2008 News Archive
See news video of SXU Nursing graduate Lynda Garrison
Previous winner of Swan House
Saint Xavier "spotlight campus" for sustainability
Featured on Association of the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education site
Mother Agatha O’Brien Hall receives ASHRAE award for green innovations
Residence hall earns Excellence in Engineering award
Ruth Hansen awarded Certified Fund Raising Executive designation
Hansen joins more than 5,300 other professionals with CFRE designation
SXU Merwick Academy spring sessions
Registration Jan. 12-23
Saint Xavier University celebrates Founders’ Day
University remembers founding Sisters of Mercy, celebrates Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sister Sharon Ann Euart, R.S.M. to speak at Saint Xavier University Winter Commencement
To receive Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
SXU students serve in new Office of Sustainability
Student workers help coordinate SXU’s environmentally friendly initiatives
SXU to hold Opera Auditions for Dido and Aeneas
Auditions set for Tuesday, Dec. 9
Students take water activism to the great northwest
Video available of Honors program class trip
Choirs to present “Christmas at Saint Xavier”
Concert to take place at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5 in McDonough Chapel
SXU holds nursing honors society induction
New members in Alpha Omicron chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International
SXU to host Leadership Academy of the Southwest Suburbs
Deadline for discounted price Dec. 1
Saint Xavier University President Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D., announces she will leave after end of academic year
SXU Board of Trustees to establish search timeline
SXU Concert Band performs Australian Fantasia by David Stanhope
7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2
SXU Symphonic Orchestra performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F major (Op. 68), Verdi's Overture to La Forza del Destino and others
7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 21
John Callaway kicks off SXU’s 2008-09 Squeaky Weal Lecture Series
WTTW's Friday Night with John Callaway host speaks at SXU
SXU holds Greenhouse Gas Audit
Audit to measure and decrease carbon footprint
SXU takes 3rd place at Illinois Broadcasters Association Student Silverdome Awards
Angelo Bonadonna awarded for exploration of Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood
Saint Xavier University signs Concentration Articulation Agreement with College of DuPage
Provides smooth credit transfer for students seeking SXU bachelor’s degree
Saint Xavier University to hold inaugural Campus Safety Day on Nov. 10
Students, faculty, staff and the public invited
SXU Arboretum places third in Chicago landscape awards program
SXU’s third landscape award
SXU Professor travels to Costa Rica to provide ministry to victims of sex trade
Prof. Thomas Dodson part of 18-member group from Chicago Tabernacle Church
SXU students celebrate historic election night
More than 70 gather to watch coverage at Student Government Association party
James Carville and Mary Matalin draw more than 2,600 to Saint Xavier University
America's favorite political couple gives election primer at SXU Shannon Center
SXU Jazz Ensemble to perform Glen Miller, Count Basie and others
7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14 in McGuire Hall
SXU to hold Faculty Voice Recital featuring musical theatre, opera, duets
Recital at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18 in McGuire Hall
Saint Xavier University's new Web site now online: www.sxu.edu
New pages even easier to browse
SXU to host artist Christine Rojek
Exhibit to run Nov. 12 to Dec. 8
SXU to host Leadership Academy of the Southwest Suburbs
Sessions to be held at Saint Xavier University’s Orland Park Campus
SXU’s Breakfast with the Experts event on Nov. 13 canceled
Two other events still planned
SXU Health Center offering children’s flu shots
Shots offered by appointment through November
SXU to host acoustic performance by alternative rock sensation We Are Scientists
2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31 in the SXU Student Lounge
John Callaway kicks off SXU’s 2008-09 Squeaky Weal Lecture Series
WTTW’s Friday Night with John Callaway host to speak on Nov. 11
SXU “Super Star” Monica Ryan honored for work in Health Center
Health Center director a finalist of VNA’s Super Star in Community Nursing Award
SXU Guitar Ensemble & Jazz Combo Fall Concert
Performance on Nov. 7
SXU 2008-09 film series continues with “Chinatown”
Noir classic being shown as part of “Film and the City” series
SXU student receives 2008 Student Laureate Award
Saint Xavier unveils new Web site: www.sxu.edu
New SXU site even easier to browse
SXU dedicates new green residence hall
Mother Agatha O’Brien Hall named after founding Mercy Sister
Tickets going fast for James Carville and Mary Matalin at Saint Xavier University
America’s favorite political couple to give election primer 7 p.m., Oct. 30 at SXU Shannon Center
SXU hosts Legislative Breakfast
More than 100 area business people meet with elected officials
Walker available for expert comment on significance of 60th TV broadcast of World Series
First World Series telecast in Chicago used retrofitted WWII Bomber to bridge networks
SXU senior Alyson Kelley to be Student Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois
Education major to receive student achievement award
Saint Xavier University signs Concentration Articulation Agreement with College of DuPage
Provides smooth credit transfer for students seeking SXU bachelor’s degree
Eighth Annual Cougar 5K Run/Walk draws more than 800 participants
Part of Saint Xavier University Homecoming weekend festivities
SXU’s 2008 Homecoming a success
SXU football wins, “Oktoberfest” themed party
SXU Gallery hosts painter Mary Porterfield
Exhibit to run through Oct. 22
Catholic Elementary School Initiative Gets a Shot in the Arm
SXU to provide St. Margaret Elementary School with nurse practitioner
Francis Eugene Cardinal George, O.M.I., to receive Shield of Saint Xavier
Honor to be presented at President’s Scholarship Ball, March 21, 2009
SXU confers posthumous graduate certificate to fallen Chicago Police Officer
The late Nathanial Taylor Jr. awarded certificate in Fraud Examination and Management
Chicago Public Health Comm. Terry Mason discusses Obama and McCain health care policies and calls for holistic approach
Catholic Colloquium lecture series at Saint Xavier University
SXU 2008-2009 film series continues with “Call Northside 777”
SXU To Host Fall Safety Fest 2008
SXU using “Clean Source” energy to power new green residence hall
Renewable energy to power O’Brien Hall for next two years
SXU’s 2008-09 Catholic Colloquium lecture series continues on Oct. 1
Chicago Public Health Comm. Terry Mason, M.D., tackles health care policy
Elie Wiesel draws more than 3,200 to Saint Xavier University
Author, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Holocaust survivor presented with Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa
Mercy Day celebrates service and SXU’s Mercy heritage
Saint Xavier joins Mercy institutions around the world to recall Mercy Heritage
SXU to celebrate Homecoming weekend Oct. 3-5
Festivities include “Oktoberfest” party, Cougar 5k Run/Walk, football game
Zientek Named NAIA Offensive Player of the Week
Saint Xavier University hosts literacy conference: “Power of Story”
Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m: Workshop for certification as “StoryExploring®” presenter Oct. 11, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m: Session to include Motheread® President and Founder Nancye Gaj
SXU students attend alternative tailgate party
Saint Xavier hosts breakfast with legislators Oct. 8
BAPA and Evergreen Park Chamber present 3rd Annual Breakfast With Your Legislators
SXU hosts “Breakfast with the Experts” in partnership with BAPA
Scheduled speakers include Chicago White Sox VP, CMO Brooks Boyer, Civic Federation President Laurence Msall and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart
City of Chicago declares Sept. 25 “Elie Wiesel Day” in honor of SXU visit
Wiesel also to receive Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa from Saint Xavier
SXU to host Harvest Literacy Conference on Oct. 15
One-day conference to share literacy strategies with teachers, professionals, parents
Saint Xavier University students move into new green residence hall
Hall’s eco-friendly design blends comfort and sustainability
SXU 2008-09 film series begins with “Metropolis”
Series theme is “Film and the City”
SXU leaders meet with University of Jordan students and faculty
Visitors tour SXU campus, discuss religion’s role in higher education
SXU’s Merwick Academy returns to Chicago campus
Academy provides tutoring for elementary and high school students
SXU offers non-credit Irish Studies at Chicago and Orland Park Campuses
Students will receive $30 discount if they register for more than one class
SXU presents new students with university medallions
Trinity United Church of Christ pastor to discuss “Faith, Social Justice, and the Next U.S. President” at Saint Xavier University
Rev. Otis Moss, III, kicks off SXU’S 2008-09 Catholic Colloquium lecture series Sept. 10
SXU professor named regional director of The International Emergency Management Society
Jim Hagen to serve three-year term
SXU professor to co-chair Golden Apple Award selection committee
Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D., will select winners for teaching award
Annual Cougar 5K Run/Walk kicks off Homecoming weekend
Homecoming football game against Walsh University (Ohio)
SXU Gallery hosts photographic artist Marita Gootee
“The Journey with Sand and Water” exhibit runs Aug. 25 through Sept. 16
Saint Xavier University receives $2 million U.S. Department of Education grant
Grant is from the Strengthening Institutions Program (Title III)
SXU successfully completes $2.5 million Mercy Challenge Endowment campaign
Endowment to ensure continuation of Catholic identity, Mercy mission
SXU’s Copy Cats Printing Services goes green
New equipment uses less electricity, releases no emissions
Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn highlights SXU at 3rd Annual Sustainable University Symposium
Quinn discusses SXU’s bike sharing program, green innovations
More than $115,000 raised at Saint Xavier University’s 12th Annual Golf Classic
Former Chicago Bears attend record setting event
Elie Wiesel tickets going fast at Saint Xavier University
More than 1,200 tickets already sold for Sept. 25 event
SXU science program hosts lab for at-risk high school students
Students to observe, perform DNA experiments
SXU signs 2+2 Teacher Articulation Agreement with Prairie State College
Agreement allows PSC education majors to more easily transfer to SXU
Former Chicago Bears players to attend SXU’s 12th Annual Golf Classic
Bruce Herron and other Bears to golf with guests
SXU Nursing students and faculty tour Ireland
Students were studying hospice and health care in Ireland
Saint Xavier University first in Illinois to grant new Teacher Leader Endorsement
Currently only Program to offer Illinois State Board of Education Teacher Leader Endorsement
Playing ball with TV outweighs performance on the field for Cubs’ popularity
Saint Xavier Professor writes book about television’s 70-year impact on baseball
Saint Xavier University to sign Teacher Articulation Agreement with Prairie State College
Agreement will allow PSC education majors to more easily transfer to Saint Xavier
Tickets on sale now for James Carville and Mary Matalin at Saint Xavier University
America’s favorite political couple to speak 7 p.m., Oct. 30 at the SXU Shannon Center
SXU installs rooftop garden on new green residence hall for energy conservation
Plants to cut energy costs, manage storm water
SXU hosts Bishop John R. Gorman Institute for Leadership in Catholic Education
Annual conference focuses on collaboration, networking
Local legislators work to expand scholarships for nurse educators
Scholarships put experienced nurses back in classroom
Rev. Francis S. Tebbe, O.F.M., D.Min., joins Catholic Theological Union’s Board of Trustees
Appointed by Franciscan Province of Saint John the Baptist
SXU students and faculty visit Croatia
Explore educational and health care systems in Croatia
Chicago Tonight features Saint Xavier's Rubloff Hall
SXU Nursing students and faculty visit Turkey
Trip was part of School of Nursing curriculum
Saint Xavier University students work with children in Belize
Saint Xavier University annual Summer Concert June 22
Features performance by the Bradley Young Orchestra
Two SXU students receive $2,500 internship stipends
Students to work at nonprofit organizations
SXU teacher wins Driehaus Foundation artist award
Jason Lazarus claims annual award for Chicago artists
Former SXU kicker Shane Longest practices with Chicago Bears
SXU welcomes new Board of Trustees members
Four new trustees begin terms
Appelt comments on Chicago Tonight
SXU Kicker Shane Longest Featured in ESPN The Magazine
Mayor Richard M. Daley and Maggie Daley attend SXU luncheon
Indian Sisters of the Holy Cross graduate from SXU
Five Sisters will continue pursuing master’s degrees
SXU alum wins Golden Apple teaching award
John Nieciak of Mount Greenwood holds three SXU degrees
SXU dedicates Smith-Morris Quad to honor donors
Ceremony honored James A. Morris and Patricia A. (Smith) Morris
SXU students complete Pastoral Ministry program
Four students awarded certificates
Saint Xavier University Relations wins Publicity Club of Chicago Golden Trumpet Award
Non-profit Annual Reports Category
Saint Xavier University’s accreditation from Higher Learning Commission continues
Accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association
SXU art students take part in Looptopia
Students host ecological video projections, art school
Saint Xavier to be first American university to offer European bike share option
Students and employees to use cutting edge Veloway bikes to travel campus
Orland Park student recognized at SXU Honors Program Conference
Craig Sonneveld examines circadian rhythms
SXU students to work with children with HIV/AIDS in Belize
International Mercy service-learning trip
SXU names 2008-09 McGowan Scholar
Amber Smith awarded full year’s tuition
Saint Xavier Professor raises $3,500 for fallen Chicago Police officers
Most raised by one individual at 4th Annual Run to Remember
SXU students test river water near Mineral Point, Wis.
Honors students travel to Pecatonica River to practice water conservation techniques
Saint Xavier University and Richard J. Daley College sign dual admission articulation agreement for nursing
Provides smooth transfer for nursing students between schools
SXU School of Nursing Graduate student awarded Schweitzer Fellowship
Merlyn Chua to develop health outreach program
Saint Xavier announces Spring Commencement speakers
Margaret Corbett Daley to be undergraduate Commencement speaker;James J. McDonough to be graduate Commencement speaker
SXU Merwick Academy summer sessions
Registration begins May 27
Funding available to pursue graduate nursing education at Saint Xavier University
Nurse Faculty Loan Program for R.N.’s with B.S.N. who want to teach
SXU hosts CINE’s 7th Annual Summer Institute
Conference to focus on aging in the nursing industry
SXU's Shane Longest signs with Bears
Signs as free agent
SXU’s Health Center offers physicals for children
Available from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 3 through 5
Angela Durante, Ph.D., to be Saint Xavier University provost
Appointment to begin July 8
Tickets available May 1 for Elie Wiesel at Saint Xavier University
Tickets on sale soon for third ‘SXU Voices and Visions Speaker Series’ lecture
SXU Chamber Orchestra to perform
Joining University Chorale, Chamber Singers on May 2
SXU hosts Sixth annual Honors Program Conference
Conference to host senior projects
John Hart delivers SXU Honors Program Guest Lecture
Water activist helped found Caribou Clean Water Partnership
SXU to reopen Wednesday April 16
Law enforcement officials determine threat no longer viable;Graduate classes resume the evening of Wednesday April 16; Undergraduate classes resume 8:30 a.m., Thursday April 17
SXU raises nearly $300,000 for student scholarship program
23rd Annual President’s Scholarship Ball breaks fundraising record
SXU instructors teach mortgage fraud seminar at Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Cover various methods of mortgage fraud, highlighting recent cases investigated by the Chicago Police Department
Two windows vandalized at Graham School of Management
Officers respond at 6:35 p.m.
SXU nursing student honored by Cook County Board for work in Bolivia
Eileen Muldoon recognized for treating children with cleft palates
More than 300 attend SXU’s fifth annual Health Fair
Participants get free health screenings, prizes
SXU Jazz Band holds Spring Concert
Friday, April 18 at Beverly Arts Center
SXU Concert Band to perform on April 24
Concert features songs from around the world
SXU students invited to increase awareness of alcohol, sexual assault
Spring Safety Fest ’08 on Thursday, April 17
SXU alum named finalist in teaching awards
Joan Kenney in running for 2008 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards
John Hart to deliver SXU Honors Program Guest Lecture
Water activist helped found Caribou Clean Water Partnership
SXU honors top art student Michael Grimm with solo exhibition
Exhibit runs April 3-4; artists’ conversation and reception 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, April 4
SXU screens visual concert “Koyaanisqatsi” on April 8
Final film in environmental series
Saint Xavier alumni enjoy preseason game between Sox and Cubs
Record 144 university friends, alumni attend
Joseph Parisi, Ph.D., to deliver final SXU Squeaky Weal lecture
Former editor of “Poetry” to comment on women’s influence in literary world
SXU hosts final Theology South lecture
Theological scholar to discuss origins of the Serenity Prayer
SXU students forgo traditional spring break for service
26 students and staff uphold Mercy tradition in Appalachia, New Orleans and Cincinnati
Saint Xavier University hosts annual job fair
Students, community invited to attend noon April 1 event in the SXU Shannon Center
Saint Xavier University provides Southside venue to Chicago Latino Film Festival
Presented in conjunction with the Illinois Latino Cultural Center
Saint Xavier University reaches new fundraising record under President Judith A. Dwyer’s Presidency
Surpasses $30 million since October 2003
Elie Wiesel to speak at Saint Xavier University
Tickets on sale soon for third ‘SXU Voices and Visions Speaker Series’ lecture
SXU alum to perform vocal recital
Soprano Michelle Gliottoni-Rodriguez to perform March 29
Saint Xavier alumni catch early glimpse of Chicago’s two baseball teams
University friends, alumni to attend White Sox-Cubs preseason game in Mesa, Ariz.
Saint Xavier University participates in Chicago History Museum’s “Catholic Chicago”
SXU provides photos and video interviews for exhibit
What if Catholic social teaching mattered in politics?
International lecturer R. Scott Appleby poses that question April 2nd downtown with WTTM Commentator John Callaway
Saint Xavier students find God in non-traditional settings
Students drawn early to service
John Hart to deliver SXU Honors Program Guest Lecture
Water activist helped found Caribou Clean Water Partnership
Saint Xavier University participates in Southside Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade
85 Saint Xavier students, alumni and staff travel with float
Saint Xavier University appoints director of development
Bill McGuire named to post
SXU Concert Band to perform wind music of 20th -century composers
Performance to be held at Beverly Arts Center
SXU’s School of Education awards scholarships for 2008
Five students honored for academic and personal excellence
SXU’s Theology South lecture series continues
Catholic theological expert to discuss interfaith dialogue
Public invited to Saint Xavier University’s 5th Annual Health Fair on March 28
Screenings, health assessments and information available
SXU screens environmental documentary “Bullsh*t” on March 4
Environmental film series continues
SXU participates in National Woman’s Heart Day Health Fair
School of Nursing provides more than 500 free heart screenings
U.S. Congresswoman Judy Biggert visits SXU Orland Park Campus
Biggert key to federal funding for Nursing Learning Laboratory at Orland Park
Lawrence Cunningham, Ph.D., to lecture at Saint Xavier University on March 4
Final speaker in four-part Catholic Colloquium lecture series
SXU Gallery hosts “Strickland vs. Deadboy”
Collaborative pencil and ink art series runs Feb. 28 through April 2
Sandra Burkhardt receives 2008 Venerable Mary Potter Humanitarian Award
For embodying ideals, vision and mission of Little Company of Mary Sisters founder
SXU grad marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Former student protested in Selma and Chicago during volatile 1965
Shelter director Angela Hicks to speak at SXU about violence against women
Thursday, Feb. 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Butler Reception Room, Warde Academic Center
Renowned Chicago Fiction Writer Stuart Dybek to read at Saint Xavier University
Monday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Butler Reception Room, Warde Academic Center
SXU business master’s program students to visit China
Group will tour Chinese businesses, stay with local family
Saint Xavier University keeps the faith through staff mentoring
Catholic University in Chicago pilots successful staff mentoring program
Saint Xavier University’s WXAV 88.3 FM goes on the road to cover SXU Basketball
SXU radio station to expand its broadcasts of Cougar Sports
SXU Gallery hosts “Hero Show – Arts of Admiration”
Digital art exhibit runs Feb. 8 through 18
SXU participates in National Woman’s Heart Day Health Fair
Free heart screening, health information available
AT&T announces $25,000 contribution to Saint Xavier University
Donation Helps Provide Health Care in Underserved Communities by Stressing a Variety of Critical Educational Opportunities
Saint Xavier offers non-credit Irish Studies at Orland Park Campus
Students will receive $30 discount if they register for more than one class
SXU and Chicago Police Department celebrate 10-year anniversary of partnership
1,000 CPD officers and employees have participated in unique education program
Saint Xavier University students to fight mining pollution in Southern Idaho water
Chicago honors students learning to be water activists
SXU’s Theology South lecture series continues
Professors to discuss the relationship between Christianity and pop culture
Civil Rights Activist to speak at SXU Jan. 22
Chicago pastor recalls marching with Martin Luther King, Jr.
Saint Xavier University takes part in Global Warming Symposium Jan. 31
SXU to host a “Focus the Nation” webcast the night before
SXU hosts childhood development conference March 12
Conference targets four areas of early development
SXU celebrates 10-year anniversary of Chicago Police Department partnership
1,000 CPD officers and employees have participated in unique education program
SXU’s Women and Gender Studies program celebrates 15-year anniversary
Department to host several events in coming months
SXU Gallery hosts visual artist Michelle Sales
Exhibit runs Jan. 7-30
Saint Xavier graduates first class of Air Force special agents for fraud examination
Group graduates from country’s only classroom-based Financial Fraud Examination and Management Master’s program
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