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Samantha Franzman ’23 on her study tour in Positano, Italy on Sept. 25th
PHOTO COURTESY OF SAMANTHA FRANZMAN ’23

St. Joe’s resumes study abroad programs

Lily Steele September 28, 2021

Study abroad programs are back for the 2021-22 academic year. Last semester, all semesters abroad, as well as study tours and summer programs for the 2020-21 academic year, were canceled due to covid-19....

Martelli, on the right side of the screen, answer a student’s question over zoom after his speech. PHOTOS: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Martelli speaks at event for community youth

Tyler Nice September 21, 2021

On Sept. 18, Siloam Wellness Center, a non-profit institution that promotes mental, physical and spiritual well-being for people living with HIV/AIDS in the Philadelphia area, presented an event titled...

Miller ’21 student teaches at Overbrook Educational Center.  PHOTO: LESLIE QUAN ’22/THE HAWK

Student teachers navigate hybrid learning

Elise Welsh March 9, 2021

Overbrook Educational Center is one of 53 Philadelphia schools that opened for hybrid learning this week after being shuttered for nearly a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.  That means Amanda Miller...

The future of St. Joe’s science department

The future of St. Joe’s science department

Alex Manduca February 23, 2021

Hopeful thinking for the USciences merger Last week, St. Joe’s held its biannual Career Fair. At the fair, students had the opportunity to interact with representatives from companies that choose to...

Forzato previously served as Deputy Chief of Statewide Drug Initiatives for the Attorney General. PHOTO: DANNY REMISHEVSKY 23/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s CARE receives grant to train substance abuse and recovery first responders

Ryan Mulligan September 16, 2020

The Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (CARE) received a $1.2 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health to educate and train the state’s first responders in the fight against...

Students and supporters lead the march with signs down Bala Avenue in Lower Merion Township with other protesters close behind. PHOTOS: DANNY REMISHEVSKY 23/THE HAWK

Lower Merion and Overbrook students join to protest education divide

Danny Remishevsky September 1, 2020

On Aug. 30, students, faculty, staff and supporters from the Lower Merion and Overbrook school districts marched from Cynwyd Station Park in Bala Cynwyd to Tustin Playground in Overbrook in order to protest...

One mural will be on the Gompers campus and one will be at a location to be determined on the St. Joes campus. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS 22/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s and Global Philadelphia Association to design “Quality Education” art mural

Elaina Wall July 1, 2020

St. Joe’s has partnered with Global Philadelphia Association (GPA) to install a public art mural on campus to bring awareness to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No. 4: Quality Education.   The...

Educational tools to be actively anti-racist

Jackie Collins June 15, 2020

The Hawk has composed a list of educational books, documentaries and podcasts for members of the St. Joe’s community to use to enable them to be actively anti-racist. The Hawk holds that showing support...

Backpack Girls Nation was founded in 2018. PHOTO COURTESY OF MALICKA BARRO

Graduate student’s nonprofit empowers young women in Ivory Coast

Olivia Robinson June 1, 2020

Malicka Barro, an incoming St. Joe’s graduate student in the Health Administration Program, started her nonprofit, Backpack Girls Nation, in 2018 to empower and promote education among Ivorian women...

Supporting the right to choose

Supporting the right to choose

Hadassah Colbert February 28, 2020

The myth of Planned Parenthood and black genocide This summer I had the pleasure of canvassing for Planned Parenthood in Philadelphia. During that time, I was often told by my fellow black folk...

Students, faculty and staff pray in the Chapel of St. Joseph’s at the welcome session. PHOTOS: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Day of Dialogue promotes conversations on inclusion

Carly Calhoun & Cara Smith February 25, 2020

The Day of Dialogue, an event intended to promote conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion, took place on St. Joe’s campus Feb. 20. The day included 19 different sessions spanning from 12:30...

Daniels-Sykes talks to students about the importance of diversity. PHOTO: Shannon Pepe 20

Guest speaker encourages open conversation about racism

Carly Calhoun October 1, 2019

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, Ph.D., spoke to St. Joe’s faculty and students during the Day of Learning on Catholic Social Teaching and Racism on Sept. 26. Daniels-Sykes, an associate professor of theology...

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