Reflections Magazine Issue #64 - Spring 2006 | Page 4

Editorial

from the editor
View From the Garden Level
My office is on the first floor of Sacred Heart
Hall, often affectionately referred to as the “garden level.” The terms ground level or basement are
just as accurate – though not nearly as charming.
I guess the term germinated from the idea that
anyone looking through the window on that level
is eye-to-eye with a shrub, flower or the occasional
wandering squirrel hoping to find some remnant
of bird seed I’m told is distributed in abundance
on the floors above.
As a newcomer to Siena Heights University, I
also started at the “garden level.” But after a few
months, I am gradually working my way up the
familiarity ladder.
After working in the field of journalism for many
years, it is exciting to start anew in a university
environment. I have not been disappointed. While
my days as an undergraduate are long past, it is
invigorating to go “back to school”once again.
My first lesson is that an organization is only as
good as its people. Consider Siena Heights blessed.
I have found its people ready, willing and able to
help me at every opportunity.
Does the Siena Heights mission of “Competent.
Purposeful. Ethical.” still apply?

For some, if this magazine is the only way of
staying directly connected to Siena Heights
University, I invite you to take a closer look at
your school. There are some remarkable projects
in various stages of development on campus:
- a new, state-of-the-art residence hall is under
construction;
- the campus bookstore and Benincasa Dining
Hall will undergo significant makeovers;
- a complete web site redesign will allow a more
user-friendly interface.
And, of course, Siena Heights will have a
new president in