AMU Celebrates 10th Anniversary
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Published on Monday, 30 November -0001 00:00
Ave Maria University is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week with a number of events that show how far the school has come since its beginnings in temporary facilities in Naples.
AMU is inviting residents and donors to share in the activities, which culminate Saturday with the announcement of the Mother Teresa Project, the first football game played in new facilities on the school campus – and a birthday BBQ cookout in the afternoon.
10th anniversary festivities begin Thursday night, with a fall sports pep rally and student bonfire at 9 p.m.
Sister Dorothy, the fifth woman to join Mother Teresa's Sisters of Charity, will speak Friday at 4 p.m. in the lecture hall of the AMU academic building. She is the second most senior surviving sister of the original twelve chosen by Mother Teresa. There will be a chance to meet her Sunday morning in the AMU Visitor's Center after the 9 a.m. Mass in the oratory. Pictured right, Sr. Dorothy in a 2010.
Friday evening, President Jim Towey will be host for a cocktail reception in the ballroom of the AMU student union.
The next morning, at 10 a.m. in front of the Oratory, Mr. Towey will dedicate the Mother Teresa project, a new endeavor at AMU that seeks to further Mother Teresa's mission with academic study and service. Mr. Towey worked closely with Mother Teresa as her legal representative for many years.
Tailgating in the Ave Maria town center starts at 10:30 a.m., preceding the Founder's Football Game at 1 p.m. The AMU Gyrenes – riding their first-ever two-game winning streak – will try to make it three in a row against Florida Tech. The game will be the first regular-season contest played on campus, at a new facility opposite the Golisano Field House. Left, the new field (photo by Jeremiah Rappley)
The field sports a new electronic scoreboard, enclosed press box and seating for 300 fans. "It's absolutely exciting," said AMU Athletics Director Shawn Summe. "I think we'll have better student support and the community will rally round."
Following the game, all are invited to the Chairman's Cookout and Birthday BBQ on the university mall.
All events are open to the public. The president's cocktail reception has a cash bar, and the BBQ for non-students and AMU staff costs $7 for adults and $4 for children.
Right, the official ribbon-cutting opening the Ave Maria University campus in September, 2007.
Ave Herald Editor Patricia Sette looked at some aspects of of AMU's first decade recently in a column in the Naples Daily News Collier Citizen, available by clicking here.
Happy Birthday AMU!
