On May 11^th the Ursuline Mothers' Club prepared and served a delicious Cinco de Mayo luncheon for the faculty and staff in the faculty dining room. The menu included a burrito bar with shredded chicken, black beans, Mexican corn, Spanish rice, green peppers, sour cream, Mexican shredded cheese, shredded lettuce and toritillas, tortilla soup with tortilla strips, a veggie tray; and watermelon and cupcakes for dessert. The faculty dining room was decorated for the Cinco de Mayo holiday, the food was scrumptious, and a good time was had by all. Many thanks to our Mothers' Club for all you do for Ursuline!

On May 11, Monika Nunez took her physics students outside in the amphitheater to view sunspots – a “cold” spot on the sun that appears as a dark spot when viewing the sun. This occurs commonly on our sun, she explained. "Currently the activity on the sun is high and thus there are many sunspots on our sun today. In the amphitheatre I have set up a large telescope for my students to view these sunspots," said Ms. Nunez, who invited any students, faculty and staff to view the sunspots.

Sarah Kessler '09 (middle) and Kelsey Albrinck '11 (right)

Kelsey Albrinck '11 and Sarah Kessler '09, competing for The Ohio State University, finished FIRST at the Big 10 Women's Rowing Championship on May 13^th in Indianapolis, Ind. Way to go Ursuline women!

Frank Weisshaupt

On May 11^th, Elizabeth Gromada's World History classes welcomed guest speaker, Frank Weisshaupt, who is a former WWII spy and Cincinnati native. He visited her classes last year and was very warmly received.

Frank’s stories of his experiences in WWII are unbelievably exciting and interesting. In addition to the students, several faculty and staff stopped by to hear Frank's story, which was very compelling as he described his intriguing, dangerous, and highly significant role in WWII.

Junior Anosha Minai

Congratulations to Junior Anosha Minai who has recently achieved a perfect ACT score, making this the second perfect ACT at UA this school year. Earlier in the year senior Marisa Reddy also achieved a perfect ACT. Congratulations to Anosha and Marisa for their hard work and excellence in academics; and to our outstanding faculty who teach, guide and prepare our students for college and beyond!

From left - Mike Rusconi, Kevin Malloy, Scott Stieber and Dave Carrier
Not pictured - Terry Estes, Brian Holbrook, Tim Mackey and Tom Wulf

Last Thursday evening, May 10th, the Dads’ Club bid their final farewell to the 8 senior dads who will leave their roles as Board members, as their daughters graduate from Ursuline. Outgoing president Kevin Malloy has served on Ursuline’s Dads’ Club Board for a consecutive ten year term throughout all three of his daughters’ high school years, from 2002-2012! The other dads have each served a three year term on the Board. We thank them all for their dedicated service to Ursuline over the years.

For the last two weeks, Ursuline has been enveloped with color: the cultural phenomenon of Yarn Bombing has exploded onto our campus! Inspired by the work created by the Cincinnati Bombshells, a local collective of women artists, students in Jeanine Boutiere's ('01) Mixed Media course spent months knitting, weaving, and crocheting soft panels, chains, and pom poms that were stealthily installed on Earth Day and unveiled to our community in conjunction with Spirit Week. As you walk through the halls of UA, you'll find desk legs casually wrapped in colorfully striped "leg-warmers" and even a couple of Lions showing their love of environmentally friendly public art works!

The installation will be in place through the opening of the Senior Art show on Monday, May 14th.

Click here to see a slideshow of the installation.