Last week, the Downers Grove Campus hosted its annual Midwestern University Golf Classic. On a picture perfect day, more than 80 golfers swung into action at Arrowhead Country Club in Wheaton to raise funds for student scholarships. This event is one of many ways that MWU engages its alumni, business partners, and corporate sponsors to show their support of our students.

I had the pleasure of golfing with Rich, one of the university's printing vendors, and the Prozialecks, one of our favorite pharmacology faculty members and his wife. We ended the day at one under par, which was not a winning scorecard, but we were at least respectable. Everyone in the group had a few good hits, and we made up for each other's bad shots.


Photo: Rich and I try to keep up with Dr. Prozialeck's wild golf cart driving. And, yes, that's my "duck wearing sunglasses" head cover.

The winning team was from TOPS Construction. Coming in second was a group from Nevin Labs, which included our own Dean of Basic Science Dr. John Burdick and VP/CAO Dr. Dennis Paulson. The "most honest" team was a group from our corporate attorney's offices of McGuire Woods. Yes, the lawyers were the most honest! They are clearly too busy working to be spending much time on the golf course. Some of our favorite alumni also came out to join us, including Drs. George Caleel and Robert Lombardo, who probably won and lost a few bets with each other throughout the afternoon.

Photo: Dr. Paulson sinks his putt (left), while Dr. Lombardo gets ready on the practice green (right).

MWU has honored to have more than 20 sponsors for this event, who contributed approximately $20,000 in proceeds to the student scholarship fund. The Presenting Sponsor was Chanen Construction, with Title Sponsor RBC Capital Markets and Eagle Sponsor McGuire Woods. We appreciate the commitment of these donors who joined us on the golf course and are pleased to make their contribution to our students' education.


Photo: MWU VP Dean Malone (second from left) and Morgan Stanley VP Mark Styles (second from right) plan their strategy before the shotgun start.