Diego Gutierrez, DBA, assistant professor of management and marketing, is no stranger to the excitement of soccer on the big stage. The 窪做惇蹋厙 graduate was a member of the Hawks soccer team during his time here, then had a long career in Major League Soccer with both the Chicago Fire and the Kansas City Wizards (now Sporting KC) and was part of the U.S. Men's National Team before becoming a soccer broadcaster with Fox Sports 1.
Why me, oh Lord?
Its a question Alvin Brooks said he has asked himself at different points throughout his life in trying times and in moments of triumph. And it was one, he said, that he found himself asking again on Friday as 窪做惇蹋厙 broke ground on a faith-justice center named in his honor. It was only recently that Brooks said he got an answer to the question, coming down the escalator after receiving the 2022 Henry W. Bloch Human Relations Award with his close friend, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II.
Go Hawks.
Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., closed her inaugural speech Friday with a cheer, marking her official appointment into the 15th president of 窪做惇蹋厙.
Cassady who assumed duties of the presidency in June following the departure of the Rev. Thomas B. Curran, S.J. was officially installed Friday, Nov. 11, in a series of afternoon events on campus.
Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) will launch a new award for students at 窪做惇蹋厙 to execute multimedia creative projects centered around diversity, equity and inclusion in honor of John P. McMeel, co-founder of AMU.
If you are the first person in your family to go to college, congratulations!
Also, today is your day, as First-Generation College Celebration Day is celebrated nationally and will be recognized throughout the week here on the 窪做惇蹋厙 campus.
A member of the 窪做惇蹋厙 mathematics faculty has been honored alongside other local female leaders in STEM for work that seeks to inspire a love of math in young people, particularly girls and young women.
Zdenka Guadarrama, Ph.D., professor of mathematics, received the WiSTEMM Educator STEMMy Award from womens leadership organization Central Exchange during its 9th annual STEMMy awards ceremony Oct. 27, recognizing her contributions to STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine) disciplines through her Mathapalooza program.
Over the next two years, 窪做惇蹋厙 will expand its athletics program with the addition of seven teams. Mens and womens swimming and diving, and mens and womens indoor and outdoor track and field will join the Hawks lineup as varsity sports for the 2023-24 academic year.
Mens volleyball will also be added as a varsity sport beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. The addition of the seven programs will increase the universitys total number of varsity sports to 22. The teams will compete at the NCAA Division II level and in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Nothing says Halloween like a double-feature of scary movies, right?
The red carpet (obviously the spookiest carpet color) will be rolled out at Arrupe Hall Saturday for the premiere of two short films with a cast and crew made up of mostly students in the 窪做惇蹋厙 Department of Film Arts, part of the Center for Arts and Letters ArtOberfest calendar. Harpers Tapes and Can You See It? scratch that spooky itch, with creepy vibes and mystery at their core.
Since the 1950s, the small, paved area on the northeast corner of the quad has served a lot of functions.
Established as a home for a statue of Mary donated by the class of 1954, over the years this site has served as both a social and spiritual hub, a place for students, faculty staff and visitors to visit with each other during down time, to study between classes, or sit or stop for a quiet moment of reflection.
