Reflections Magazine Issue #70 - Fall 2009

Campus News from the heights Siena Hosts Creative Writing Workshop A fiction writer and a poet both performed readings from their work as part of Siena Heights University’s Creative Writing Workshop, “Writing with the Pros,” which was June 24-28. Authors Philip F. Deaver, from Rollins College in Florida, and Siena Heights University faculty member Saleem Peeradina shared the microphone. The event was followed by a questionand-answer session and book signing. Deaver, (left) writer in residence and director of the writing program at Rollins, publishes widely, and his short stories have appeared in many literary magazines. His first collection, Silent Retreats, won for him the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. His work is included in The Best American Catholic Short Stories. In addition, Deaver has published a book of poetry (How Men Pray) and edited a volume of creative nonfiction essays about America’s favorite sport, titled Scoring from Second: Writers on Baseball. He returned to Siena this summer to teach the Workshop session on the short story. complete their bachelor’s degree with Siena Heights University,” said SHU President Sister Peg Albert, OP, PhD. “We are excited about this collaboration with Mott Community College.” The Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degree builds on the AAS degree Mott students have completed through college study, work experience and/or training. Degrees are available in allied health, public safety, technical and other specialized occupational fields. Emergency Services School Held on Campus Siena Heights hosted the first Lenawee County Emergency Services School July 11-12. Emergency First Responders throughout southeastern Michigan and northwestern Ohio were invited to earn continuing education credits in a variety of fire and medical seminars designed to better enable them to perform vital functions in their communities. The goal was to offer these educational opportunities at no cost to the participants. The Services School was a concept developed by Siena Heights University, ProMedica Transportation Network, Adrian City Fire Department and Huron Valley Ambulance. This program was also made possible as a collaborative effort with The Lenawee County Peeradina is the author of three books of poetry: Fire Chiefs Association and The Lenawee County First Offense, Group Portrait, and Meditations on Medical Control Authority Board. There were more than 40 seminars offered during the Desire. His work is found in major anthologies of Asian American and World Literature, includ- two-day school. ing Living in America and Contours of the Heart, SHU and Leeds Trinity and he has read his poetry and given workshops Make Agreement all over the world. Peeradina, a native of Bombay, India, recounted many of his early, forma- Siena Heights University has officially entered tive experiences in his memoir, The Ocean in into an exchange agreement with England’s My Yard, published by Penguin Books. He has Leeds Trinity All-Saints University. This agreetaught on the Siena faculty for 18 years. ment will enable students from LTASU and Siena SHU and MCC Establish Agreement Siena Heights University and Flint’s Mott Community College recently established an articulation agreement that will allow Mott graduates to enter SHU’s Bachelor of Applied Science degree program. This agreement is specifically for those Mott Community College Associate of Applied Science graduates who desire or need to complete a baccalaureate degree. “We are pleased to offer Mott Community College graduates the opportunity to Heights to take classes at the other’s institution at reduced rates. Min Li, a representative from Leeds Trinity, visited the Siena Heights campus in early June to help formalize the partnership. “We are pleased to partner with Leeds Trinity and look forward to the many opportunities this agreeme

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