50 Years - 50 Stories

50th Anniversary > 50 Years - 50 Stories

Over the past 50 years, nearly ten thousand students have passed through the doors of Walsh University with many shared experiences and memories. Some memories have become campus legends such as the Great Pumpkin Heist, Stumble Inn or "borrowing" cafeteria trays for sled riding. But some have become personal life lessons that have helped to shape our individual characters. As a part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we are sharing with you 50 of those stories. We hope that these memories help to personalize the growth and impact of Walsh's 50-year history.

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Father Really Does Know Best

At the age of 17 in April 1961, graduation was just around the corner. I was busy making plans to "begin my life" and just like any fearless teenager short on experience, I thought I had it all planned out. No income. No place to live. After high school, my friend and I were going to move to New York City. Manhattan...

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We weren’t a superstitious group. It just seemed like a fun thing to do.

That’s really the reason why in 1973, Mark Miller and I vowed not to shave for the entire soccer season…unless we lost a game. About midway through the semester, we both had a full beard. We were approached by Herb Drinnon, Walsh’s first full time theatre director who was casting for the play Becket and needed two medieval, bearded Knights for small roles in the production...

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My 55 Ford with a Blown Engine and a Lifetime of Gratitude
The Crazy Crew

During my years at Walsh, the guys I hung around with were affectionately labeled by others as the "Crazy Crew." We knew each other from playing grade school basketball at the Knights of Columbus in Canton, and after grade school we all met again at Central Catholic. Most of the "Crew" came from the Canton parochial school system with the exception of one who actually came from Brooklyn and who we met at Walsh.

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"How I Met my Husband and Became a Pacifist with a Gun..."

There was a buzz on campus in 1967 about two basketball players - Joe Eaton and Bill Polinsky -- coming from Kent to Walsh. All kinds of speculation that these great players were going to bolster our team and take it to a whole new level. That is how I first heard of Joe Eaton.

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The Road to Walsh began in Uganda

The first day I walked into St. Mary's College in Kisubi in 1989, I felt very proud. The Brothers of Christian Instruction hired me and I was one of the first single women to teach at the all boy’s boarding school. Now it is a normal thing to have ladies teaching there. I am a teacher, but in my heart, a student. I worked for 10 years and then went for my bachelors. After seven years at St. Mary's...that is when I first heard of the Walsh University...

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My Mom Told Me I Was Just Going to a Party!
If I had to do it again, I would do it exactly the same.

It was probably the best accident in history. I came to the U.S. on vacation from Lebanon to visit my aunts. While visiting, my cousin told me there was a new college in town. He knew that my dream was to continue to pursue my education, specifically, in the U.S. My concern was that I didn’t speak English...

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Even to this day, I feel more comfortable when I have a tie on.

I have a lot of good stories about this place but one I’ll always remember is when a friend of mine and I used to play tennis with Sherry Bossart and Br. Roland. Sherry was like a tennis pro so one day I asked her if she would take it easy on us. She just smiled and said she would...

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If you want to convince the Dean of Students to sponsor a white water rafting trip, don’t begin the conversation with "Don’t worry Dale, no one is going to die."

When I first came to campus for a tour in 1997, Brother Charlie made a huge impression on me, especially since he was just being himself. It was at the beginning of our tour when he stopped and said he wanted me to meet two very important people on Walsh’s campus – the snack bar ladies...

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