The focus of the conference was on teaching and learning strategies that integrate meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.  Through a range of hands-on activities, participants gained an understanding of the service learning process and acquired experience applying the process while generating ideas for potential service-learning projects that connect to academic standards and course learning objectives.

Facilitators for the Conference were:

• Christine Moran, Ph.D., associate professor of Education and service learning coordinator at Immaculata University
• Joan Lennon Liptrot, executive director of the Institute for Global Education and Service Learning

For more information, please call Christine Moran at 610-647-4400, ext. 3162.

Immaculata University is a Catholic, comprehensive, coeducational institution of higher education, located on the Main Line between Malvern and Exton, 20 miles west of Philadelphia.

The festival featured 13 dance groups from local professional and pre-professional companies, as well as area private and public schools. These groups performed in a variety of dance styles including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and modern. The groups included:

Academy of Notre Dame

Brandywine Ballet Theatre

Chester County Ballet Company

Chester County Jazz Ensemble

Chester Valley Dance Ensemble

Chester Valley Dance Production

Crane Performing Arts School

DM Dance Machine of West Chester Dance Works

Harrison Starlight Tap Company

Immaculata University Dance Company

Longwood Dance Company

Opus 1 Contemporary

Oxford Center for Dance

Sponsors for the Festival were the Immaculata University Dance Company, directed by Jessica Birkmire and Barbara Gallagher, M.Ed., assistant professor of human movement science, and the Immaculata Student Government Association.

Immaculata’s Office of the President sponsored IU’s walk and Barbara Gallagher, M.Ed., assistant professor of human movement science, and Patricia Canterino, M.A., director of athletics and recreation and head women’s basketball coach, coordinated the event.

“In an effort to encourage a healthy lifestyle for the Immaculata community, Sister Patricia Fadden, IHM, the president of Immaculata, has graciously agreed to support the American Heart Association’s National Walking Day,” commented Gallagher.  “This is a beautiful campus to engage in physical activity and we hope it will inspire people to ‘get moving.’”

Immaculata University is a Catholic, comprehensive, coeducational institution of higher education, located on the Main Line between Malvern and Exton, 20 miles west of Philadelphia.

For more information, please contact Chris Mayerski, transfer coordinator, at cmayerski@immaculata.edu or 610-647-4400 ext. 3044. Learn about more campus visit opportunities and admission events at www.immaculata.edu/visit.

The College of Undergraduate Studies offers more than 60 majors, minors, certificate, and pre-professional programs, including athletic training, business, fashion merchandising, criminology, education, and nursing. Students can participate in an array of leadership opportunities, service projects, internships, and athletic activities. In addition to scholarships and financial aid, Immaculata offers four-year fixed-rate tuition, helping undergraduates plan their college expenses.

Immaculata University is a Catholic, comprehensive, coeducational institution of higher education, located on the Main Line between Malvern and Exton, 20 miles west of Philadelphia.

For more information, please contact Lynn Giltinan at 610-647-4400, ext. 3245 or lgiltinan@immaculata.edu. Register online for the April 9 event or for the June 18 or July 16 events at www.immaculata.edu/transfer-tuesdays.

Immaculata University offers more than 60 majors, minors, certificate, and pre-professional programs, including athletic training, business, nursing, health care management, emergency planning and management, finance, criminology, education, and information technology. Immaculata offers flexible accelerated and online degree programs as well as courses delivered online, on-campus, off-site, or in a blended format.

Immaculata University is a Catholic, comprehensive, coeducational institution of higher education, located on the Main Line between Malvern and Exton, 20 miles west of Philadelphia.

Highlights for the event were two keynote presenters and numerous workshops. Brother Mickey O’Neill McGrath, OSFS, an Oblate of St. Frances DeSales, presented “Lighten up and Pray.” Brother McGrath is an award-winning artist and author of 11 books.  His presentation discussed the connections between art and religious faith.  The featured speaker for the afternoon session was Clare Gavin who presented “Stories and Songs: A Sacred Concert,” which wove her personal spirituality into song and music.  Gavin is a singer-songwriter with a recent CD release titled “Called to the Quiet.”

The following is a list of workshops that were offered:

• “Open the Door” by Louis P. DeAngelo, Ed.D.
• “Something Kept Them from Recognizing Him” by Sister Marie Michele Donnelly, RSM
• “Ordinary Mystics: Finding God in the Dishes, the Laundry, and the Breaking of the Bread” by Michelle M. Franci-Donnay
• “Workers in the Vineyard” by Sister Mary McGarrity, IHM
• “From the Table of the World” by Stephen D. Miles, Ph.D.
• “Ignatian Spirituality: Ignatian Concepts of Spiritual Consolation and Desolation” by William Plunkert

For more information about future Spirituality Under the Dome events, please contact Sister Mary Henrich, IHM, at 610 647-4400, ext. 3434.

The evening focused on the works of poets, all of whom are graduates of La Salle University, who write about the Philadelphia neighborhoods in which they grew up.  Each reader brought his personal style to familiar themes.

Joseph A. Chelius was Bucks County Poet Laureate in 2000 and has published two chapbooks:  Taking Pictures and Row House Yards.  His first full-length collection is scheduled for publication later this year.   David Livewell returned to read at Immaculata.  Since his last visit, his collection Shackamaxon was published and was awarded the T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize.   The third reader was Eugene Halus, associate professor of politics at Immaculata.  His poems have appeared in a number of small journals and he was formerly the managing editor of The Four Quarters Magazine.

The evening entertained audiences with familiar ideas about home and memory, and some new poetry as well.  For further information, contact Sister Marie Hubert Kealy, IHM, in the English/Communication Department, at 610-647-4400, ext. 3720 or mkealy@immaculata.edu.

Immaculata University is a Catholic, comprehensive, coeducational institution of higher education, located on the Main Line between Malvern and Exton, 20 miles west of Philadelphia.

From tragic to triumphant, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 is full of emotion and passion.  Equally as dramatic, the Immaculata Symphony was thrilled to welcome Janet Ahlquist back to the stage, as she performed Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43.  This inspirational concert concluded another exciting season led by Maestro Joseph Gehring.

For information on upcoming concerts, visit www.immaculatasymphony.org.

Immaculata University is a Catholic, comprehensive, coeducational institution of higher education, located on the Main Line between Malvern and Exton, 20 miles west of Philadelphia.

For more information, please contact Chris Mayerski, transfer coordinator, at cmayerski@immaculata.edu or 610-647-4400 ext. 3044. Learn about more campus visit opportunities and admission events at www.immaculata.edu/visit.

The College of Undergraduate Studies offers more than 60 majors, minors, certificate, and pre-professional programs, including athletic training, business, fashion merchandising, criminology, education, and nursing. Students can participate in an array of leadership opportunities, service projects, internships, and athletic activities. In addition to scholarships and financial aid, Immaculata offers four-year fixed-rate tuition, helping undergraduates plan their college expenses.

Immaculata University is a Catholic, comprehensive, coeducational institution of higher education, located on the Main Line between Malvern and Exton, 20 miles west of Philadelphia.

Based on a series of books by Lois Lowry, “Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures” is the story of a new student, Gooney Bird Greene, who dresses in outrageous outfits, and speaks with confidence.  She casts herself as the hero in the most outlandish stories about her life including how she arrived from China on a flying carpet. But are these stories true? Of course they are, for Gooney Bird only tells “absolutely true stories!” Gooney Bird’s flair for storytelling awakens the students’ imaginations and inspires them to tell their own true life tales.

 Tickets are $10 for adults; $7 for students; and $5 for senior citizens (over 65).  Group rates (10 or more) are also available.  For more information, please call 610-647-4400, ext. 3731 or email cctheatre@immaculata.edu.

Cast List

Diana West ’13 of Bridgeville, DE                                  Gooney Bird Greene

Melissa Beth McIlroy ’13 of New Berlinville, PA    Mrs. Pidgeon

Haley Strowhouer ’13 of Wilmington, DE                  Mrs. Green

Rich Girkin ’13 of Philadelphia, PA                               Mr. Green, Mr. Prince, Mr. Schinhofen

Andrew Adcock ’15 of Glen Rock, PA                          Barry

Christine Kerr ’14 of Philadelphia, PA                         Maggie

Katie Van NewKirk ’15 of Upper Chichester, PA     Nicky

Becca Gutherman ’14 of Croydon, PA                          Beanie

Mary Dolenti ’16 of Limerick, PA                                   Tricia

Olivia Sallavanti ’15 of Lancaster, PA                          Barb, Cow

Ana Heim ’13 of Myerstown, PA                                    Kathy, Catman

Gabrielle Capaldi ’14 of Springfield, PA                       Dana, Reporter, Conductor

Joy Lawrence ’16 of Bel Air, MD                                    Felicia Ann, Musician

Olivia Hayward ’16 of Wilmington, DE                        Chelsea, Musician

Kristen Kreiner ’16 of Baltimore, MD                          Mrs. Schinhofen, van driver

Erin McShane ’16 of Philadelphia, PA                         Police, Musician

Cassandra McVicar ’16 of Manahawkin, NJ             Camera Operator, Musician

Immaculata University is a Catholic, comprehensive, coeducational institution of higher education, located on the Main Line between Malvern and Exton, 20 miles west of Philadelphia.