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Newman Award Winners

The Liberal Studies Major’s Newman Award is named in honor of John Henry Cardinal Newman, whose vision of university education championed the interdisciplinary nature of this major. This award is presented to the graduating student with the highest GPA in the major.

ANDREA DUFFY plans are to attend law school. Currently she is the co-owner of a construction management company which she started with her husband. She has worked in the legal field as a paralegal for the Criminal Division of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s office. Currently she is the Vice President of a Parent’s Club at O’Dea High School which organizes multiple fund raising events for the school. Andrea has also worked with the Children’s Literacy Project tutoring children at the Bailey Gatzert Elementary school.

RACHEL ADAMS is from Washington but started her college career at Santa Fe College in New Mexico. While there, she earned the Dean’s scholarship and Christian Brothers scholarship. She spent a year in Spain in a Spanish immersion program before coming to Seattle University. She has worked as a tutor and teacher of English as a second language. Rachel is also a student of flamenco dance and is interested in pursuing a career in fostering sustainable agriculture and healthy communities. She is currently working on a Pacific Northwest cookbook as an extension of her Senior Synthesis project and the Liberal Studies Undergraduate Publishing Program.

Other Award Winners

AUSTEN POWERS, Liberal Studies Major, has received the prestigious Male Student-Athlete of the Year Award. He is a basketball star at SU who helped the team achieve a 21-8 record in an extraordinary year for the team, including the first home game at Key Arena and victories over Louisiana Tech and UC Irvine. He is also a superior student in the classroom. Congratulations Austen on your successful leadership and hard work!

EMILY COHEN, Liberal Studies Major, has received the Mission Award for Outstanding Leadership in Care. This University award recognizes up to two students who demonstrate genuine care for others in their attitude, interaction, and involvement. These students consistently act with care toward others, while understanding the importance of self care. We congratulate Emily on her well-deserved recognition!

RHIANNON CADELINIA, Liberal Studies Major, graduating this Spring, has been accepted to the San Francisco State University teacher credentialing program for California. The program is highly selective and prestigious. Congratulations Rhiannon! Rhiannon is also a member of the SU Cross-Country team and will no doubt continue to run in beautiful California.

New Initiative: Peer Mentoring Program

Meeting another student is nice, but meeting another Liberal Studies major is great!

Your student advisory board is reaching out to majors with a cup of good coffee in hand. The Liberal Studies Program buys the students coffee at a local shop to help them gather together for some relaxed one-on-one conversations, or in small groups.

A main goal is to foster peer relationships within the major and to help create the kind of information buzz that keeps everyone up to date. Since the advisory board is working with Career Services on behalf of all our majors, another goal is to get to know you better. This allows a custom tailoring of the connection between your education and your vocation.

Your Liberal Studies student advisory board is Nichole Barclift, Emily Cohen, Colleen Fewel, and Nathan Wheeler (chair). Feel free to email any of the board members for more information.

Liberal Studies Undergraduate Publishing Program

Many SU students aspire to be authors. A new publishing program helps make these dreams real. Students work with faculty to pursue written scholarship in journals, newspapers, and magazines, or even to write a book.

Started by the Liberal Studies Program, majors or recent alumni are assigned a faculty mentor to help navigate the publication process. “Response has been tremendous,” reports Dr. Sven Arvidson, founder of the publishing program. “Students are currently working on amazing projects including a scholarly article for an education journal and a gastronomy book.”

Students are responsible for the idea and carry it through to publication. They pitch the faculty member and the mentoring begins. Faculty provide strategies for approaching editors, responding to critiques, and targeting publications. For example, targeting the right publication is an art that most professors have mastered, reducing rejection and the lag time from submission to publication.

One of the goals of the publishing program is to bring students and faculty into a collaborative relationship outside the classroom. This interaction also engenders academic excellence, one of the strategic goals for SU. According to Dr. Arvidson, contributing in writing to a public conversation is a form of citizenship and responsibility, key aspects of the Liberal Studies major.

Nathan Wheeler, a Liberal Studies major, says it was just the kind of expert help he needed. “I had this great idea for an article on the history of a controversial educational initiative in Tacoma, but I didn’t know how to make it happen. Now, I’m getting solid advice and feel I am well on my way to publishing!”

For more information contact Dr. Sven Arvidson, arvidson@seattleu.edu

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