Reflections Magazine Issue #69 - Spring 2009 | Page 5

Campus News

from the heights
SHU Alumna Receives
Acclaimed Awards

SHU Fraternity Turns
Cardboard Into Cash

Denise Washington ’05,
who teaches at SHU’s
Kellogg Center, recently
received the President’s
Volunteer Service Award
and the Dorothy Richardson Award. The President’s
Council on Service and Civic Participation
created the President’s Volunteer Service
Award program as a way to thank and honor
Americans who, by their demonstrated commitment and example, inspire others to engage
in volunteer service. The Dorothy Richardson
Award for Resident Leadership is an honor
bestowed annually in recognition of outstanding contributions by dedicated community
leaders. The award is named in honor of Dorothy
Richardson of Pittsburgh, a pioneer in the community-based development movement who
was the driving force behind the establishment
of the first Neighborhood Housing Services
resident-led partnership, the forerunner of
today’s NeighborWorks network.

From March 24-27, a Siena Heights University
fraternity turned cardboard into cash with its
“Homeless for the Homeless” event. The Alpha
Omega chapter of Pi Lambda Phi spent 67 hours
outdoors (photo below) living in cardboard
shacks to raise awareness—and support—
for the homeless. Fraternity member Stephen
Smith said he and his brothers lived and slept
in cardboard shacks in front of Ledwidge Hall,
leaving only to go to class or work. The only
food they ate was from what they were given
from passers-by. “We’re hoping to give the
students on campus a closer look at what the
homeless, not only in big cities, but in places
like Adrian, have to go through on a daily
basis,” Smith said. “We hope that it will mean
something more to them when it’s someone
they know and not an anonymous face asking
for food or change.” The fraternity collected food
items that were donated to the Daily Bread
of Lenawee as well as clothing for Associated
Charities of Lenawee County.

Siena Professor Gives
Keynote Address
SHU Associate Professor of
Philosophy Dr. Tad Dunne
gave the keynote address
March 26 at a 2-day conference on “Theology
Outside the Classroom”
at Concordia University in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His address was
titled “How the Christian Watches the News
and Prays.” The following day, the conference
featured six presentations by graduate students
and recent graduates on topics ranging from
“Why the recent dramatic increase in Christian
youth groups in Romania?” and “Report on
using ‘Sensory Sacramental Stations’ in the
liturgy.” Each presentation was followed by
responses from Dr. Dunne and experts in the
related fields. In other news regarding Dr.
Dunne, Marquette University Press has accepted his book for publication in December. The
book, entitled Doing Better: The Next Revolution
in Ethics, relies on the work of Berna ɐ)1