Friday, April 12, 2013
Judi Godsey, assistant professor of Nursing at Xavier University, teaches research to undergraduate nursing students. For the past two years, she has been an academic advisor with the Nursing Research Council (NRC) of Fairfield Medical Center (FMC) (an acute care hospital in Lancaster, Ohio) via videoconferencing technology. Many graduate nursing students in rural areas attend Xavier classes via videoconference from Fairfield.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Sally Alspaugh, CAP, director of Family Philanthropy for Xavier University, has received the Fithian Leadership Award, one of the highest honors in the financial services industry and the top honor of The International Association of Advisors in Philanthropy.
Friday, April 12, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Xavier University present MedCon, a medical device conference, April 30-May 3 at Xavier University.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Josh Wright of Bexley, Ohio has been an intern at the Cincinnati Enquirer for the past four-and-a-half months as part of a local internship through Xavier University. The political science major, who will graduate in May, certainly made an impact in his time there.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
On March 16, Xavier University won a JASPA award for Outstanding Campus Program for the third year in a row. JASPA is the Jesuit Association for Student Personnel Administrators.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life takes place at Xavier University beginning Friday, April 19th at 3:00 p.m. and continuing through Saturday, April 20th at 9:00 a.m. This is Xavier’s 11th Relay For Life with the slogan “To a Cure and Beyond.” The 18-hour event celebrates survivors, remembers those who have lost the battle, and fights back against the disease.
Monday, April 8, 2013
The Ault Park Advisory Council will hold a wine tasting and art sampler in the park on May 2 from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Pavilion. The works of Xavier University alumna Holly Schapker will be featured. Her inspiring paintings of nature scenes include some depicting the beauty of Ault Park.
Monday, April 8, 2013
As part of Campus Conservation Nationals, a national energy competition, Xavier University is holding a competition among the seven residence halls on campus to see which can reduce its energy consumption (water and electricity) by proportionately more than the others. A baseline measurement has been taken. Data will be tracked throughout the competition.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
In November of 2009, four Xavier University students teamed up with Rabbi Abie Ingber, executive director of Xavier’s Center for Interfaith Community Engagement, to create a distinctive event on campus, which is being reprised this year, beginning April 9, with a special twist.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Xavier University has announced the speakers for its Saturday, May 11 commencement ceremonies at the Cintas Center. The undergraduate ceremony begins at 9:00 a.m. and the graduate ceremony at 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The Xavier University Montessori Lab School is expanding. It is adding two Early Childhood classrooms (for children 3-6 years old) and individual Lower and Upper Elementary classrooms, (ages 6-9 and 9-12). The Lab School is currently accepting applications for all classrooms and will hold an Open House at the School on Wednesday, April 17th from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Xavier Leadership Center announced today it is offering a Certified Management Accountant (CMA®) Exam Preparation Program beginning September 2013.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Meghan Marth of Symmes Township Cincinnati (45242), a junior in the Politics, Philosophy, and the Public honors program at Xavier University, sees access to education as a global issue. As a Newman Civic Fellow, Marth will join a network of Fellows around the country. Together Fellows will leverage an even greater capacity for service and change, and will continue to set examples for their classmates and others.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
For the fourth time, Xavier University has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The designation is the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement.
Monday, March 25, 2013
encyclical, Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth). It will be held Thursday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Xavier University’s Cintas Center. It is free and open to all.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Xavier University’s Center for Interfaith Community Engagement will celebrate Holi, a Hindu spring festival of colors on Monday, March 25, 2013 at 3:00 pm on the Xavier Yard. On the same day, students will create Alfombras, a Central American tradition. An Easter event celebrated since the 16th century, carpets, also known as Alfombras, are created with sawdust and then dyed to illustrate images of religious figures and biblical stories.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Jeff Milchen, the founder of the American Independent Business Alliance, will present how a city-wide independent business alliance can benefit the city. Such an alliance brings together local businesses for cost-cutting and revenue generating support and consultation, and provides coordinated public information campaigns on the advantages of shopping independent.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Xavier University’s Ethics/Religion and Society lecture series presents Susannah Heschel, PhD, speaking on “Colonialism, Empire, and Race: The Politics of Modern Jewish-Christian Relations.” The lecture is free and open to the public and will be April 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Duff Banquet Center of Xavier’s Cintas Center.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Xavier’s spring Community Action Day is this Saturday, March 23 from 9am – 1pm. Approximately 200 students will be at 20+ diverse sites all around Cincinnati.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Xavier University President Michael J. Graham, S.J., announced today that Xavier is joining a 10-team conference with fellow private schools Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, and Villanova. The conference will be officially named the Big East on July 1.
Monday, March 18, 2013
The annual conference of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) was held March 16 and 17. Xavier University made a very good showing. The conference gave awards to the top ten out of 240 student submissions. Undergraduates at Xavier University received three of those ten awards. Christian End, PhD, associate professor of psychology at Xavier was named SEPA Mentor of the Year.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, has been elected the 266th pope with the name Francis. He is the first non-European pope and the first Jesuit pope.
So what is a Jesuit?
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Statement from Michael J. Graham, S.J. President of Xavier University regarding Argentine Jorge Bergoglio, who was elected pope Wednesday.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Eight Xavier University graduate programs are among the best according to the 2014 edition of Best Graduate Schools by U.S. News Media Group. Highlights of the rankings will be published in the Best Graduate Schools 2014 edition book, available April 9, 2013.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Thanks to a generous grant from The Jewish Foundation, Xavier University will take students – both undergraduate and graduate – to study in Israel in May. The trips are available to MBA and undergraduate students from Greater Cincinnati studying at any University.
