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.

Anita Gooding, social work, was selected as a 2020-2021 Field Research Scholar by the Transforming Field Education Landscape (TFEL) program at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Scholars attend regular seminars and present their own research related to strengthening field education in social work.

Ösel Plante, development, has a debut collection of poetry titled Waveland set for publication by Black Lawrence Press in April 2021. Please use this link to learn more.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering. recently shared some of his work on palindrome dates with the staff of Farmers’ Almanac which lead to an articled titled “2021: A Special Year For Palindrome Dates, Starting This Month!” See the article using this link.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies; Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated; and Nic Zentner, Central Washington University, published an animation titled “Ghost Forests: Evidence for a Giant Earthquake & Tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.” This animation explores how Native American oral history, geology of ghost forests in coastal Washington and Oregon, and written accounts of a tsunami that flooded Japanese Pacific Coast villages converge to document the most recent Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquake on January 26, 1700 at about 9 p.m. The Ghost Forest animation can be found on the IRIS website at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/740 or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xPbt8iiDRo&feature=youtu.be.

Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, wrote an editorial on “Sustainability and the Role of Higher Education” in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 62, , pp. 2-3. See the article at this link. He also contributed “On a ‘Just’ Transition, Environment” in Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63:1, 29-31, DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842715.. See the article using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received an Opus Prize Foundation Grant Sabbatical Support, Opus Prize Foundation, $5,000, on November 12, 2020.

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