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Neil Sweeney ’50 and other Gaels win alumni awards: Neil Sweeney ’50, who has been an SMC student, parent, grandparent and professor at different points during the last six decades, was named the 2006 SMC Alumnus of the Year. Alumni award winners will be celebrated at a dinner on Jan. 26 (see events below). Click here for more about Neil and other alumni award winners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brother Craig Franz resigns from Saint Mary's University: President Brother Ronald Gallagher reported in December that former SMC president Brother Craig Franz resigned from presidency of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota after an investigation by SMC revealed that he had acted inappropriately with an SMC student in 2004. Read Brother Ronald's letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Late President Ford an honorary SMC alumnus: The late president Gerald R. Ford, eulogized on Jan. 2 for his modest and humble leadership as the nation's 38th president, was an honorary alumnus of Saint Mary's from his time at the Navy Pre-Flight School on campus. Click here for story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students win prestigious honors at science conference: Six Saint Mary's College students received scientific research high honors at the annual Sigma Xi conference in early November. Click here for details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brothers’ reflections on their vocations and SMC: In December, Brothers Dominic Berardelli, Myron Collins, Richard Lemberg and Dominic Ruegg shared observations about their more than 200 years of learning and teaching experiences as Christian Brothers. Click here to read more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate programs open houses: Learn about the School of Education’s credential, master’s and doctoral programs at a Feb. 3 information session from 10 a.m. to noon in Brousseau Hall (science building). To RSVP, call (925) 631-4700 or e-mail soereq@stmarys-ca.edu. The Executive MBA Program open house will be in the Soda Center on Tues., Jan. 23 from 7-8:30 p.m. Click here for details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Coro Hispano de San Francisco concert: Coro Hispano de San Francisco and Conjunto Nuevo Mundo will perform as part of the 20th Annual Día de los Reyes Concert Series in the Chapel on January 10. SMC alumnus Juan Pedro Gaffney Rivera directs the ensemble in one of many events celebrating the Integral Program’s 50th anniversary. Click here for details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interested in becoming a Gael Glimpse Guru?: Every Saint Mary’s magazine includes a Gael Glimpse section, which provides updates about SMC’s more than 40,000 alumni. If you are interested in becoming a class representative and collecting your classmates’ stories, contact the Gael Glimpse Guru Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women's volleyball signs four players for 2007 season: Women's volleyball coach Rob Browning signed four standout high school seniors for next season: Kelly Houston, Kapua Kamana'o, Shannon Lowell and Megan York. Click here for the full story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alumni in the News: Matt Sweeney ’82 head football coach of the Foothill High Falcons in Pleasanton, was profiled in a Dec. 9 San Francisco Chronicle article. The story noted that “Foothill has thrived with players who mimic Sweeney: whip smart, nails tough, utterly committed...” Article Stephen Wackowski ’05 was featured in a Dec. 4 Roll Call article about his November trip to an Afghanistan hospital where he brought toys and clothing donated by his Senate committee staff colleagues. Wackowski previously served a tour of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq as an Air Force Reserve lieutenant. Article The Rev. Donald Southworth ’96 was installed as lead minister at Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Durham, N.C., on Dec. 3, according to the Durham News. Previously, Southworth served as minister of the Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Atlanta. Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Events this month:
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