Joe Allegretti

Mass of Remembrance for Allen Lund, Joe Allegretti: May 10

May 4, 2018

On Thursday, May 10, faculty and staff are invited to join members of the Board of Regents and the Holy Cross community for a Mass held in honor of D. Allen Lund and Joseph B. Allegretti. The Mass will take place at 5 p.m. in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. All are welcome to join in this celebration of the lives and legacies of these two individuals who have served, supported, and shaped this University in countless ways.

Any questions about the Mass can be directed to the Office of University Relations (pick@up.edu).

Allen Lund and Joe Allegretti: Prayers, Please

April 13, 2018

The University has recently lost two longtime friends, board members, and donors. Allen Lund, former chair of the board of regents, and Joe Allegretti both passed away recently. University president Fr. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., and members of the University and Holy Cross community were with Kathie and the Lund family in Pasadena, Calif., this past weekend for the Funeral Mass for Allen. Next weekend, they will travel to Sherman Oaks, California to be with Helen Allegretti and her family for Joe’s Funeral Mass at Notre Dame High School.

You can read more here about A llen and Joe, their lives, and their commitment to UP.

Please keep Allen, Joe, and their family and friends in your prayers.

Andrew Lafrenz, integrative health and wellness, presented “The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Students Mental Well-Being and Physical Activity Levels” a poster presentation at the 2020 Oregon Public Health Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR, October 12-13, 2020. Conference provided virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, wrote “Building and Sustaining Community by Centering Affective Learning Goals.” (with student coauthor Branwen Schaub) in Assessment Update Special Issue on the theme of “Adapting Assessment Methods to Rapidly Changing Circumstances,” Volume 32, Issue 6, Nov. 2020. Retrieved from https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/au/index.html.

Rachel Wheeler, theology, had her article, “The Revelatory Tide: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Water Crises,” published in Spiritus 20, no. 2 (Fall 2020): 176-193.

Jakob Kotas, mathematics, served as editor for Advances in Nonlinear Biological Systems: Modeling and Optimal Control, Applied Mathematics Series Vol. 11, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Oct. 2020). Available at this link. He also cowrote “An alternative model to prion fragmentation based on the detailed balance between PrPSc and suPrP” (with Monique Chyba, Vincent Beringue, Human Rezaei, Angelique Igel-Egalon, and student coauthors Yuliia Kravchenko, Christopher Eblen) in “Advances in Nonlinear Biological Systems: Modeling and Optimal Control, Applied Mathematics Series Vol. 11, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Oct. 2020).

Christina Ivler, Shiley School of Engineering, presented “Hover Handling Qualities of Fixed-Pitch, Variable-RPM Quadcopters with Increasing Rotor Diameter” (with Farhan Gandhi and student coauthors Ariel Walter, Michael McKay) and “Development and Flight Validation of Proposed Unmanned Aerial System Handling Qualities Requirements” (with Truong, K., Kerwin, D., Otomize, J., Parmer, D., Tischler, M.B., Gowans, N.) to the Vertical Flight Society 76^th Annual Forum, Oct. 6-8, 2020.

Susan McDaniel, performing and fine arts, presented three art songs attributed to Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), one of the earliest known Western classical composers of African descent (with Arwen Myers, soprano) as part of “Celebrating Every Voice! A concert featuring music of BIPOC composers” at CollabFest, the online conference of the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society, 15 October 2020.

Rebecca Smith, education, had her article, “Flipped learning during a global pandemic: Empowering students with choice,” published in International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 5(1), 100-105. See the article using this link.

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