also offer a Web interface 
where faculty and staff can access deleted files. 
“In the event of a failure, instead of losing a day of work, the 
worst case scenario is that you lose 15 minutes of work,” he 
said. “People can be back up and running much quicker.” 
Ingles encouraged those with service needs to always contact 
the Help Desk at Ext. 4600 first, because all calls are logged 
and given a trouble ticket number for future reference. Calls are 
then relayed to whomever is best equipped to handle them. 
“The benefit of doing it this way is that if one person isn’t 
available, the caller can be put in touch with someone who is 
available,” she said. “It gives us a record, and we’re able to 
track those and make sure needs are met.”
The technology staff encourages anyone who has lost files 
or cannot access shared files to call Ext. 4600.
Technology Services addresses server, telephone crashes;  
plans to broaden communications efforts
The Troubadour  |  
New Stritch ad campaign unveiled, open forum on Oct. 5
New advertising for Stritch is being rolled out via the 
airwaves, the Internet, in print and on buses.  In addition 
to the messages, a number of other things are new and 
different this year.
To begin with, separate ad campaigns have been created 
for adults and for teens, and they will be placed in different, 
specific outlets that appeal to those divergent audiences. 
Because the University’s traditional undergraduate 
population remains so small, research was conducted this 
spring, in conjunction with the University’s ad agency, Meyer 
& Wallis, on how to increase those numbers. 
Focus groups were questioned about their attitudes on the 
college selection process, where they get their information, 
and what they think about Stritch and its competitors. The 
groups included individuals who had chosen to enroll at 
Stritch, those who had expressed interest but ultimately 
chose to go elsewhere, and high school sophomores.
Findings showed that young people think attending college 
is exciting, but the selection process unnerves them. They 
also want a balance between academics and social life, are 
concerned about financial aid, and base their decisions to 
a great extent on the feeling, or “vibe,” they get during a 
campus tour. 
Core attributes used in figuring out which college to chose 
include reputation, class size, availability and strength of 
majors, tuition, location and atmosphere. Stritch’s small class 
sizes and 62 majors were important to the students surveyed. 
Prospects, particularly those who were unclear about a 
major, appreciated Stritch’s safe and caring environment.
The research also found that getting a good education is 
more important that going to a “cool” college, particularly 
among students with high potential. Stritch was not 
considered cool, but young people looking for that would go 
elsewhere anyway, the researchers concluded. Importantly, 
the research showed that any overt attempt to appear cool in 
advertising would seem heavy-handed and disingenuous.
Campus tours were a key determinant in choosing Stritch, 
and a good vibe sealed the deal. Acceptors noted that they 
could identify with friendly tour guides and valued personal 
attention and one-on-one contact. Key words used to describe 
perceptions about Stritch included caring, welcoming, 
friendly, helpful, smart, and focused on academics.
Armed with this data, Peter Galante, an associate professor 
of art and the University’s creative director, filmed all of the 
TV ads, working with Meyer & Wallis and Emmy Gaerthofner, 
director of recruitment marketing. She and Galante located 
all of the individuals who appear in the ads, with the help of 
Trustee Maria Monreal-Cameron, president and CEO of the 
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin, and David 
Oswald, associate professor of Theater. 
Because of the in-house work, Stritch was able to produce 
eight different TV ads for what it normally would cost to do 
one. Two are aimed at adults and the rest at teens. One adult 
ad has a general focus on education and the other focuses 
on the Master of Arts in Teaching degree.  More adult ads will 
be created later that focus on the College of Business.
All of the broadcast ads present individuals who are split 
between two sides of themselves, both wanting to do different 
things with their lives. All conclude that Stritch offers a way to 
combine their different desires and provide a good education.
The teen ads, which will begin running at the end of the 
month, will appear on shows that appeal to young people, 
including ABC’s “Lost” and a variety of other network shows, 
such as “The Gilmore Girls,” “Veronica Mars,” and “One Tree 
Hill.” Ads also will appear starting at the end of February on 
Fox’s hugely popular “American Idol,” and the following day’s 
“Fox-6 Wake Up News.” Stritch also has created TV spots in 
a mixture of Spanish and English to air on Telemundo. 
Viewers will be told that, “This episode is being brought 
to you by Cardinal Stritch University,” and promotions will 
appear in advance of shows, again saying that Stritch is the 
sponsor of the upcoming show.
Adult TV ads will appear on key cable networks including 
Lifetime, Bravo, and TLC. Adult print ads focused on 
professional interests will appear in education and nursing 
publications. Web-based adult ads mimic the “half of me 
wants to do this” concept for educators, and on the best 
and brightest instructors producing the best and brightest 
nurses for potential students who are interested in Stritch’s 
associate’s and bachelor’s completion in nursing degrees.
Print teen ads focus on the number of majors Stritch offers, 
the University’s comfortable environment and supportive 
faculty, its diversity, and the availability of financial aid. The 
ads steer young people to register for a campus tour. Transit 
ads also focus on Stritch as a place to meet new friends and 
highlight campus tours.
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Jenny Nichols
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“We wanted our advertising campaign 
this year to be based on research 
rather than subjective opinions,” 
said Executive Vice President Peter 
Holbrook. “Peter and Emmy worked 
hard on this, and I’m really proud of 
everyone’s efforts. 
“Our collaboration with Meyer & Wallis 
saved us a lot of money, and, particularly 
with our TV ads, no one else is doing 
something like this. That creativity, 
plus the placements and promotions 
secured by the agency, should draw 
a lot of attention to Cardinal Stritch 
University, and we hope produce solid 
results.”
There will be an open forum on Oct. 
5 at 9 a.m. in room 1110 of the Sister 
Camille Kliebhan Conference Center, 
at which the campus community can 
view print ads and TV spots from the 
new campaign. Representatives from 
Meyer & Wallis will be available to 
answer questions.
continued from page 3
Facilities department to offer training 
sessions, name plates
The Facilities department is holding a series of half-hour information and 
training sessions for faculty and staff who use the technology in the Sister 
Camille Kliebhan Conference Center.
The sessions will be held on Monday, Sept. 25, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Tuesday, 
Sept. 26, at 10 a.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 10 a.m.; and Thursday, Sept. 
28, at 10 a.m. All sessions will be held in the Conference Center.
Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend one or more sessions to familiarize 
themselves with the audiovisual equipment. If you unable to attend on one of these 
dates, please contact Facilities and a private session can be scheduled for you.
In addition, Facilities is currently in the process of replacing inaccurate office, 
desk, and cubicle nameplates across campus. If you need a nameplate 
changed due to an error, name or title change, or if you simply don’t have a 
nameplate, please send an email to Jon Hertig at jdhertig@stritch.edu with 
“NEW NAME PLATE” as the subject and a new one will be made. Please 
include exactly what you want the nameplate to say, along with your office 
number and building. The information Facilities receives is what will be 
ordered, so faculty and staff are reminded to double check for accuracy. 
Once ordered, new nameplates should arrive within 2-3 weeks.


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Position paper completed on new Vice President  
for Information Technology
A 12-person search committee has completed 
a position paper on the future of information 
technology at Stritch that includes a job 
description for the vice president who will 
head that area. 
Advertising will 
begin shortly, 
and the goal is to 
fill the position by 
Sept. 1.
“While we realize 
that some people 
feel the University 
already has more 
than enough 
vice presidents, 
after careful 
considerat ion, 
the committee 
u n a n i m o u s l y 
agreed that 
the VP title was important to providing the 
resources, information, accountability and 
authority necessary to be successful,” said 
Peter Jonas, chair of doctoral programs, who 
heads the search committee.
The position paper includes University 
premises regarding IT; the direction it feels the 
area should take; goals, responsibilities of and 
qualifications for the new VP; the role of the 
search committee, as well as the ad for the 
position and details on the hiring process.
Jonas said the level of detail was included 
“to provide the new individual with the 
best opportunity to succeed.” The group 
researched various models, duties and 
operating systems used by other similar and 
successful schools in creating the paper.
While the search committee will be the main 
interviewing group, many other areas and 
individuals will be included in the interview 
process, including the IT and library staff, 
University President Sister Mary Lea 
Schneider and the Administrative Board. 
Applicants also will be required to make a 
half-hour presentation on their philosophy of 
information technology at an open forum at 
which questions will be taken from faculty, 
staff and students. The search committee 
will synopsize all the input and present it to 
Executive Vice President Peter Holbrook, 
who will make the final decision. The new 
vice president will report to him.
Holbrook expressed confidence in the search 
committee and in Jonas’ leadership. “This 
process is key to Stritch being a learning 
community, and I trust it will ultimately provide 
us with an excellent leader for the IT area,” 
he said.
Key points from the position paper that 
Holbrook stressed regarding IT include what 
is called a convergence model, which means 
bringing all IT areas and functions, including 
continued on page 2
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the library, into one central unit. Doing so, he 
said, will help meet and advance the University’s 
technology needs.
Other key points are having technology address 
and support strategic goals rather than operating 
independently from or driving them, and becoming 
a service unit that enables Stritch to further its 
mission goals and objectives. Further, technology 
must continually respond to the needs and wants 
of the 21st-century learner, by investigating current 
best practices, anticipating problems and helping 
formulate well-researched solutions, Holbrook 
said.
“Cooperation, collaboration and a service-oriented 
philosophy are keys to our success,” he said. “I 
thank the committee for all their hard work to 
date, and I’m confident that with continued input 
from stakeholders coupled with transparency as 
we proceed with this process, we will be able to 
achieve our goals. 
“Additionally, I want to add that whomever we hire 
cannot be viewed as the ‘savior’ of IT. As with 
everything in an information-based organization, 
this will require everyone’s best effort.”
The Troubadour will provide regular updates 
as the hiring process for the vice president of 
information technology proceeds. To access 
the search committee’s position paper, go to 
http://docs.stritch.edu/TechnologyServices/CIO_
Position_paper.doc, which is on My Stritch. For 
further information, contact Jonas at Ext. 4327, or 
pmjonas@stritch.edu.
Julia Rodemeier
Curriculum Specialist
College of Business
New 
  Stritch 
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November 4, 2006 Issue 67
Cabot named CIO; will start in may, consult in meantime
Linda Cabot, director of Information Technology 
Services at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will be 
the new vice president for Information Technology/CIO 
for Stritch. She will join the University in May and will 
serve as consultant during the interim.
Cabot has managed or directed a multitude of 
services in the 19 years she has 
been with Georgia Tech, ranging 
from designing and managing 
public computer labs with more than 
400 seats to creating professional 
development programs for staff. She 
supervises all facets of computer 
support, infrastructure, systems 
administration, telecommunications 
and IT-related communications. She 
also has been an instructor for 10 
years, teaching psychology and an 
Adjustment to College Life course.
She is active in national professional 
organizations, including EDUCAUSE, 
a nonprofit association that advances 
higher education by promoting 
the intelligent use of information 
technology, and was on the board of trustees for 
the Corporation for Research and Educational 
Networking.
Cabot has a master’s degree in counseling psychology 
from George Williams College, which is now part of 
Aurora University in Illinois; a bachelor’s in psychology 
from Quincy University in Quincy, Ill., and an associate’s 
degree in psychology from John Wood Community 
College in Quincy.
“My vision for the future is best described as seeing 
technology as an ‘enabler,’ whether in a classroom 
setting where course information and content is made 
available to those both in and outside the traditional 
classroom walls, to creating the secure environment 
needed to conduct business on campus and remotely,” 
she said.
Executive Vice President Pete Holbrook said he was 
very pleased that Cabot would be joining Stritch, 
particularly because of her emphasis 
on the service role of IT.
“We need to move from merely 
managing technology to using it to 
promote teaching, learning, research 
and administration and to further 
our mission, goals and objectives,” 
he said. “Linda brings extensive 
experience and an enthusiastic 
attitude to this task, and I am confident 
she will help us make the significant 
changes that are needed.
Holbrook said he also was pleased 
that Cabot had been involved with 
establishing what is known as a 
convergence model, which means 
bringing together all areas of IT and 
the library to meet academic and administrative needs 
and better serve students. Creating such a model is a 
key goal at Stritch, he said.
“Linda has proven to be an effective and collaborative 
leader, and I ask you all to join me in welcoming her 
to our administrative team and to our extended Stritch 
family.”
Holbrook said he expects Cabot to be at Stritch for 
about a week in late January for on-site consulting and 
involvement in the University’s strategic planning.


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Gannon begins as Stritch’s new campus priest
The Rev. James Gannon, OFM, who previously served as 
chaplain for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston at the Texas 
Medical Center’s Methodist Hospital, began his role as director 
of the Franciscan Mission office on Aug. 1. He also serves half-
time as the University’s campus priest. 
Father Gannon has held various positions in 
ministry over the years, including teaching 
English, religion and languages in his native 
Philadelphia for seven years before serving as 
a chaplain and pastoral minister in Chicago. He 
also served as president and campus minister of 
Archbishop Ryan High School in Philadelphia, 
where he taught years earlier. 
Father Gannon said he’s excited about working 
within Stritch’s campus community and utilizing 
his experience as a teacher and administrator.
“I hope to bring the fruitful experiences of team 
ministry to my ministry at Stritch,” he said.
He was pastor of St. Martha’s Parish in 
Philadelphia for five years before he became co-director of 
Novices and Guardian of the community for the San Damiano 
Friary in Cedar Lake, Ind. He held various positions in two 
years at the St. Mary of the Angels Friary in Green Bay before 
serving as temporary administrator of the St. Peter’s Parish in 
Greenwood, Miss. 
While in Mississsippi, Gannon experienced both Hurricanes 
Katrina & Rita. His parish sustained some damage to two of 
nine buildings on its property. The parish school was reopened 
within a week, but water and gas were rationed and telephone 
internet services were down for weeks. He said the mission friary 
housed a family of nine who lost everything in New Orleans until 
March of this year.  
Father Gannon entered the Franciscan order 
in 1981 and was ordained to the priesthood 
in 1987, has a bachelor’s degree in English 
literature from De Sales University in Center 
Valley, Pa., and a master’s degree in divinity 
from the Catholic Theological Union in 
Chicago.
His two sisters and a brother still live in the 
Philadelphia area, and one sister, Pat, is a 
religious Sister of St. Joseph in the Chestnut 
Hill area of Philadelphia. 
An avid jogger, swimmer and cook, Father 
Gannon relishes time he’s able to spend with 
family. 
“I love getting together with my family every August at the family 
beach house in Sea Isle, New Jersey. I love nature, especially a 
walk along the beach.”
Father Gannon said he looks forward to getting settled in at his 
new community at St. Stanislaus Friary.
“The Midwest is like a second home to me, and I know I’ll be 
very comfortable here in Milwaukee,” he said.
Faculty, staff offered discounted seats for Oct. 13 MSO concert
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will 
perform a classical concert at Stritch at 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13 in the University 
Theater, and students, faculty and staff 
are offered discounted ticket prices for 
the event.
Tickets for the concert are $20 for Stritch 
students, faculty and staff, and the 
Sisters of St. Francis. This represents 
a 50 percent discount off the regular 
admission price of $40. 
This concert will feature Stritch’s Dr. 
Eun-Joo Kwak as a piano soloist. Few 
musicians are extended the 
honor of guest performing 
with the MSO, and this will be 
Kwak’s first performance with 
the orchestra. She will play 
Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A 
Major, KV 488.
 
Kwak, who has been with 
the University seven years, 
is an assistant professor 
of piano, coordinator of 
performance studies, and a 
member of the Clarus Piano Trio. Kwak 
has performed recitals in 
Russia, Taiwan, Korea and 
throughout the United States; 
has received numerous prizes 
in competitions around the 
country and abroad; and has 
passed her knowledge to 
students along the way. 
The Milwaukee Symphony 
Orchestra will perform under 
the direction of guest conductor 
Kelly Corcoran, assistant Kwak
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Bridget Barth began her role as Stritch’s new campus minister 
on July 10.
Barth was previously coordinator of mission at Iona College in 
New Rochelle, New York. In that role, she planned alternative 
breaks for students during their traditional 
spring, summer, fall, and Christmas breaks. 
These trips included visits to South Florida, 
the Texas/Mexico border, and two visits to New 
Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
Prior to that, the Madison native was director 
of campus ministry for St. Albert the Great 
Newman Center Parish, which serves New 
Mexico State University in Las Cruces. Barth 
has also held various roles in field education 
at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, 
including youth ministry, clinical pastoral care, 
and tutoring and mentoring with Covenant 
House.
Barth has a master’s of divinity degree from 
the Aquinas Institute and bachelor’s degrees in psychology and 
philosophy from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, where 
she was founding president of the campus chapter of Habitat 
for Humanity.
She is an active member of the Catholic Campus Ministry 
Association and has worked with Habitat for Humanity for 10 
years, three of them as construction supervisor with the St. 
Louis chapter. She is also a graduate of the Frank J. Lewis 
Institute, an intensive week-long training program for campus 
ministers.     
Barth said the Stritch community has been very open and 
neighborly in the short time she’s been here. She added that 
she plans to draw on that inclusive spirit to 
build a structure of student leadership in 
campus ministry, so that students have a more 
active role in planning ministry activities and 
can have more ownership.
She also hopes to develop more programming 
for both resident and commuter students, as 
well as peer leadership teams in the residence 
halls.
Though she has pastoral ministry experience in 
hospital and incarceration settings, Barth said 
she is most at home on college campuses.
“I’m drawn to working with young people,” she 
said. ”I like to be a part of that kind of culture, 
where people are learning about themselves and what they can 
do in the world. I discovered I could be an important part of a 
student’s life.” 
Stritch, she said, has a lot to offer the Milwaukee area. “What 
people do with their education, their activities outside of their 
professional lives, is really inspiring,” she said. “I look forward 
to being a part of that.”
Barth settles into role as Stritch’s new campus minister
conductor for the Canton Symphony 
Orchestra in Ohio and music 
director of the Cleveland area 
Heights Chamber Orchestra.
Kwak will be honored at 
a reception following the 
concert. During the reception, 
attendees are invited to visit 
the Northwestern Mutual Art 
Gallery, which will feature a 
selection of works by Sister 
Thomasita Fessler, the founder 
of Stritch’s art program.
Stritch is one of only three institutions of 
higher education in the metro 
area to host the Symphony 
on site, and the event will be 
the second MSO concert at 
Stritch. The first, under the 
direction of Andreas Delfs 
and featuring concertmaster 
Frank W. Almond on violin, 
was performed May 19. 
Tickets will go on sale 
Monday, Aug. 28, and can 
be purchased by calling the 
University Box Office at (414) 410-4171. 
Box Office hours are 1-4 p.m. Monday-
Friday.
Corcoran
