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Accent
The magazine of Ancilla College Fall 2013
In this issue: Campus News 2 :: Annual Report 12 :: Giving to Ancilla 10 :: Ancilla and Rome 6
From Ancilla to Mexico:
Making Connections
A Message from President Ronald L. May
Greetings from Ancilla College! Let Foundation, Northern Indiana Community Foundation,
me begin by thanking each of you for Community Foundation of St. Joseph County and the Kosciusko
your continued support of Ancilla County Community Foundation. We are grateful that individuals,
and the students who attend. Without corporations and foundations have set aside such funds to benefit
your very generous support it would Ancilla and its students.
be nearly impossible to sustain the
efforts made by our faculty and staff The average scholarship or grant made to Ancilla students totals
to transform the lives of our students. $3,000 per year. At the endowment pay out rate currently used by
the Board of Trustees, such a grant requires $75,000 in endowment.
During the current budget year we That is not an insignificant amount of money for most of us.
have allocated $1.2 million to support Nonetheless, if we are to continue to provide the support needed
the merit scholarship program, the to serve the students we are called to serve, that is the kind of
need based grant program and our number we have to keep in mind.
athletic grant program. More than
80 percent of the students attending Ancilla is changing student lives, one student at a time. You can
Ancilla receive aid from one or more of those three programs. help us fulfill that by continuing your generous annual financial
More than 40 percent of the students attending the college come support. Whatever level of gift you can provide helps us reach the
from families who cannot provide financial support for that total amount needed each year. You can help us by talking with
attendance. me, with Todd Zeltwanger, with Tom Sibal or with a member
of our Board of Trustees about creating a named and endowed
How is the college able to provide such financial support to its fund in the permanent endowment at the college. If you prefer,
students? First, we draw income from our meager endowment. we would be willing to discuss with you the creation of a similar
Second, in each of the last seven years the Poor Handmaids of fund in the community foundation near where you live. Just let us
Jesus Christ have made a generous donation to our operating fund. know.
Most of that is used to provide need based financial aid. Third, we
receive gifts from you. Income and gifts from those three sources Thank you again for your generous financial support of Ancilla
enable the college to provide the $1.2 million in financial aid to our College! You are changing the lives of our students!
students.
Currently the Board of Trustees uses a four percent payout rate
on our endowed assets to support the operating budget. Not all
our endowment is set aside to support scholarships and grants.
Some funds within the endowment are set aside for programmatic
support, in accordance with the wishes of the donor who created
the fund. In addition to the funds held within the college’s
endowment, area community foundations also hold funds that
generate income to support Ancilla scholarships and programs.
Such funds are currently held by the Marshall County Community
Ancilla College Accent MAGAZINE STAFF
Ancilla College Managing Editor: Todd Zeltwanger Ancilla College Accent is published twice a
P.O. Box 1 Design: Carrie Shelhart year by the Ancilla College Office of Institu-
Donaldson, IN 46513-0001 tional Advancement. Every effort has been
Contributors: Chelsea Chalk, Tom Sibal, made to ensure its accuracy and completeness.
visit us online at www.ancilla.edu Sarah Cawthon, MaryAnn Rush, Eric Wignall
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The Center at Donaldson. Archives P.O. Box 1
www.TheCenterAtDonaldson.org Donaldson, IN 46513-0001
Board of Trustees Sr. Nora Hahn, PHJC Mrs. Amanda Morris-Feldman
Sr. Deanne Blume, PHJC Sr. Margaret Anne Henss, PHJC Sr. Agatha Niebrugge, PHJC, Emeritus
Mr. Randall Danielson Mr. Ryan Jessen Ms. Jessica Oliver
Sr. Judith Diltz, PHJC Mr. Jack Jordan Sr. Mary Jo Shingler, PHJC
Sr. Michele Dvorak, PHJC Mrs. Patricia Kitch Mr. Thomas Teghtmeyer
Mr. Francis Ellert, Chair Sr. Marlene Ann Lama, PHJC Mr. James Hardesty, Emeritus
Mrs. Virginia Gibson Mrs. Suzanne Light
Dr. Ronald May, Ex Officio
Ancilla In This Issue
College
Connections 4
Features Departments
Connections 4
Ancilla Alumna, Sarah Cawthon spent her Campus News 2
summer with a PHJC ministry in Mexico.
Athletic News 7
Alumni News 8
Financial Statement 12
Ancilla and Rome 6
Dr. May traveled to Rome to learn more
Honor Roll of Donors 13
about Catholic Education.
Endowed Funds 20
Giving to Ancilla 10
Your gift to Ancilla makes a difference in
students’ lives.
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Campus
News
Sr. Dr. Judith Diltz is now the Provincial of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. We are sad to see Sr. Judith
leave after many years of service to Ancilla as an associate professor, but know that she will provide excellent
leadership to the ministries of The Center at Donaldson.
Welcome Week
Ancilla hosted a fall Welcome Week for students, faculty, and
staff. The event took place September 10-12 at the college.
More than 400 students, faculty, and staff enjoyed games, free
food, and prize drawings. Information tables about student
activities, local vendors, and more were available for attend-
ees to peruse.
“We’re really excited about the new school year. We had a
great turnout and students were able to connect again, or
for the first time, after the summer break,” said Eric Wignall,
Executive Director of Admissions.
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Lampen
Student Government Participates in
Lectures Leadership Conference
Ancilla’s Student Government Association
Begin
president, vice-president, and faculty advisor
With a attended the 35th annual National Leadership
Conference on Student Government in St.
Look at
Louis, MO from October 3-6.
Icons
Amanda Amstutz, student body president,
Desiree Narkawicz, student body Vice-
Sister Cathy
President, and Jill Neidlinger, Faculty advisor
Schwemer,
spent four days interacting with students and
PHJC, was the
faculty from around the country.
featured presenter for the Ancilla College Lampen
Lecture series Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013
“This was an amazing experience for the
Ancilla College SGA board members. I
Sr. Cathy has been a student of iconography for 15
am so proud of how enthusiastically they
years and received her master’s degree in pastoral
approached this conference and ‘soaked up’ all
studies. She met with students, faculty, staff, and
of the energy from the other devoted Student
members of the PHJC community to discuss icons,
Government
which are religious images famous in the Orthodox
members. I
and Eastern churches. The following question
received many
was posed, “Why do we call the symbols on our
compliments on
computer screen icons when religious images
how professional
honored by the Orthodox Church for centuries were
Amanda and
called icons?”
Desiree were as
well as how their
“Sister Cathy told us that icons point beyond
questions were
ourselves. Computer icons point to functions;
both challenging
religious icons point to religious stories. Religious Desiree Narkawicz, Jill Neidlinger,Amanda Amstutz
and thought-
icons came into being to tell religious stories
provoking. They definitely contributed in a
during the time when many people could not
positive way to the event,“ said Jill Neidlinger,
read or write,” explained Sister Carleen Wrasman,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and
Coordinator of Mission Integration at Ancilla
Developmental Studies and SGA advisor at
College.
Ancilla College.
The Lampen Lecture Series was designed to
combine the universality of the Catholic Church,
Amstutz commented, “I learned a lot from
the international character of the Poor Handmaids
the conference overall, and was inspired to
of Jesus Christ, who sponsor Ancilla College, and
be around so many student leaders as well as
the Earth Charter to promote thinking beyond one’s
such qualified speakers. Overall, it was a great
own experiences and interests.
experience.”
Ancilla College President Dr. Ron May, will be the
featured guest at October’s lecture to discuss his trip
to Rome over the summer.
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Making Connections
You step on a plane to fly more than 2000 miles from home to a country where you don’t speak the
language. You land at the airport in Querétaro at 10 p.m., where two PHJC Sisters drive you more
than an hour to a remote village. Sound crazy? Maybe to you or me, but not to Ancilla alumna Sarah
Cawthon 12’.
Sarah is part of IU-Bloomington’s individualized major program. She has created her own multidisciplinary major
focusing on journalism and latino studies. What better way for a Latino studies major to spend her summer than
volunteering for 18 days in Querétaro, Mexico? Sarah couldn’t think of any, “I was there to absorb the Mexican
culture, learn Spanish and document my experience through photography. My trip was a chance to volunteer and
gain a better understanding for my Latino studies major.”

Sarah combined her connection
and love of Ancilla College with
her passion at IU. She linked
up with PHJC sisters, including
Sr. Mary Jane, to travel to San
Ildefonso, Mexico. San Ildefonso
is a small village of Otomi, an
indigenous people to Central
Mexico, about 12 miles outside the
town of Amealco. And she was not
alone. Sarah volunteered alongside
three other Americans and 12
university students from Mexico.
Her American counterparts
included a married couple from
Texas and a man from Alaska. Sr.
Mary Jane divided the volunteers
into pairs, and each pair worked
with a certain grade level in the
local summer camp.
Sarah and her partner were
assigned to work with the
kindergarten-aged children at the
Sarah Cawthon, a junior at Indiana University and alumna summer camp. She hoped to make
of Ancilla College ’12, stands at the base of a waterfall in the two weeks fun for the children
Querétaro, Mexico, after hiking with fellow volunteers. and so as a Phi Theta Kappa
alumna, Sarah brought four soccer
balls donated by PTK to give to
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the children of San Ildefonso. She also hoped to expand her Spanish vocabulary while she was there, but what she
experienced went beyond any vocab lesson.
“When I first began working with the kindergarteners, I was very nervous and most of the children were skeptical
of me. For many, I was the first person they had ever encountered who did not speak Spanish,” said Sarah. It
could also have been her blond hair and blue eyes that gave the children a heads up. However, reading Yorgua la
Tortuga (Yertle the Turtle), a Dr. Seuss book, to 3-year-old Diego was all it took to break the ice. He soon sought
Sarah out as a soccer buddy during recess. Sarah encouraged 5-year old Rogelio to play during recess as well.
She explained, “Otomi parents do not often play with their children, so most grow up not knowing how to play. I
would see Rogelio sitting on the sidewalk instead of playing soccer with his classmates. So I grabbed one of the
soccer balls Phi Theta Kappa had donated and kicked the ball towards Rogelio. Not wanting to be rude, Rogelio
would politely kick the ball back to me and sit back down. After a few times of kicking the ball, Rogelio started to
smile and continued to stand as he waited for the ball to be passed his way again.”
The soccer balls were such a hit that Sarah gave one to each of the four boys she worked with: Diego, Rogelio,
Eluney, and David. Rogelio was particularly grateful, approaching Sarah in town after camp had ended to give her
a huge hug with a smile on his face. It was
moments like these that made Sarah’s trip.
Sarah returned home and is now back at IU
continuing her studies.
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Ancilla and Rome
It was an honor for me to participate as a member of the 2013 Association of Catholic Colleges
& Universities (ACCU) Rome Seminar. I was asked to participate in February 2013 and after
discussions with the leadership of the Ancilla College Board of Trustees I agreed to do so. The
Rome Seminar has been an official activity of ACCU for the past nine years. Its purpose is to foster
ongoing dialogue between leaders from American Catholic colleges and universities and various
Congregations and Pontifical Councils in the Vatican. Greater understanding and cooperation
between the Vatican and U.S. Catholic higher education institutions is among the desired outcomes.
Our delegation met with Vatican representatives from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian
Unity, the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life & Societies of Apostolic Life, the
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, the Congregation for Catholic Education, the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Pontifical Council for Culture, the Pontifical Council for
Interreligious Dialogue, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
and the Prefect of the Vatican Library. In addition, we met with the British & Canadian Ambassadors
to the Holy See, as well as representatives of the Jesuit Curia, and several Catholic colleges and
universities in Rome. It was a busy schedule of discussions and dialogue spread over four days.
Our delegation and spouses also had an audience with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square. We
celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in a small chapel across from the sepulcher of St. Peter. We
were able, during an afternoon of free time, to visit the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel.
The discussions with various Vatican officials and other members of the delegation helped me gain a
more global understanding of how little Ancilla College, in rural northern Indiana, contributes to the
overall mission of Catholic higher education. Catholic colleges, universities and schools are literally
in every part of the world. The discussions helped reinforce my commitment to serving students at
Ancilla College who come from underserved
populations. The role we play in transforming
the lives of those students truly does help
change the world.
Subsequent to our time in Rome, my wife,
Joan, and I began a leisurely move toward a
meeting in Dernbach with General Leadership
of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. It took
us a few days to get there, but we made it and
we were warmly greeted by Sr. Jolise and Sr.
Christiana. We also met over meals with other
members of General Leadership over the
course of a two day visit. We learned much
about the history of the Poor Handmaids from
their origins to the present day. We were able
to see firsthand how a small group of women
religious, in a small village in Germany could
eventually grow to serve countless people on
multiple continents in healthcare, education, eldercare, social services and many other ways. The
experience in Dernbach helped me connect what we are trying to do at Ancilla College each day
to strengthen that mission. I was reinforced in my efforts to respect and value each person served
by Ancilla. I was challenged to stand with the poor and powerless in the search for justice. I was
reminded, once again, to use the talents and gifts with which I have been blessed to serve others.
Let me close by again saying the visits to Rome and Dernbach were impactful. Each part of the visits
gave me new insights into the importance of what we do here in Donaldson.
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Athletic
News
The fall athletic
teams are off to
a great start. Stay
up to date on all
Charger Athletics at
www.ancillachargers.com.
Rush and Hall Join the Charger Athletic Staff
MaryAnn Rush joined the Charger staff as Assistant Sports Information Director/Assistant
to the Athletic Director and Head Cheerleading Coach. Rush brings with her six years of
experience working in athletics and the health care industry. She has
five years of experience cheering at Division I and II universities.
Rush holds a master’s degree in exercise science and is currently
pursuing a doctorate degree in education/athletic administration.
The Athletic Department announces the hiring of Adam Hall as the
fourth head coach in the history of the men’s soccer program.
Coach Hall has lived in the South Bend area since 2011 where he
had been working with the Mishawaka High School soccer team as
assistant boys’ coach and the Junior Irish Soccer Club as Technical
Director. Prior to that, he had been completing his master’s degree at Wesley College in Dover,
DE, serving as assistant soccer coach there from 2008-2011.
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Alumni
News
1983 1992
1962
Thomas Goerz AC, works in the Valerie Schafer AC, is an artist and
Dorothy Weber, was named
research lab at Thermal Physical sculptor in Plymouth, IN.
Volunteer Of The Year for 2013
Properties Research Laboratory in
by Marquette Auxiliary Getting
West Lafayette, IN. Angela Loehmer AC, is an
Involved Creatively or MAGIC in
occupational therapist for Theracare
Indianapolis.
in Culver, IN.
1984
John Stube AC, is a housing
1971 Edward Houlihan AC, oversees
engineer for the city of Chicago.
approximately 200 attorneys as
Norma Wiseman-Hancock, is
the office manager at a law firm in
retired and has been selling Avon
Therese Schmeltz, is a sales
Chicago, IL.
for 42 years in Naples, FL.
manager for Lock Joint Tube in
South Bend, IN.
Jill (Foley) Janda, is a credit
1972 counselor at Financial Hope in
Sharron Dettmer, is a sociology Warsaw, IN.
instructor at Casnvia College in 1985
Syracuse, NY.
Dannette (Schultz) Fields AC, is
1993
a project manager for Sprint in
1974 Stillwell, KS. Patricia Rhoads, works in inventory
control at Bay Valley Foods in
Keith Ecker AC, is the principal at
Plymouth, IN.
Hamilton Heights Primary School
1987
in Arcadia, IN.
Cheryl (Cole) Avery AC, is an 1997
insurance agent in Wakarusa, IN.
Theresa (Craig) Hartzel, is a dietary
1975
manager at Woodlan Manor in
Valna (Morris) Stettler AC, is an
1988 Elkhart, IN.
elementary teacher for Plymouth
Community Schools in Plymouth, Deborah Martin, is the owner
IN. of the Ace Hardware store in
Caledonia, MI. 1998
Christopher Spier, is a maintenance
1977
Gwen Calvert, was named the
tech for the Bradley Company in
Veda Smith, is a computer director of the Maria Center at
South Bend, IN.
analyst at Methodist Hospital in the Center for Donaldson in
Merrillville, IN. Donaldson, IN.
Paula Trethewy, is a logistics
coordinator at Zentis in Plymouth,
1978 1989 IN.
Helene (Lenz) Banina AC, teaches James O. Wells, is a lawyer in
history and English at Maconaquah Rochester, IN, and runs his own
High School in Bunker Hill, IN. practice. 1999
Diana (Clemons) Gudeman AC, is
1979 1991 a sales executive for WKVI radio in
Knox, IN.
Bryan LaFree, is a field supervisor John Drennon AC, is an English
for Ritschard Brothers in South teacher at Pendleton Heights
Thadd Mellott AC, is the president
Bend, IN. High School in Anderson, IN.
of Circle M Spring in Warsaw, IN.
David Bacon, is the chief of police
in Plymouth, IN.
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