Councils

Student Advisory Council

Ben Beier - President

The Student Advisory Council is a group of college students from the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center who represent the various groups throughout the Center and who serve as student advisors to Fr. Vince. They are considered a "think tank" for the Center discussing various topics related to St. Lawrence, Catholicism in general, and the entire University. They work to unite the Center and the students to the greater University community.

Leading the group this year are: Ben Beier, Daniel Stover, David Mayans, Drew Gonterwitz, Jennifer Donnally, Katie Davis and Mitzi Keel.

These students examine the needs of the Church and how the St. Lawrence Center can best meet those needs, thus providing them an opportunity to become directly involved in shaping the future of the St. Lawrence Center.

Advisory Council

The Advisory Council is a consultive body comprised of parents, alumni and friends that are responsible to the Director of the St. Lawrence Center, who is the administrator accountable to the Archbishop. The Advisory Council assists the Director through its vision of what the ministry is called to become in its life. This prayerful body consists of the visionaries called to guide the ministry in fulfilling its mission.

They are responsible for assisting the Director in assuring the progress of Catholic campus ministry including the development of policies, strategic planning, and evaluation of operations and key administrative personnel with respect to institutional advancement. General responsibilities include: establishing policy, strategic planning, program evaluation and advocacy.

They assist the Director in assessing the spiritual and temporal needs of the ministry. In doing this, the Advisory Council must be mindful of the ministry’s relationship with the diocesan Church, as well as the Church worldwide. They must also be equally conscious of the ministry’s responsibility to the civic as well as the global communities. They assist annually in establishing goals and objectives aimed at fulfilling the impact plan.

Members of the Advisory Council are: Most Rev. James P. Keleher, Gene Diederich (Chair), Charles Berkel, Rev. Steve Beseau, Dr. Dick Cummings, Wayne Godsey, Rich Henry, Dan Lowe, Rev. Vince Krische, Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, Rev. Charles McGlinn, Susan Miller, Dr. Bob Senecal, Mary Ann Skolaut, Ernie Straub, Scott Ward and Joyce Wolf. Members emeriti: Mary Ann Lickteig and Joan McGee. Student Representative: Ben Beier.