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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

Edgewood College names new president

New Edgewood College President Scott Flanagan
New Edgewood College president Scott Flanagan is introduced to the school on Tuesday, March 25, in the school’s Sr. Nona McGreal Room, named for a past school president. (Catholic Herald photo/Kevin Wondrash)

MADISON — While Scott Flanagan’s job title will soon be changing, his face is familiar to Edgewood College.

On Tuesday, March 25, Flanagan, the college’s current executive vice president, was named the seventh president of the college. Flanagan has also served as Edgewood’s director of admissions, director of athletics, and other roles.

At a press conference in the school’s McGreal Room — named for school president Sr. Nona McGreal, who served in the 1950s and 1960s — Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees Gary Schaefer formally introduced Flanagan.

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Jim Ottney, For the Catholic Herald

Edgewood High School goes ‘Crazy for You’

MADISON — The Edgewood High School (EHS) spring musical is Crazy for You, winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Musical.

Based on the original Gershwin musical Girl Crazy, but incorporating music from many different Gershwin shows, Crazy for You is a high energy romantic comedy with a storyline designed to be an entertaining background for the fabulous dance numbers and memorable Gershwin music.

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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

Edgewood College goes green with goats

MADISON — For two weeks in late October, the Edgewood College campus had about 40 special guests, but they weren’t there to study.

Students, faculty, staff, and guests who walked near a wooded area on the southern part of the campus found a fenced area set up — for goats.

The goats were on hand to help the school’s Landscape and Grounds Department to clear invasive plant species along the shore of Lake Wingra.

The goats, quite simply, were brought in to eat the plants.

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Kevin Wondrash, Catholic Herald Staff

Edgewood College president plans to retire

MADISON — As a crowded Anderson Auditorium on the Edgewood College campus waited on September 10 for the day’s “major announcement,” school President Dr. Dan Carey stepped behind the podium.

With a tone of gratitude to the entire college, Carey announced he will retire from his position at the end of the 2013-2014 school year.

Carey said it is a time to “transition to meaningful work” at an age when he is still healthy.

He thanked the Sinsinawa Dominicans, Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and students for all their help in the successes of Edgewood College during his time there.

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Carolyn Averil, For the Catholic Herald

Vision and plans for St. Paul Catholic Center

MADISON — In recent months, Madison-area Catholics have heard of the new changes planned for St. Paul University Catholic Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

The proposed building project and program will have an important and lasting impact on many future generations of Catholic leaders in our city and state.

St. Paul’s invites and strongly encourages all Madison-area Catholics to attend an informational presentation, at which the community will hear the full vision and plans for the new St. Paul Catholic Center and Residential College.

As the campus ministry has grown and affected thousands of Catholic students and families, new areas of growth and development have occurred. Hear about the current campus ministry and the need for an expanded and upgraded physical space, as well as an exciting new program launching in summer 2011 in partnership with Edgewood College.

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