Reflections Magazine Issue #77 - Fall 2012 | Page 3

Contents on the inside . . . FALL 2012 2 President’s Message Editor Doug Goodnough Director of Integrated University Marketing [email protected] 5 From The Heights — Campus News 7 Wes King Begins Band Program at Siena Heights 8 Bell Rings True at Siena Heights 10 SHU Disabled Students Overcome the Odds 12 Head of the Class 14 Saints Highlights — Athletics News 16 You Did What with Your Siena Heights Degree? 21 2012 Annual Donor Report 30 Class Notes — Alumni News 35 From the SHU Archives Creative Team Jeff Masse—Graphic Design & Photography Angie Raymond ’10—Graphic Design Laura Marsh ’10—Photography Austin Harper ’13—Student Writer Alumni Office Jennifer Hamlin Church Associate Vice President for Advancement Director of Alumni Relations [email protected] Produced by the Office of Institutional Advancement Mitchell P. Blonde ’04/MA, CFRE Vice President [email protected] The mission of Siena Heights, a Catholic university founded and sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters, is to assist people to become more competent, purposeful and ethical through a teaching and learning environment which respects the dignity of all. Reflections is © 2012 by Siena Heights University. On the Cover Pole vaulter Lenzey Stidham ’13 and biology researchers Lauren Coe ’12 and Jared Pirkle ’12 prove that Siena Heights University develops champions on the field and off. Stidham won the NAIA pole vault national championship last spring while Coe took first place and Pirkle third in the Beta Beta Beta national biology research conference in Puerto Rico in May.