The following students from Brescia University were named to the Spring 2010 Dean's List for completing at least 12 credit hours with a 3.5 GPA.

KENTUCKY

Alexandria: Katie Marie Duff, Sophomore, Psychology;

Burkesville: Erika Katelyn Murphy, Senior, Special Education;

Calhoun: Megan Nicole Short, Freshman, Biology:

Caneyville: Trena Michelle Bratcher, Freshman, Art Education P-12;

Central City: Candance Rager, Sophomore, History;

Clarkson: Sara Marie Clark, Sophomore, Social Work;

Cloverport: Audrey Jo Popham, Senior, Elementary Education; Benjamin Ballard Popham, Sophomore, Social Work;

Columbia: Jennifer Lee Hall, Junior, Social Work;

Elsmere: Corey Vaughan Moore, Freshman;

Falls of Rough: Amy Michelle Leslie, Senior, Business: Emphasis in Management;

Greenville: Holly Ann Hyndman, Sophomore, Social Work; Jonathan Blake Wells, Sophomore, Business;

Hardinsburg: Brittany LeeAnn Bird, Senior, Biology; Cindy Gail Whitworth, Senior, Accounting;

Hartford: John Franklin Beemer, Junior, English;

Hawesville: Chelsie Jane McCaslin, Senior, Speech Pathology/Audiology; Courtney Rae Ogle, Senior, Speech Pathology/Audiology;

Henderson: Stephen Isaac Duncan, Junior, Elementary Education; Dennis Wayne Gish, Junior, Business; Miriam Aleyse Key, Sophomore, Graphic Design; Katie Jo Overton, Senior, Accounting; Garrett Molloy Veal, Senior, Business: Emphasis in Finance and Economics;

Leitchfield: Matthew Joseph Lasley, Junior, English with an Emphasis in Professional Writing;

Louisville: Lauren Ashley Varble, Senior, Chemistry;

Maceo: Magan Ann Bartlett, Junior, Business; Kelsi Nicole Fireline, Senior, Biology;

Manitou: Lynn Katherine Hardesty, Senior, Speech Pathology/Audiology;

Owensboro: Jennifer Sue Alexander, Senior,Social Work; Jordan Wesley Allison, Senior, Integrated Studies; Jennifer Lynn Aud, Junior, Special Education; Jennifer Leigh Barratt, Senior, Accounting; Kimberly Dawn Boehmann, Senior, Speech Pathology/Audiology; Ashley Nicole Boswell, Senior, English; Carrie Elizabeth Bowen, Junior, Accounting; Serenity Dawn Chaffin, Junior, Social Work; Amanda Michelle Clark, Senior, Speech Pathology/Audiology; Kristen Deon Coomes, Senior, Special Education; Jessica Rae Cox, Sophomore, Social Work; Brittany Catherine Daugherty, Sophomore, Special Education; Douglas Alan Denton, Senior, Business; Maureen A. Duvall, Senior, Integrated Studies; Heather Jo Eichholz, Senior, Theology; Holly Jean Fowler, Junior, Social Work/Spanish; Kevin Joseph Fritz, Postgraduate, Social Studies with Secondary Teacher Certification; Ginny Rinn Grant, Postgraduate, Secondary Mathematics; Jessica Lynne Gunn, Junior, Social Work; Lara Nachelle Hager, Senior, Social Work; Joseph Gregory Hall, Senior, Accounting; April Dawn Haney, Senior, Speech Pathology/Audiology; Cheryl Lynn Hofmann, Senior, Social Work; Hannah Marie Ison, Freshman, Biology; Melissa Joan James, Senior, Social Work; Judith Lynn Keithley, Senior, Secondary Mathematics; Jasen Allen London, Sophomore, Biology; Christina Carrol Martin, Senior, Social Studies; Jonathan Michael Mattingly, Senior, Middle School Education; Laura Elizabeth McBride, Junior, Social Work; Chelsea Lynn McFarland, Sophomore, Spanish/Business; Katie Elizabeth Millay, Sophomore; Kristin Emily Miller, Freshman; Richard Alex Mulholland, Senior, Biology; Thomas Edwin O'Bryan, Junior, Computer and Mathematical Science; Allyson Kathleen Orth, Senior, Social Work; Stephanie Lynn Ruiz, Sophomore, Integrated Studies; Matthew Adam Schrecker, Sophomore, Accounting; Lyndsay Beth Stogsdill, Postgraduate, Accounting; Wayne Alan Stohs, Senior, Graphic Design; Linda Diane Wahl, Senior, Social Work; Elizabeth Ann Wathen, Senior, Accounting; Nathaniel Thomas West, Senior, Secondary English; Lauren Elizabeth Wood, Junior, History;

Paducah: Darren Robert Smith, Sophomore;

Philpot: Ethan James Brown, Freshman; Nicholas Aaron Fulkerson, Junior, Accounting; Tiffany Renee Horn, Senior, Biology; Christopher Allen Karn, Sophomore, English with an Emphasis in Professional Writing; Ashley Marie Miller, Sophomore, Social Work; Timothy Dale Porter, Senior, Business;

Spottsville: William Jacob Davis, Junior, English with an Emphasis in Professional Writing;

Utica: Jodie Lee Gholson, Senior, Social Work; Christine Mallory Roberts, Freshman; Courtney Beth Wilhoyte, Junior, Special Education; Sondra Rena Williams, Postgraduate, Special Education;

Whitesville: Karissa Leray Edge, Senior, Accounting; David Matthew Jackson, Senior, Psychology; Benjamin Lee Morris, Senior, Biology; David Scott Thren, Junior, Accounting;

California

Cottonwood: Amanda Belle Nolan, Junior, Social Work;

Fountain Valley: Kristin Carol Ouderkirk, Sophomore, English;

Florida

Jacksonville: Teresa Ann Wyly, Junior, Social Work;

Tampa: Ana M. Tocasuche-Gonzalez, Sophomore, Social Work;

West Palm Beach: Mitchel Brian Rosenholtz, Sophomore, Social Work;

Illinois

Carterville: Katelyn Colleen Beyke, Senior, English with an Emphasis in Professional Writing;

Darien: Violet Maka, Senior, Biology;

Indiana

Evansville: Leslie Ann Powell, Freshman, Speech Pathology and Audiology

Georgetown: Adria Pariz Nassim, Senior, English with an Emphasis in Professional Writing;

Greenfield: Julie Anne Reynolds, Junior, Psychology;

Indianapolis: Hugh William Weiskittel, Senior, Business;

Rockport: Michelle Marie Luttrell, Sophomore, Business: Emphasis in Management;

Tell City: Megann Marie Hanks, Junior, Secondary Mathematics; Sonya Lenea Lindauer, Junior, Biology;

Maryland

Clarksville: Carol A. McDaniel, Senior, Social Work;

North Carolina

Canton: Antoinette T. Morris, Sophomore, Social Work;

Lexington: Windy Michelle Cole-Hedrick, Senior, Social Work;

Richland: Angel Luis Ramos Estrada, Sophomore, Social Work;

West End: Stacie Renee Estes, Senior, Social Work;

North Dakota

Valley City: Tanya Tessa Couture, Junior, Social Work;

Ohio

Dayton: Jessica Diane Lopez, Senior, Social Work;

Millersburg: Cynthia Marie Whitman, Nondegree, Social Work;

Pleasant Plain: Teresa J. Treadway, Senior, Social Work;

South Carolina

Spartanburg: Tara Danielle Johnson, Senior, Social Work;


Texas

Schertz: Radonna Marie Thies-Jernigan, Sophomore, Social Work;

Wisconsin

West Bend: Jessica Dawn Howe, Junior, Social Work;

Wyoming

Rock Springs: Kim LaRae Gibson, Senior, Social Work;

Germay

Muehlenbeck: Josefine Grups, Junior, Psychology;

Witten: Jan Hendrick Dombrowski, Sophomore, Business;

Brescia University Assistant Professor of Marketing and Management, Sandra B. Conners, D.B.A., recently learned she has been granted $5000 in research funds by the Academic Advisory Board of the Von Allmen Center for Green Marketing in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Conners will study consumers’ cognitive processing of “green” print advertisements using eye tracking equipment. She would like to find out whether consumers even notice eco-labels in ads, what types of people notice them, and do variables such as product type matter.

Dr. Conners will work closely with Dr. Melody Carswell, an Associate Professor in the University of Kentucky’s psychology department and Associate Director of the University of Kentucky’s Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments. Dr. Conners will collect data at the Center, analyze the results, and present her preliminary findings at a December colloquium in Lexington, Kentucky.

This was a competitive grant and Dr. Conners will be the lead investigator.

Brescia University is pleased to announce the first cohort in the Home Missions Scholars Program begins this week. In conversation with current lay ecclesial ministers and pastors, Brescia University identified a critical need to reach out to parishes and emerging lay ministers in rural or remote areas of the Diocese. Through this work the Home Missions Scholars program was born. The program seeks to identify talented and capable lay leaders who demonstrate a desire to serve their parish as a Lay Ecclesial Minister but who are unable to travel to Owensboro to take classes. Such lay leaders are gathered into a group or cohort and take online theology courses offered by Brescia University. Their study is funded by scholarships through a Home Missions grant. Their textbooks are gifted to them from their home parish.

The Home Missions are those dioceses so designated by the Conference of Home Missions, a department within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. This designation is given to dioceses within the U.S. that share one or more of the following challenges: poverty, geographical expanse and/or low percentages of Roman Catholics living within the diocese or within a region(s) of the diocese. The Diocese of Owensboro is a Home Missions Diocese. Being designated as a Home Mission has allowed our Diocese to receive an annual grant from the Conference of Home Missions. Each year a portion of those grant monies have been earmarked for use by Brescia University in order to fund scholarships for those preparing to serve the Church as Lay Ecclesial Ministers.

Brescia University and the Diocese of Owensboro are proud to announce the first cohort of Home Missions Scholars, whose online classes start this week.


Melissa Armstrong – Saint Joseph Parish, Mayfield, KY
Currently, Melissa is the Coordinator for Religious Education at St. Joseph’s and has been a catechist there for nine years. Her pastor says she he has come to depend upon her and welcomes her desire for more theological education. Melissa said that this desire has been present for years but on hold due to her family and parish commitments and the nearly three hour drive that separates her from Brescia’s Owensboro campus. Through Brescia’s online classes and the Home Missions Scholarship she will now follow that dream.



Zach Ault – Saint Francis de Sales Parish, Paducah, KY
Fr. Brian Roby, was quick to promise his on-going support for this parishioner: “A wonderful man who desires to give his all to God and the Church and…will greatly benefit our parish for years to come.” For the last three years Zach has been the youth minister at St. Francis and shares his musical gifts for the parish as well. He hopes to quickly complete his B.A. in theology in order to take advantage of Brescia’s accelerated B.A./M.A. program with regional graduate programs in theology.




Kimberly Brumfield – Saint Romuald Parish, Hardinsburg, KY
After eight years of being the CRE at St. Romuald Parish, Kim’s pastor Fr. Tony Bickett uses words such as “exemplary”, “capable” and “excellent” to describe her. Kim looks forward to coupling her love of working with children and their families with a strong theological education through Brescia’s online program.







Peggy Potempa – Saint Henry Parish, Aurora, KY
Peggy has carried the title of janitor, secretary, coordinator of RCIA and CRE in her parish. Several years ago in stretch of bad weather she was even pressed into a leadership role for a Sunday Celebration in the Absence of a Priest. Family concerns require her to be near the home for now, so she is delighted to be able to continue her education online and will as she prepares for her next role in the Church.






Cheryl Powell – Holy Spirit Parish, Bowling Green, KY
By referencing in her letter of application the U.S. Bishops’ document on youth ministry, Renewing the Vision, Cheryl tipped her hand as a budding scholar in search of a formal theological education. She and her family moved from Baltimore to the Bowling Green area several years ago. According to her pastor, Fr. Jerry Riney, while she is a “can do” type of person, what impresses him most is the hunger he sees in her to learn more about her faith.






For more information on the Home Missions Scholars Program, contact Dr. Todd Butler, associate dean for academic affairs, at 270-686-4262 or todd.butler@brescia.edu.

In every community, there are people who go above and beyond their usual work to make a significant difference in the lives of thousands. These advocates can come from every discipline, but many times they are social workers. These dedicated individuals are who the National Association of Social Workers seeks to honor this March during National Professional Social Work Month.

On Thursday, March 25, from 11:30 – 1:30 pm, the Brescia University Social Work Department will be hosting a reception for all area social workers at the Ramold Center (718 Allen). You are invited to come “eat good food, see old friends, and connect with area social workers.”

Social workers often work in positions and organizations that allow them to see the full impact of a larger social problem in a community. Many are driven to launch and lead efforts that address the root of such problems. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Social Workers Inspire Community Action.”

For more information on Brescia’s celebration of National Professional Social Work Month, please call the Social Work Department at 270-686-4220.

On Tuesday, March 23, from 5:30 – 8:30 pm, there will be a Social Work Licensure Renewal Ethics Workshop for three continuing education units (CEU) in Brescia University’s Ramold Center (718 Allen Street). This workshop has been approved by the Kentucky State Social Work Licensure Board for three CEU’s in Ethics and Kentucky Laws and Regulations for Social Workers. The cost for the workshop is $30. Interested social workers may sign up by calling 270-686-4227 or emailing marilyny@brescia.edu.

Brescia University will host more than 100 Kentucky high school students on Saturday, January 23 beginning at 9 a.m. for the Annual Alpha Chi Academic Competition. There will be afternoon sessions as well.

The 2010 Brescia Academic Competition, sponsored by the Brescia Chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society, is coordinated by Brescia math professor, Dr. Chris Tiahrt. The competition consists of contests in English composition and quick recall. Brescia Alpha Chi chapter student members, faculty and staff will moderate and judge the competition. Trophies and other awards will be given out.

Brescia University Fall 2009 Dean’s List

The following students from Brescia University were named to the Fall 2009 Dean’s List for completing at least 12 credit hours with a 3.5 GPA.

Kentucky

Burkesville: Erika Katelyn Murphy, Senior, Special Education;

Calhoun: Richard Allen Robertson, Junior, Computer and Mathematics; Megan Nicole Short, Freshman, Biology;

Caneyville: Trina Michelle Bratcher, Freshman;

Central City: Jennifer Tudor Vincent, Sophomore, Business;

Clarkson: Sarah Marie Clark, Freshman; Joshua Glendon Overton, Senior, English;

Cloverport: Audrey Jo Popham, Senior, Elementary Education; Benjamin Ballard Popham, Freshman;

Columbia: Jennifer Lee Hall, Junior, Social Work;

Falls of Rough: Amy Michelle Leslie, Senior, Business: Emphasis in Management;

Glasgow: Tyler Noah Edmunds, Sophomore;

Greenville: Holly Ann Hyndman, Freshman, Social Work/Spanish;

Hardinsburg: Brittany LeeAnn Bird, Junior, Biology; Cindy Gail Whitworth, Senior, Accounting;

Hartford: John Franklin Beemer, Junior, English; Teresa Ann Wells, Senior, Business: Emphasis in Human Resource Management; Shana Rena Wright, Freshman;

Hawesville: Chelsie Jane McCaslin, Senior, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Courtney Rae Ogle, Senior, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Jason Patrick Ward, Senior, Middle Grades Science and English;

Henderson: Abigail Thrasher Boyd, Junior, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Stephen Isaac Duncan, Sophomore; Dennis Wayne Gish, Sophomore, Business; John Edward Merrill, Senior, Accounting; Bayardo Solorza, Senior, Chemistry; Garrett Molloy Veal, Senior, Business:Emphasis in Finance and Economics; Emily Marie Whelan, Sophomore, Biology;

Hopkinsville: Stephanie Elizabeth Olp, Freshman;

Island: Allison Brooke Tucker, Freshman;

Leitchfield: Matthew Joseph Lasley, Sophomore, English: Emphasis in Professionsl Writing; Kayla Kim White, Junior, Elementary Education;

Maceo: Kelsi Nicole Fireline, Senior, Biology;

Manitou: Lynn Katherine Hardesty, Senior, Speech Pathology and Audiology;

McDaniels: James Zachary Critchelow, Junior, Speech Pathology and Audiology;

Owensboro: Jennifer Sue Alexander, Senior, Social Work; Jordan Wesley Allison, Senior, Integrated Studies; Nicholas Ray Blandford, Senior, Secondary Mathematics; Kimberly Dawn Boehmann, Senior, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Ashley Nicole Boswell, Senior, English; Carrie Elizabeth Bowen, Sophomore; Brittany Nishelle Brandle, Sophomore, Psychology; Amanda Michelle Clark, Senior, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Janet Lynn Coomes, Sophomore, Pre-Nursing; Kristen Deon Coomes, Senior, Special Education; Jessica Rae Cox, Freshman, Social Work; Maureen A. Duvall, Senior, Integrated Studies; Heather Jo Eichholz, Senior, Theology; Alexandra Ford, Freshman; Kevin Joseph Fritz, Postgraduate, Secondary Social Studies; Timothy Wayne Gant, Sophomore, Computer and Mathematics; Hannah E. Gerteisen, Freshman; Ginny Rinn Grant, Post Graduate, Secondary Mathematics; Sherri Dale Guffy, Senior, Biology and Chemistry; Lara Nachelle Hager, Senior, Social Work; Joseph Gregory Hall, Senior, Accounting; Jessica Ann Head, Junior, Chemistry; Hannah Marie Ison, Freshman; Hadley Marie Jagoe, Freshman; Melissa Joan James, Senior, Social Work; Judith Lynn Keithley, Senior, Secondary Mathematics; Amber Patricia Krampe, Senior, Graphic Design; Jasen Allen London, Sophomore, Biology; Krystal Nicole Lucas, Sophomore, Business; Jonathan Michael Mattingly, Junior, Middle grades Social Studies and English; John Edward Mattingly, Senior, Business; Kristina Michelle Matury, Junior, Graphic Design; Chelsea Lynn McFarland, Freshman; Katie Elizabeth Millay, Freshman; Ashley Marie Miller, Sophomore, Social Work; Kristin Emily Miller, Freshman; Thomas Edwin O'Bryan, Junior, Computer and Mathematics; Allyson Kathleen Orth, Senior, Social Work; Eva Kaytlin Ralph, Sophomore; Zackary Andrew Roby, Postgraduate; Matthew Adam Schrecker, Sophomore, Business; Jeanna Marie Siddons, Senior, Accounting; Jamie Maevilla Smith, Junior, Social Work; Jeffrey Darryl Spurlock, Freshman, Mathematics/Art; Lyndsay Beth Stogsdill, Postgraduate, Accounting; Wayne Alan Stohs, Senior, Graphic Design; Austin Lee Tapp, Freshman; Megan Marie Toomey, Senior, Special Education; Christin Lachea Tucker, Junior, Social Work; Elizabeth Ann Wathen, Senior, Accounting; Nathaniel Thomas West, Senior, Secondary English; Lauren Elizabeth Wood, Senior, History;

Paducah: Darren Robert Smith, Freshman;

Philpot: Ethan James Brown, Freshman; Nicholas Aaron Fulkerson, Sophomore, Accounting; Tiffany Renee Horn, Junior, Biology; Christopher Allen Karn, Sophomore, English: Emphasis in Professional Writing; Timothy Dale Porter, Senior, Business;

Providence: Caitlin Elizabeth Owen, Senior, Biology;

Radcliff: Sagan Anneliese Sette, Junior, English: Emphasis in Professional Writing;

Utica: Jodie Lee Gholson, Senior, Social Work; Megan Alyssa McCarty, Freshman; Christine Mallory Roberts, Freshman; Courtney Beth Wilhoyte, Senior, Special Education; Sondra Rena Williams, Postgraduate, Special Education;

Whitesville: Cory Patrick Bickett, Junior, Accounting; Hayden Nils Gustave Broman, Freshman; Karissa Leray Edge, Senior, Accounting; Jessica Elaine Hagan, Junior, Ministry; Emily Dawn Howard, Junior, Speech Pathology and Audiology; David Matthew Jackson, Senior, Psychology; Benjamin Lee Morris, Senior, Biology; Natalie Michelle Wilkerson, Senior, Biology;

California

Fountain Valley: Kristin Carol Ouderkirk, Freshman, English;

San Diego: Angeline Sterling-Hampton, Junior, Social Work;

San Jose: David Sean Bramley, Junior, Accounting;

Illinois

Carterville: Katelyn Colleen Beyke, Junior, English: Emphasis in Professional Writing;

New Baden: Melissa Lucille Crawford, Senior, Secondary Social Studies;

Indiana

Grandview: Stephanie Jo-Dawn Johnson, Junior, Social Work;

Greenfield: Julie Anne Reynolds, Sophomore, Psychology;

Princeton: Elyse Caroline Thomas, Senior, Social Work;

Rockport: Vickie Darlene Davis, Postgraduate, Theology;

Tell City: Megann Marie Hanks, Sophomore, Secondary Mathematics;

Nevada

Pahrump: Robert Charles Cowan, Senior, Social Work;

North Carolina

Canton: Antoinette T. Morris, Sophomore, Social Work;

West End: Stacie Renee Estes, Junior, Social Work;

North Dakota

Valley City: Tanya Tessa Couture, Freshman, Social Work;

Ohio

Dayton: Jessica Diane Lopez, Senior, Social Work;

Pleasant Plain: Teresa J. Treadway, Senior, Social Work;

South Carolina

Florence: Heather Moss Williamson, Junior, Social Work;

Texas

Buffalo Gap: Vicki Marie Cannon, Junior, Social Work;

Wyoming

Rock Springs: Kim LaRae Gibson, Senior, Social Work;

Bulgaria

Kyustendil: Svetoslav G.Yanachkov, Senior, Business: Emphasis in Management;

Germany

Witten: Jan Hendrick Dombrowski, Freshman;

Muehlenbeck: Josefine Grups, Freshman, Psychology;

Brescia University inducted 16 new members this fall to the University’s chapter of Alpha Chi, a national collegiate honor society dedicated to recognizing and promoting outstanding scholarship and the character to use scholarship for the good of our world. Membership is limited to the top 10% of juniors and seniors who are then approved by the entire Brescia faculty.

Students inducted include:

Katelyn Beyke (Carterville, IL)
Amanda Clark (Owensboro, KY)
Melissa Crawford (New Baden, IL)
Clayton Galloway (Owensboro, KY)
Dennis Gish* (Henderson, KY)
Judith Keithley (Owensboro, KY)
Jessica Lopez (Dayton, OH)
Chelsea McCaslin (Hawesville, KY)
Audrey Popham (Cloverport, KY)
Julie Reynolds* (Greenfield, IN)
Matthew Schrecker* (Owensboro, KY)
David Thren (Whitesville, KY)
Lauren Varble (Louisville, KY)
Emily Whelan* (Henderson, KY)
Courtney Wilhoyte (Utica, KY)
Svetoslav Yanachkov (Baileys Habor, WI)

* Associate (sophomore) Member

Brescia University is proud to co-sponsor, with the Owensboro Area World Affairs Council (OAWAC), Peruvian film, Rehenes, on October 12 at 6:30 pm. The director of the film, Bruno Ortiz, and the main actor, Havier Arboleda, will both be on hand for the screening of the film and available for questions and comments both prior to and following the film.

The film, Rehenes, translated Hostages in English, is a fictional movie surrounding a historic event in 1996, in which 72 people are taken hostage by guerrillas in the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru. The movie centers around a journalist/theatre director who decides to direct a play on the takeover to uncover political intricacies of the social moment. This movie is recommended for mature audiences only.

Rehenes will be shown in the Taylor Lecture Hall, which is located in the Science Building on Brescia’s campus. Though the 90-minute movie is in Spanish, there will be English subtitles. A reception will follow.

Ortiz has been an actor in 20 plays and director or co-directed 28 plays in Argentina, Ecuador and Peru. He has been awarded prizes for his work on human rights, world health, performance, and children’s stories. Rehenes is Ortiz’s first film.

Arboleda has been an actor in plays directed to children, in TV series, soap operas, and five films. He is a university theatre instructor in Lima.

For more information, please contact Carlos Martin Vélez, Assistant Professor of Spanish, at Brescia University at 270-686-4313 or cmartinvelez@brescia.edu.

Brescia University ranks again in the top as one of “America’s Best Colleges.”

Brescia was chosen by U.S.News & World Report for a top 30 ranking in its 2010 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” in the category “Baccalaureate Colleges in the South.”

The U.S.News & World Report’s website says they collect most of their data from the colleges themselves. They measure up to 15 indicators of academic performance for each college and university. Each category is given a weight that reflects the U.S. News’ judgment on how each area matters. Then the colleges are ranked against their peers, based on the tally of the weighted scores. In the category Brescia was ranked in, the focus is on undergraduate education, granting fewer than 50 percent of their degrees in liberal arts.

Pictured left to right: Allison Tucker, Sagan Sette, Shelby May, Joshua Overton, Hannah Ison, Kristin Miller, Magan Baize, and Fr. Larry Hostetter.

Fr. Larry Hostetter, President of Brescia University, is pleased to present the seven Moore Presidential Scholars. The students selected this year as Moore Presidential Scholars are Magan Baize, Beaver Dam, KY; Hannah Ison, Owensboro; Shelby May, Providence, KY; Kristin Miller, Owensboro; Joshua Overton, Clarkson, KY; Sagan Sette, Radcliff, KY; and Allison Tucker, Island, KY.

In November 2007, Joe and Jeanne Moore established the Moore Presidential Scholars program with a gift of $1 million dollars. The purpose of this scholarship is to recognize students who have distinguished themselves by their high academic achievement, their leadership skills and their involvement in co-curricular activities.

Those selected as Moore Presidential Scholars will play a significant role in assisting President Hostetter in representing the University at a variety of events during the course of the academic year. Moore Scholars will have the opportunity to meet influential business, educational, political and civic leaders while providing service to Brescia University.

This most prestigious award and position will enable students to cultivate their leadership skills, provide valuable service to the University and to make important contacts that may be helpful as they consider their professional lives.

Brescia University announces the hiring of five new full-time faculty members for the 2009/10 academic year.

Dr. Sandra Conners joins the Thompson School of Business teaching marketing and management classes. She holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Mississippi State University and comes to us from working as a visiting assistant professor at Eastern Kentucky University.

Dr. Linda Girouard joins the Brescia Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences teaching biology classes. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Microbiology from the University of Rhode Island. She comes from Massachusetts where she was most recently an assistant professor at the American International College.

Dr. Julie Johnson joins the Thompson School of Business teaching management classes. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from George Mason University and comes to us from working as an Assessment Specialist at the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Tom Payne joins the School of Education teaching education courses. He holds a Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Payne has worked the past 11 years as the principal of the Owensboro Treatment Center. Dr. Payne has served in the past as the principal at Audubon Elementary School, Cloverport Independent Schools, and St. Mary Magdalene School. He has also been the vice-principal at Burns Middle School.

Dr. Rohnn Sanderson joins the Thompson School of Business teaching economics and finance. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Public Finance from the University of New Mexico and comes from Central New Mexico Community College where he was a part-time instructor.

Nancy Keeton, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and Director of the Social Work Program, was awarded this year by Brescia University President, Fr. Larry Hostetter and her peers with the second annual President’s Award for Teaching Innovation.

Dr. Keeton was chosen for her outstanding innovative teaching practices which are centered on online learning. Dr. Keeton has proven through her teaching methods that she understands the challenges of educating online social work students.

The President’s Innovative Teaching Award was established in 2008 by Fr. Larry to recognize the outstanding teachers at Brescia who support the core of the University’s mission, which is teaching and learning. This award also offers a development opportunity for the entire faculty. Brescia’s faculty had the option of nominating someone or themselves for the award.

Nominees are sent to the Dean’s Council who narrow it down to three finalists. Then two reviewers decide who will receive the award.

Dr. Keeton received $300 toward professional development along with the award.

Brescia University Announces Spring 2008 Dean's List

The following students from Brescia University were named to the Spring 2009 Dean’s List for completing at least 12 credit hours with a 3.5 GPA.

Kentucky

Alexandria: Katie Marie Duff, freshman, Special Education: learning and Behavior Disorders;

Bardstown: Anthony Phillip Moschetti, freshman, Psychology;

Calhoun: Grace Ann Frizzell, senior, Social Work;

Caneyville: Cynthia Jean Langley, senior, Accounting;

Cecilia: Jacob Anthony Blevins, sophomore, Secondary Biology;

Clay: Penelope Ann Cates, senior, Accounting;

Cloverport: Rachel Michelle Hanks, senior, Social Work; Audrey Jo Popham, junior, Elementary Education;

Hardinsburg: Brittany LeeAnn Bird, junior, Biology; Rhiannon Nicole Dowell, sophomore, Elementary Education; Maura Rose O'Donoghue, sophomore;

Hartford: John Franklin Beemer, sophomore, English; Sandra Dianne James, senior, Medical Technology;

Hawesville: Chelsie Jane McCaslin, senior, Speech Pathology and Audiology;
Courtney Rae Ogle, senior, Speech Pathology and Audiology;

Henderson: Stephen Isaac Duncan, sophomore; Dennis Wayne Gish, non-degree, Business; John Edward Merrill, senior, Accounting; Kendal Rae Messamore, senior, Special Education: Learning and Behavior Disorders; Garrett Molloy Veal, junior, Business: Emphasis in Finance and Economics; Emily Marie Whelan, sophomore, Biology;

Hopkinsville: Jacqueline Renae Durbin, junior, Psychology;

Irvington: Courtney Leigh McHolan, sophomore, Psychology;

Knottsville: Audrey Faye Turner, senior, Elementary Education;

Leitchfield: Matthew Joseph Lasley, sophomore, English: Emphasis in Professional Writing; Christin Lachea Tucker, junior, Social Work; Kayla Kim White, junior; Elementary Education

Louisville: Lauren Ashley Varble, junior, Chemistry;

Maceo: Kelsi Nicole Fireline, senior, Biology;

McDaniels: James Zachary Critchelow, sophomore, Speech Pathology and Audiology;

Owensboro: Jennifer Sue Alexander, senior, Social Work; Jordan Wesley Allison, Junior, Integrated Studies; Chelsea Lane Anderson, senior, Special Education: Learning and Behavior Disorders; Leslie Erin Aud, junior, Medical Technology; Christina Lynn Best, senior, Pastoral Ministry; Nicholas Ray Blandford, senior, Secondary Mathematics; Jason Kent Chaffin, senior, English: Emphasis in Professional Writing; Amanda Michelle Clark, junior, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Jennifer Leigh Doyle, senior, Accounting; Molly Teresa Ebelhar, senior, Accounting; Heather Jo Eichholz, senior, Theology; Raymond Joseph Fisher, Business; Rodney Clayton Galloway, senior, Integrated Studies; Timothy Wayne Gant, sophomore, Computer and Mathematical Science; Ginny Rinn Grant, Post Graduate, Secondary Mathematics; Sherri Dale Guffy, senior, Biology and Chemistry;
Lara Nachelle Hager, senior, Social Work; Joseph Gregory Hall, junior, Accounting;
Melissa Joan James, junior, Social Work; Heather Anne John, freshman, Pre-Nursing;
Judith Lynn Keithley, senior, Secondary Mathematics; Jasen Allen London, freshman, Biology; Krystal Michelle London, junior, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Christina Carrol Martin, senior, History and Political Science; Jonathan Michael Mattingly, junior, Middle Grades Education; Kristina Michelle Matury, junior, Graphic Design; Megan Leigh Morton, senior, Accounting; Richard Alex Mulholland, senior, Biology; Christy Galanti Nash, freshman, Biochemistry; Stacy Nicole Robertson, sophomore, Elementary Education; Zackary Andrew Roby, senior, Biology; Tamara Anne Schneider, senior, Integrated Studies; Matthew Adam Schrecker, sophomore; Jeanna Marie Siddons, senior, Accounting; Amber Jean Spurrier, senior, Secondary English; Alyson Nicole Stallings, junior, Social Work; Jeremy Scott Stewart, senior, Accounting; Wayne Alan Stohs, junior, Graphic Design; Joan Katherine Tincher, freshman; Megan Marie Toomey, senior, Special Education: Learning and Behavior Disorders; Linda Diane Wahl, senior, Social Work; Elizabeth Ann Wathen, senior, Accounting; Jessica Marcelle Weafer, non-degree, English Certification; Nathaniel Thomas West, senior, Secondary English; Sondra Rena Williams, non-degree, Education Certification; David A.Wolfe, senior, Secondary Social Studies; Lauren Elizabeth Wood, junior, History; Sarah Jane Worth, senior, Social Work;
Danielle Nicole Zogg, senior, Social Work;

Philpot: Nicholas Aaron Fulkerson, sophomore; Christopher Allen Karn, freshman; Timothy Dale Porter, senior, Business; Amanda Kay Roberts, senior, Speech Pathology and Audiology;

Radcliff: Sagan Anneliese Sette, junior, English: Emphasis in Professional Writing;

Reed: Craig Anthony Digmann, non-degree;

Utica: Mary Kathryn Fulkerson, senior, Accounting; Jodie Lee Gholson, senior, Social Work; Mindi Lorena Henry, senior, Art; April Renee Pirtle, senior, Social Work; Courtney Beth Wilhoyte, junior, Special Education: Learning and Behavior Disorders;

Whitesville: Cory Patrick Bickett, junior, Accounting; Karissa Leray Edge, junior, Accounting; Emily Dawn Howard, junior, Speech Pathology and Audiology; David Matthew Jackson, senior, Psychology; Ashley Elizabeth Lanham, freshman, Pre-Pharmacy; Benjamin Lee Morris, senior, Biology; David Scott Thren, junior, Business; Natalie Michelle Wilkerson, senior, Biology;

Alabama

Opelika: Mary Jo Gunn, freshman, Social Work;

California

San Diego: Angeline Sterling-Hampton, sophomore, Social Work;

San Jose: David Sean Bramley, sophomore;

Illinois

Carterville: Katelyn Colleen Beyke, junior, English: Emphasis in Professional Writing;

New Baden: Melissa Lucille Crawford, junior, Secondary Social Studies;

Indiana

Boonville: Lacey Ann Kelley, senior, Speech Pathology and Audiology;

Greenfield: Julie Anne Reynolds, sophomore, Psychology;

Tell City: Sonya Lenea Lindauer, sophomore, Biology;

New Mexico

Aztec: Tabatha Kate Lowman, senior, Pastoral Ministry;

Ohio

Dayton: Jessica Diane Lopez, junior, Social Work;

South Carolina

Spartanburg: Tara Danielle Johnson, senior, Social Work;

Wyoming

Rock Springs: Kim LaRae Gibson, junior, Social Work;

Bulguria

Kyustendil: Verginiya Ilieva Kadina, senior, Graphic Design; Svetoslav G. Yanachkov, senior, Business: Emphasis in Management;

Ecuador

Loja: Daniel F. Ocampo, senior, Computer and Mathematical Science;

Quito: Oscar Xavier Villarroel, junior;

Germany

Muehlenbeck: Josefine Grups, sophomore, Psychology

Kenya

Narobi: Faustine Nafula Wabwire, non-degree,

Mexico

Purepero, Michoacan, Zizi Dostinov, senior, Computer and Mathematical Science;

Czech Republic

Prague: Tomas Gajdusek, sophomore, Business;

Uruguay

Maldonado: Martin Enzo Jara, senior, Biology;