Campus News
Kaplan Launched New Video
Series On Youtube
SHU Associate Professor of Spanish and
YouTube content creator Maestro (Nick)
Kaplan launched a new video series
entitled 100 DAYS. 100 VERBS. 100
VIDEOS. As part of his sabbatical, he
posted one video per day for 100 days
showcasing common Spanish verbs.
Each video offered a new verb and a
sample sentence. Taken together, all 100
sentences (videos) form a complete story.
SHU Signs up 87 for Gift of
Life Campus Challenge
Siena Heights had 87 people sign up
during the five-week Gift of Life Campus
Challenge that involved 14 Michigan
colleges and universities. SHU had the
second highest percentage of its student
body (7.25 percent) registered. In the
nine years of involvement, SHU had
added 663 names to the donor registry.
Blumenau Receives
Commitment to Service
Award from Michigan
Campus Compact
SHU student Nick Blumenau was one
of seven Michigan students honored
with the Michigan Campus Compact's
2017 Commitment to Service Award.
Nominated by college and university
presidents, students receiving the award
recognizes the most dedicated and
innovative student community leaders.
Blumenau was honored at the MiCC
Awards Gala March 23 in East Lansing.
Tsuji Presents Paper at
Michigan Academy of Arts
and Sciences Conference
SHU Professor of Biology Dr. Jun Tsuji
presented a paper entitled, "A nationwide
and temporal study of learning internet
queries in the United States" at the
Michigan Academy of Arts & Sciences
annual conference. The paper describes
a novel approach of using Google search
data to measure learning.
'21St Century Propaganda'
Topic of Lecture Series on
Ethics March 20
Electronic literature pioneer and mass
communications expert Davin Heckman
was the featured speaker for SHU's 16th
annual Chiodini/Fontana Lecture Series
on Ethics March 20 (right). His lecture
was entitled, "21st Century Propaganda,"
which addresses the emerging issue of
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"fake news" in today's society. Heckman
is the author of "A Small World: Smart
Houses and the Dream of the Perfect
Day." He is supervising editor of the
Electronic Literature Directory (directory.
eliterature.org), managing editor of Elec-
tronic Book Review and an associate pro-
fessor of Mass Communication at Winona
State University. In 2011, Heckman was
named a Fulbright Scholar in Digital
Culture and spent 10 months teaching
and researching at the University of
Bergen in Norway. He taught at Siena
Heights from 2004-12 and received the
Sister Eileen Rice Award for Outstanding
Teaching from SHU in 2008. The Chiodini/
Fontana series was established to provide
students and the community the oppor-
tunity to reflect on matters of moral
significance that touch many dimensions
of today's society. The series explores
theoretical issues in ethics, current issues
of moral importance, and the nature
and meaning of Catholic identity.
Students Attain National
Credential
The Child Development program recog-
nized the following students and area
child care providers who attained a
Child Development Associate National
Credential:
• Jennifer Patterson, Family Child Care
• Candy Higgins, Family Child Care
• Aubrey Thran-Finch, Infant/Toddler
• Shannon Kissau, Preschool
• Tina Shown, Preschool
• Krista Sharpe, Preschool
• Cheri Easler, Preschool.
Karin Barbee Has Story
Published in 'Fiction
Southeast'
SHU Associate Professor of English Karin
Barbee had a new story published in the
journal "Fiction Southeast."
SHU Ethics Bowl Team
Competes at National
Bioethics Competition
The SHU Ethics Bowl Team traveled to
Salt Lake City, Utah, in April to compete
in the 2017 National Bioethics Bowl. SHU
won one round and lost two, finishing
ninth out of 15 teams. Team members
are students Justin Lempicki (captain),
Laura Lattson, Gabby Beveridge, Jordan
Ray, Marty Giannola and Ravin France.
The coach/advisor was SHU Assistant
Professor of Philosophy Jen Kling. In the
Bioethics Bowl, teams are asked to con-
structively debate, with the goal of
arriving at ethical solutions to compli-
cated real-world bioethics problems.
The teams are judged on their ability to
make a clear, coherent, ethical argument
on how well their discussion takes into
account the point-of-view of people
who might disagree with them, and on
how well their manner and presentation
are conducive to having a constructive
debate. Several judges and coaches,
not to mention other teams, could not
believe that this was only SHU's second
competition ever! (SHU's first ethics bowl
outing was in December 2016 at the
Ethics Bowl regional in Chicago.) SHU's
team was commended for its collegiality
and thoughtfulness. The team made
its debut last fall in the Upper Midwest
Regional Ethics Bowl competition in
Chicago against 25 other teams from
colleges and universities. SHU won its
match against Illinois Wesleyan, and
lost to the eventual regional champion
Macalester College.
Alfaro Receives MLK Student
Service Award
SHU senior Lucia Alfaro received the Stu-
dent Service Award at the 29th Annual
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Jan.
16. She earned the award due to her
involvement with service within the
Adrian community. The chemistry major
is a member of Beta Beta Beta (National
Biology Honors Society) and is the captain
of the cross country and track teams.
Also, Alfaro (above) is part of the McNair
Program at Siena, which is a federal pro-
gram designed to prepare undergraduate
students for doctoral studies through
involvement in research and other schol-
arly activities. To receive the award, the
Alfaro had to