September 14, 2001

Faculty/Staff Footnotes

Richard Bell, director of risk management, will serve on the Board of Directors for the University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA). Loyola has been a member of URMIA for more than 10 years and Bell has been an active member since 1996. Bell says he is honored to serve an association that has helped advance ethical principles of risk management for colleges and universities. The risk manager also is chairing a committee to host the annual URMIA conference in New Orleans in 2003.

Peter Bernardi, S.J., associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies, has published "Dying Well: The Christian Art of Dying" in the Liguori Press pamphlet series. His pamphlet titled The Truth About Physician-Assisted Suicide is now in its fourth printing.

Mary Blue, associate professor in the Department of Communications, was recognized with the Excellence in Teaching Award presented by the College of Arts and Sciences. Blue, a member of the faculty since 1981, was selected after colleagues, alumni, and present students submitted glowing letters of support. She was described as an excellent professor, a role model for other teachers, and a committed professional who stays current within the ever-changing media production industry.

Susan Brunson has been promoted to office manager in the Office of Student Records. Brunson has been with student records for 12 years.

Dane Ciolino, associate professor of law, was presented with the Louisiana State Bar Association's President's Award for contributions to the association. Specifically, Ciolino was recognized for writing Louisiana Professional Responsibility: Law and Practice, a book that has been described as "an extraordinary and indispensable tool for the Louisiana lawyer." Ciolino served on the bar's Professionalism and Quality of Life and Ethics Advisory Service committees. He has written articles on ethics for the Bar Journal and Bar Briefs and has appeared on television programs to discuss ethics and professionalism issues.

Trish Del Nero, outreach librarian, co-authored an article with Beth Orgeron of Loyola and Barbara Wittkopf of Louisiana State University titled "Louisiana Libraries; Partnering to enhance Distance Education Services" published in a recent issue of The Journal of Library Administration.

Jim Egan, A'94, joined the Division of Institutional Advancement as assistant director of alumni and parent relations. Egan received his bachelor's degree in English from Loyola.

Rodney Fabares joined University Police as a police officer.

Diane Fletcher has been promoted to the assistant director of student records. She has been with Loyola for 12 years, eight of those years in student records. Fletcher accepted the position of customer service specialist after the reorganization of the office and developed several new procedures for grade distribution and was a tremendous help during the implementation of Web for Students and Web for Faculty.

Yolanda Grinstead, L'95, joined the School of Law Office of Career Services as coordinator of judicial clerkships, public interest, government, and diversity programs. She served as law clerk to the Hon. Yada T. Magee and for the past three years she served as assistant attorney for the state of Louisiana in the civil litigation section. In her new position, Grinstead will build local and national databases of employers and alumni, create application timelines, assist in the research and development of educational workshops, attend conferences and job fairs, coordinate mentoring programs, and assist students in their job searches both locally and nationally.

Bobby Marzine Har-ges, professor of law, was recognized for Excellence in Teaching during the 2000­2001 academic year by the student body of the School of Law. Prior to joining the law faculty in 1992, Harges was an associate with Deutsch, Kerrigan and Stiles, specializing in civil and construction litigation. Also, his article titled "Law Professor's Sabbatical in District Attorney's Office" has been published in the Touro Law Review (2001).

Teri Henley, Donnelley Professor of Nonprofit Communications, presented "Integrated Communications for the Local Church" to the New Orleans chapter of the National Association of Church Business in August. The meeting was held at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church and included church business administrators from a variety of faiths including Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish.

Carol Jeandron, joined Loyola as director of the Office of Service Learning. As director, she is responsible for developing and institutionalizing an academic based service-learning and research program that reaches across curriculum. Service learning will help streng-then student-learning experience and address the needs of Loyola partners in the New Orleans community. The office was established through the support of a grant program titled, "Engaging Communities and Campuses" sponsored by the Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education (CAPHE), a unit of The Council of Independent Colleges. Prior to arriving at Loyola, Jeandron served as the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Nunez College. There, she initiated and directed the service learning project that received national recognition as a model program. Jeandron has a doctorate in educational administration from the University of Southern Mississippi, a master's degree in education from UNO, and bachelor's degree in English from Newcomb College.

Matthew Kwasiborski joined Loyola as coordinator of a pilot collaboration with Big Brothers/Big Sisters and local public schools.

Valencia Luke, most recently in the Office of Financial Aid, returned to the Office of Student Records as the assistant to the director of registration services.

Alicia Martin was hired as a reference assistant in the university library.

M. Isabel Medina, associate professor of law, gave a seminar on human rights and refugees at the Tulane University Medical Center School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine in June for international graduate students studying "The Psychosocial Effects of Complex Emergencies." Medina was featured as a guest on WTIX's new political talk show, "Ringside," speaking on women in the workforce. The program aired on Cox Communications Cable Channel 10 in late June. In May Medina addressed local attorneys and paralegals on "Accessing Public Records over the Internet in Louisiana" as a continuing legal education seminar for Lorman Education Services.

Associate Professor of English John Mosier's book, The Myth of the Great War, was recently nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in history.

Roy Raymond joined the University Police as a police officer.

Frederick Streich, Jr., was hired in the Department of Biological Sciences as a research technician.

Rebecca Theriot joined the College of Business Administration as an administrative assistant.

Merry Toups was hired in the Office of International Student Affairs as an instructor.