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Dear Members of the Santa Clara University Community,
I invite you to celebrate the Mass of the Holy Spirit on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at 12:00 pm. in the Mission Church. The Mass of the Holy Spirit is a centuries-old tradition in Jesuit colleges and universities. It is our community-wide celebration of the new academic year when we call on the Spirit of God to inspire all our works, activities and studies. This is a unique opportunity for all groups within the Santa Clara community to gather as one academic family seeking wisdom and truth.
Following the Mass all are invited to a picnic lunch on the St. Ignatius Lawn.
To enable the campus community to attend the Mass, classes will not meet between 11:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.on October 3. Classes that usually meet from 11:45 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. will be canceled. Classes scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. will instead begin at 1:15 p.m. Please note that classes in the School of Law and the Jesuit School of Theology will meet as scheduled and will not be canceled.
Wishing you many blessings of the Holy Spirit as together we embark on this new year,
Michael E. Engh, S.J.
President
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Dear Faculty and Staff,
My congratulations go the the several faculty who received awards at the Faculty Recognition event this week. Each year a series of awards are given to faculty for their exemplary work as teachers and as scholars. This year's recipients are:
- Dan Aguiar, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship - President's Special Recognition Award
- Lynette Parker, Katharine and George Community Law Center - President's Special Recognition Award
- Terry Shoup, Department of Mechanical Engineering - President's Special Recognition Award
- Lisa Kealhofer, Department of Anthropology - Award for Recent Achievement in Scholarship
- Sanjiv Das, Department of Finance - Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship
- Kristin Kusanovich, Department of Theatre and Dance - The Brutocao Family Foundation Award for Curriculum Innovation
- Scott LaBarge, Department of Philosophy and Classics - The Louis and Dorina Brutocao Award for Teaching Excellence
- Elsa Chen, Department of Political Science - Inclusive Excellence Award
Let me also congratulate the staff members who were honored with awards at the Staff Recognition event on June 19. The annual event is an opportunity to acknowledge the special contributions and dedication of the staff to their divisions and to the University. Awards were presented to:
- Paul Neilan, Alumni Relations
- Kim Payne, Campus Safety Services
- Elspeth Rossetti, Career Center
- Trista San Agustin, Enrollment Services Center
- Heidi Williams, School of Engineering
Please join me in extending our congratulations and thanks to the award recipients for their many and varied achievements.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Engh, S.J.,
President
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Dear Faculty and Staff,
I invite you to attend our first event welcoming in the new academic year. Convocation for the 2012-2013 academic year will be held on Tuesday, September 11, at 4:00 p.m. in the Mission Church. All faculty and staff are invited and encouraged to attend the annual program to launch the new academic year. I look forward to welcoming you at the event.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Engh, S.J.
President
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31 August 2012
Dear Members of the Santa Clara University Community,
The upcoming presidential election is a very significant one for our futures, for our country, and the world. Voting is perhaps the most important responsibility of being an engaged citizen. If you have not already registered to vote, I encourage you to do so as soon as possible.
Deadlines for registering to vote are fast approaching. The California deadline is October 22, 2012. If you are a permanent resident of another state you may choose to register to vote in that state. The website below provides state-by-state registration deadlines and convenient links for registering to vote on-line and for requesting absentee ballots -- http://www.longdistancevoter.org/voter_registration_deadlines?gclid=CK2KnbSn-pUCFQsQagod4l7cFQ#.UEDp0UK_N8E
Thank you for your part in being an engaged citizen.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Engh, S.J.
President
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Dear Members of the Santa Clara University Community,
Tuesday, July 31, marks the feast day of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order. As is our tradition at Santa Clara, we shall celebrate the feast day with a liturgy at 11:30 a.m. in the Mission Church, followed immediately with a picnic lunch on the St. Ignatius Lawn between Kenna and Walsh Halls.
Ignatius' unique gift to the Society of Jesus and to the Church was his spirituality that invites women and men to integrate learning into a life of faith. Through education, he sought to build better communities for the greater glory of God, with a mission of love, justice and a special concern for the poor, the sick and the hungry. My hope is that our prayer on his feast day lead us to see God, our world, our work, and ourselves in a new way.
Please mark you calendars to gather together on Tuesday, July 31 and celebrate our Ignatian roots.
Sincerely,
Michael E. Engh, S.J.
President
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