January 2, 2011 Belles Suffer Sweep at Hands of #15 Hope The Saint Mary's volleyball team had their hands full on Saturday as they took on nationally-ranked Hope in their final home match of the season. January 2, 2011 College year starts with Mass January 2, 2011 Alumnae remember friend killed in 9/11 attacks (The Observer) On September 11, 2001, the Saint Mary's College community lost Suzanne Kondratenko '96 who died in one of the twin towers. She was 27 years old and on assignment for Aon Corporation in Tower 2 of the World Trade Center. Sarah Sullivan Bigelow ’96 was a very good friend of Suzanne's and she was interviewed for this story, which appeared in The Observer. Maureen Bransfield ’96, Suzanne’s roommate when they participated in the Rome program, was also interviewed. January 2, 2011 Saint Mary's College Announces the Installation of Three Endowed Chair... Saint Mary's College proudly announces the installation this fall of three endowed chairs, one of which is a newly established chair. The installations, which will take place at three separate events, include the inauguration of the Marjorie A. Neuhoff Chair in Nursing and the installations of the Edna and George McMahon Aquinas Chair in Philosophy and the Bruno P. Schlesinger Chair in Humanistic Studies. The College will celebrate each installation with a lecture. Details of the lectures, as well as background on the endowed chairs and information on the chair holders, are included here. January 2, 2011 Saint Mary's 2011 alumna granted Fulbright January 2, 2011 Saint Mary's Alumna Uses Business Degree to Cook up New Career (The Ob... 10/13/11-Annie Parker Baker ’91 was featured in the student-run newspaper, The Observer. Baker earned a business degree at Saint Mary’s, but left the accounting/banking world behind to pursue her passion for baking. She is now "Annie the Baker" and has even been featured on the Cooking Channel. January 2, 2011 College hosts intercultural retreat (The Observer) 9/15/11 THE OBSERVER: Saint Mary's students, faculty and other members of the community will participate in the Catalyst retreat, an opportunity to learn more about the history of slavery and abolitionism in the United States, over the College's fall break. The retreat, sponsored by the Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership Office (CWIL), will be held Oct. 14 to 19 for students and from Oct. 14 to 16 for non-students. The retreat will depart from Saint Mary's and travel to Cincinnati. Anabel Castañeda ’12, who will attend Catalyst, is interviewed for this story. January 2, 2011 Belles' Second Half Pressure Not Enough Against Kalamazoo NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Saint Mary's soccer team out-shot visiting Kalamazoo 12-4 in the second half but was unable to convert any of those shots into goals as they fell 2-0 on Saturday afternoon. January 2, 2011 Music Professor's Project Raising Money for Haiti 8/4/11 (Fox 28)—When an earthquake devastated Haiti last year, Saint Mary’s College music professor Jeffrey Jacob was so moved that he got to work on a CD project he hopes will raise money to help rebuild the country. Jacob says “Music for Haiti” is a compilation of his recent compositions that explore themes of tragedy, death and redemption, and new works directly inspired by the disaster. Each work acknowledges the tragedy, but also offers moments of hope, evokes the dignity of life, and provides resolution in both senses of the word. All of the works are for piano and orchestra, and Jacob is the pianist in every case. The orchestras include two world-class groups, the London Symphony Orchestra, recorded at London Abbey Road Studios, and the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra.