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Q&A with Maddi McKay

Q&A with Maddi McKay

Juliet Menz April 10, 2024

Portrait of Maddi McKay, Care Coordinator for the Office of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). PHOTO COURTESY OF MADDI MCKAY In February, Maddi McKay was appointed as the Care Coordinator...

Juliet Menz ’24 competes with St. Joe’s “Valorant” team at the LAN Tournament in New York,
March 2. PHOTO: KYLE WORLEY, ECAC STAFF MEMBER

‘Gamer girl’ takes on online harassment 

Juliet Menz March 20, 2024

The best and worst part about the online world of video games is that no one truly knows who you are. Regardless of gender identity, sexuality, age, race, religion, ethnicity or nationality, most people...

Philly fan explores famous market

Juliet Menz February 7, 2024

After 21 years of claiming to be a die-hard Philadelphia fan, I have finally crossed a Philly destination off my bucket list: the Reading Terminal Market. Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, the Reading Terminal...

A St. Joe’s student swipes into Living & Learning Commons on the University
Campus, Nov. 27. PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

UCity locks change after key theft

Juliet Menz November 29, 2023

St. Joe’s faculty and staff were notified Nov. 9 that an unmarked set of keys to the University City campus was stolen in Collingswood, New Jersey, and that the entire campus would need to be re-keyed. “Out...

PHOTO COURTESY OF KEN OGAWA

Q&A with Ken Ogawa

Juliet Menz November 15, 2023

Ken Ogawa has served as St. Joe’s executive director of Facilities Management since the height of the covid 19 pandemic in 2020. Ogawa studied mechanical engineering, receiving his undergraduate degree...

Q & A with Heather Hennes

Q & A with Heather Hennes

Juliet Menz November 1, 2023

In June, Heather Hennes, Ph.D., was appointed director of the Latin American and Latinx Studies program. Hennes is a professor of Spanish and was the director of the Spanish program from 2011 to 2016....

GRAPHIC: MINDY CHOI ’25/THE HAWK

University removes AI detection feature from Turnitin

Juliet Menz October 4, 2023

The beginning of the fall semester brought about the end of St. Joe’s AI detection feature on Turnitin. Turnitin, a plagiarism detection software, is part of St. Joe’s Canvas learning management...

GRAPHIC: THE HAWK

Covid precautions work on “person-by-person basis”

Juliet Menz September 20, 2023

When Jenny Simrell ’25 tested positive for covid-19 on Sept. 5, she wasn’t sure what the protocols were for St. Joe’s community members who contract the virus.   After her positive...

Diploma decisions ‘a blow’ for some former USciences students

Juliet Menz May 2, 2023

Maggie Jones ’25, PharmD wanted something for graduating legacy University of the Sciences students at St. Joe’s that many of them wanted too: a diploma from USciences, not St. Joe’s.  The...

Gunther playing in his cage. PHOTO COURTESY: JULIET MENZ ’24

Ode to Gunther: How my hamster got me through the pandemic

Juliet Menz April 5, 2023

I began my undergraduate career at Providence College in Rhode Island, six hours away from home, at the height of the covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Living by myself in a single dorm room, I found myself...

WYSK: Monkeypox

WYSK: Monkeypox

Juliet Menz September 28, 2022

What is monkeypox? Monkeypox (MPV) is a virus that typically presents itself first with a rash, followed by aches, a fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, chills, exhaustion and/or respiratory symptoms....

Gallagher’s pottery exhibition is located in Merion Hall. 
PHOTOS: ELISE WELSH ’22/THE HAWK

Pottery artists showcase their abilities in senior art exhibit

Juliet Menz May 3, 2022

From functional kitchen items to decorative pieces inspired by endangered animals, pottery artists Isabella Africa ’22 and Grace Gallagher ’22 showcased their abilities to make art of everyday inspirations...

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