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News
Olenick, Pestritto 2005 King-Haggar recipients
by Michelle Moran
Assistant News Editior
The annual UD King-Haggar
awards honored two Constantin
professors last Saturday in Lynch
Auditorium.
Dr. Richard Olenick, physics
professor, and Dr. R.J. Pestritto,
associate politics professor, were
the 2005 recipients.
The King-Haggar Awards
acknowledge outstanding schol-
arship in both classroom and
publication.
Award distribution was ac-
companied by a speech from Dr.
Alexandra Wilhelmsen, modern
language professor and last year's
King Fellowship recipient.
courtesy Institutional
Advancement
Dr. Richard Olenick, physics
professor, was awarded the
2005 King Fellows Award.
Olenick, this year's King Fel-
lows Award recipient has been
with the university since 1979-
Dr. Cherie Clodfelter, educa-
tion department chair, praised
Olenick as being a person "un-
daunted in his need to know."
"He is an ideas man, and the
joy that [he] has for teaching his
students and colleagues is catch-
ing," she said.
The King Fellows Award is
given to a senior faculty member
who has made a significant contri-
bution to excellence in education
and has been with the university
for more than eight years.
The Haggar Award was given
to Pestritto.
Dr. Glen Thurow, politics pro-
fessor, acknowledged Pestritto's
representation of "commitment,
talents, and accomplishments"
found among the professors of
the university.
1 hurow also praised Pestritto's
accomplishments in the class-
room as a professor who "brings
energy, insight, and concern for
students."
The Haggar Award is given to
a junior faculty member who has
taught at the university for fewer
than eight years and is recognized
as a promising scholar and dedi-
cated teacher.
In her speech, titled Reflections
on the Dynamic Aspect of Tradi-
tion in Western Civilization, Wil-
helmsen spoke about the western
creation of vibrant institutions to
examine the dignity of the human
person.
Wilhelmsen said the West de-
veloped "a strong, dynamic spirit
to look forward, [and] to think in
terms of progress."
Progress is society's contribu-
tion to the legacy of past—tradi-
tion, Wilhelmsen said.
"The dynamic aspect of tra-
dition in western civilization
involves three basic elements,
selectivity, creativity, and trans-
mission," she said.
Tradition is not merely what we
get from the past but what we do
with our heritage supplemented
by new experience and creation.
Without renewal and experi-
ence, tradition becomes stag-
nant.
"Here at UD, we know that
progress if not transmitted in the
form of tradition, if not hereditary
is no progress at all just a flash in
the dark," she said.
Tradition in western civiliza-
tion means our heritage is im-
proved gradually over the centu-
ries through selectivity, creativity,
and transmission, Wilhelmsen
said.
Tradition is what we make of
our patrimony: what we reject,
accept, adapt and what we fashion
out of that heritage, Wilhelmsen
said.
King-Haggar Scholars, chosen
by the Faculty Development
Committee, were awarded to
Dr. Sri Beldona, business profes-
sor; Clodfelter; Dr. Dale Fod-
ness, GSM professor; Dr. Eileen
Gregory, English professor; and
Dr. Robert Kugelmann, psychol-
ogy professor.
Sabbatical and leave of absence
recipients include: Dr. John Alvis,
English professor; Kugelmann;
Dr. Christopher Malloy, theology
professor; and Olenick.
The College of Business also
awarded the Adjunct Achievement
awards to Dr. Nancy Schreiber
and John South for their work
with curriculum and undergradu-
Dr. R. 3. Pes-
tritto, associate
politics profes-
sor, received
the 2005 Hag-
gar Fellowship
for his academ-
ic scholarship in
the classroom
and in
academic
publication.
The honor is
awarded to a
junior faculty
member who
has been with
UD fewer than
eight years.
courtesy
Institutions
Advancement
ate program development.
Beldona was given the award
for Entrepreneurial Spirit.
Several professors celebrated
their 25th annivesary with the
university: Dr. Bill Hendrickson,
chemistry professor; Olenick; Dr.
David Sweet, classics professor;
and Dr. Bob Wood, philosophy
professor. The faculty honored
these recipients for their ed-
cuational excellence in the class-
room.
Named after Carl and Florence
King and Michael A. Haggar, the
King-Haggar Awards began in
1985.
Recipients receive a cash prize
and a medal.
Bible school founder signs
copies of latest book at UD
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Sr. Macrina Scott, O.S.F., founder of the Denver
Catholic Biblical School and director of the Wisdom
Center, a center that offers programs on the spirituality
of aging, signed copies of her latest book Bible Stories
Revisited: Discover Your Story in the Gospel of Luke
and the Acts of the Apostles at the UD bookstore.
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-Dr. Scott Wysong, UD sports and
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