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May 4, 2005 The University News 3
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Endangered species
sighted at preserve
For the first time
since the 1990s, the
song of the Black-
capped Vireo, an en-
dangered species,
was heard at the Ce-
dar Ridge Preserve in
southwest Dallas, Dr.
Marcy Brown-Marsden, associate biology professor, said.
"This species has a distinctive song and calling style, so we're
confident in the find even without visual confirmation. I tracked
one the other day for about 20 minutes through the woods.
Tracking requires navigating through thick brush and following
it no matter where it goes, poison ivy, thorny vines included,"
she said.
Brown-Marsden and her students have worked at the preserve
over the past few years with the ultimate goal of making it more
habitable for the vireo.
"The most important goal is...creating a nesting population
of the vireos [in the preserve]...we have far to go," she said.
Graduation
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people so that I can to get different
perspectives," he said.
As a high school senior, UD
was the only college Antonelli
applied to because of its emphasis
on the Catholic faith.
"I came here because of the
spirituality. I could have gone to
a bigger or more academically
challenging school.
"But this is where I wanted to
be, and UD has totally lived up to
my expectations," he said.
This past year, Antonelli served
as physics club president and vice-
president of UD's sailing club.
For the summer, he will go
home to Nebraska to visit his
family and then to California to
do chemistry research.
Afterwards he plans to attend
World Youth Day in Cologne,
Germany, and then stay in France
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Professors
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Father Walsh first taught at UD
in fall 2001 and has been here
since since fall 2002. Though he
may occasionally teach a course at
UD, he will not return to teaching
full time.
Walsh said his experience at
UD, as at other institutions, in-
cludes high and low moments,"
though the experience at UD is
unique.
"I have made some good friends
[at UD], found the time to write
and publish, and learned much
about a corner of the United States
and its academic life that was new
to me.
"Since my other academic posi-
tions were very different (14 years
in graduate theological seminaries,
followed by two large universi-
ties, one Catholic and one the
national university in Botswana),
the experience of teaching in a
small, relatively narrowly focused,
undergraduate institution was
new and different," he said.
Dr. Mark Lowery, theology
department chair, said other
theology professors will teach the
courses currently taught by Norris
and Walsh.
Germann has been at UD for
17 years and served as department
chair, chief health professions ad-
visor, president of UD's chapter
of Phi Beta Kappa, vice president
of UD's chapter of the American
Association of University Profes-
sors, and faculty sponsor for the
Pre-health Society.
For more than two years, Ger-
mann had considered earning a
master's degree in public health,
and his interest in the subject area
deepened as he taught biostatistics
this spring.
As Germann will enter a new
career field, he does not plan to
return to a full-time position at
UD.
Germann has enjoyed teaching
at UD, but departmental restruc-
turing made his administrative
responsibilities burdensome.
"I have learned that college
teaching is a very difficult pro-
fession, but also one that can be
rewarding beyond measure.
"A few years ago,.. my depart-
ment underwent a series of chang-
es that made it virtually impossible
for me to achieve a healthy balance
between scholarly pursuits and
my other responsibilities, which
became too demanding. But
teaching has also given me the op-
portunity to interact closely with
many students and perhaps make
a positive difference in their lives,
as they have in mine," he said.
Dr. Frank Due, Const an tin
College dean, will take over as
health professions advisor, and
another biology professor will
take over as department chair,
Germann said.
Byers said she appreciates her
experience at UD.
"I really love the students here.
I will miss my friends," she said.
for the following academic year.
"Hopefully in the fall, I will
have a job teaching English in
France through the Fulbright
program. I will know by the end
of May if I got the job, and if I did
I would stay in Europe after the
summer," he said.
In the long run, Antonelli plans
to pursue a doctoral degree in par-
ticle physics at Notre Dame.
"I had French for four years in
high school and got a concentra-
tion here.
"Since I'm going to grad school
for physics at Notre Dame for six
years, I'm going to lose all this
French if I don't do something
with it now," Antonelli said.
"I chose Notre Dame because,
although it is a thinner bubble
than UD, it is still a bubble.
"I could have gone to larger
public universities with more
funding.
"But at the end of the day what
really matters is not how great a
physicist I become but how great
a person," Antonelli said.
For Antonelli, physics explores
fundamental questions about the
world human beings live in.
"I like physics is because it is
so fundamental. Particle physics
directly asks the biggest questions
possible:
"What is the universe? What
is matter? What is the physical
world?
"A particle physicist's main goal
is to see if they can discover the
nature of the universe.
"If we can make big guns out of
the discoveries that's cool too, but
we're not in it for that," he said.
After earning his doctorate, he
plans to teach and do research.
"I like academia—you're not
working for the bottom line [or]
to make money; you're trying to
make good students. I want to
teach and do research," he said.
Freshman wins first place
in ROTC competitions
Cadet Amanda Vaughn, freshman history ma-
jor, and her team recently won first place at state-
wide ROTC contests at Texas State University.
Cadets competed in varied athletic contests
such as ultimate football and a 1,600 meter
race.
"Amanda...once again proved her abilities,"
Major Dave Brown of Dallas ROTC said.
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Dickens, Jodi. The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 4, 2005, newspaper, May 4, 2005; Irving, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth201409/m1/3/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting University of Dallas.