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Data from “The Gender Gap in Nonprofit Boardrooms. GRAPHICS: EMILY GRAHAM 20/THE HAWK

Report shows lack of women on board of trustees

Emily Graham November 12, 2019

A recent study conducted by the Women’s Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (WNLI) on the gender gap in boardrooms of higher education institutions in the Philadelphia area reported the St. Joe’s board...

Paul Finkelman, Ph.D., talks to the crowd about slavery in the Bible. PHOTO: LESLIE QUAN ’22/THE HAWK

Speaker explains connection of slavery and Bible

Carly Calhoun November 12, 2019

The Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations hosted a lecture on Nov. 6 in Doyle Banquet Hall North about how the Bible was used to sanction slavery. Paul Finkelman, Ph.D., spoke to the audience about...

St. Joe’s cleaners marched through campus in an effort to gather support during ongoing contract negotiations. PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA ’20/THE HAWK

Workers reach tentative agreement over wage increases

Alex Hargrave October 22, 2019

Este artículo es disponible en español aquí. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents St. Joe’s cleaners, has reached a tentative agreement with the cleaning and maintenance company...

Clint Springer, Usha Rao and Robert Daniel. PHOTO: Mitchell Shields ’22

Professors form environmental learning community

Lucy Higgins October 22, 2019

Two university professors are spearheading a group for faculty to discuss environmental issues and facilitate conversations in the classroom. Clint Springer, Ph.D., associate professor of biology and director...

The right to control your name

The right to control your name

The Hawk Staff October 1, 2019

The importance of owning your identity Members of the St. Joe’s community do not have the option to update their preferred names on their student IDs due to the set up of the current system, nor are...

Fr. Martin talks to students after his talk. PHOTO: Luke Malanga 20

James Martin, S.J., advocates for LGBT acceptance in Catholic Church

Luke Malanga September 18, 2019

In the top floor lounge of Villiger Residence Center, residents Mac Castellano ’23 and Bailey Cafone ’23 re-organized the Post-It notes on the window overlooking City Avenue from “Go Birds!” to...

James W. Moore, S.J. served as director of Undergraduate Admissions from 1963 to 1978.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SJU ARCHIVES AND
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

James W. Moore, S.J. dies at 92

Charley Rekstis September 17, 2019

James W. Moore, S.J., a Jesuit and active member of the St. Joe’s community for more than 45 years, died on Sept. 13. Moore came to St. Joe’s in 1963 when he started as the director of Undergraduate Admissions,...

The traveling exhibit from the Lest We Forget Museum of Slavery came to St. Joes in Feb. 2016. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY.

Investigation on hold

Ana Faguy April 30, 2019

Working group on St. Joe’s ties to slavery inactive for two years It has been two years since an informal task force on St. Joe’s and its connections to Jesuit slaveholding last met, and there have...

The Loyola Center currently serves as a residence for the St. Joe’s Jesuit community. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

New residence for Jesuits

Charley Rekstis March 19, 2019

Jordan Hall to be torn down in May Jordan Hall on Lapsley Lane will be torn down in May to make way for a new build- ing that will serve as a residence for Jesuits, according to Tim McGuriman, associate...

Feeney speaks at the Gerard Manley Hopkins event on March 5. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS 22/THE HAWK

Joseph Feeney on his time at St. Joe’s

Cara Smith March 19, 2019

Joseph Feeney, S.J., stood in the front of the room holding his hands out to make an air violin. With his classic mischievous smile, Feeney imitated the bow crossing the strings while making a screeching...

Mission Week chalk writing outside Campion Student Center. PHOTOS: MITCHELL SHIELDS 22/THE HAWK

Living the mission

Erin Breen February 26, 2019

St. Joe's fifth annual mission week discusses accountability  The university’s fifth annual Mission Week, an opportunity for offices and departments to engage with the values of the St. Joe’s community,...

Kathleen Sprows Cummings, Ph. D. discusses sexual abuse in the Catholic Church with fellow panelists. PHOTO: DIMETRI WILLIAMS 19/THE HAWK

Panel breaks silence about church sexual abuse

Alysa Bainbridge and Cara Smith February 7, 2019

Cara Smith ’21 co-wrote this story A panel-style dialogue surrounding the 40th Grand Jury Report about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church was held on Feb. 6 in Cardinal John P. Foley Campus Center....

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