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The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

2024 University Student Senate Elections

Luke Sanelli April 24, 2024

Jimmy Janco '25 Running for: Student body president (He/Him/His) Major(s): Political science Artist I’m listening to right now: Taylor Swift The Hawk: Why should a St....

A car crashed on the stairs of Lannon Halls front entrance April 16 at 6:45 p.m. PHOTO: MAX KELLY ’24/THE HAWK

Car crashes on stairs of Lannon Hall’s front entrance

Max Kelly and Luke Sanelli April 18, 2024

On April 16 at 6:45 p.m., a car crashed at the front of the Lannon Hall entrance at City Avenue and 54th Street. According to the Philadelphia Police, the car was going northbound on City Avenue and...

Photo from front Zoe Rhoads, a student taking Chinese, doing work at a desk in a study space on her laptop

Language department battles declining student numbers

Hannah Pajtis April 17, 2024
‘It’s going to be a survival struggle’
portrait of Programs director Melanie Beddis and harm reduction specialist Jose Castillo posing at Savage Sisters Recovery’s Kensington Avenue storefront

Kensington nonprofit to cease storefront operations

Luke Sanelli April 10, 2024
‘More people are definitely going to die’

University offers tenure buyout program for faculty

Vincent Kornacki April 10, 2024

Tenured St. Joe’s faculty members were given the opportunity to participate in a tenure buyout program, as first announced in a Feb. 8 email to all tenured faculty from James Carter, Ph.D., interim...

GRAPHIC: ALLIE MILLER 24/THE HAWK

Panel hosts discussion surrounding AI use at the university

Gavin Kuebler April 5, 2024

Students and faculty gathered March 26 for a dialogue about the impact of ChatGPT on workplaces and the university’s own learning.Titled “Chat GPT, Gen Z, and the University,” the talk was sponsored...

GRAPHIC: ALLY ENGELBERT 25/THE HAWK

University begins to address gaps in communication since false shooter incident

In the year since a false report of an active shooter terrified members of the St. Joe’s community, university officials said they have begun to take steps to improve the university’s emergency protocols. St....

David Finnie from the waist up presenting to SJU Student Senate members

Public Safety answers student questions

Vincent Kornacki March 27, 2024
Student senator is "expecting action pretty rapidly"
Participants walking as part of the Magis for Maji Walk, March 22.

Student-led walk spreads awareness about water inaccessibility in Kenya

Hannah Pajtis March 27, 2024
‘Just being here is able to really spark transformative change’

Faculty host group discussions

Savannah Warner March 27, 2024

About 10 students and faculty members and three facilitators gathered March 20 for a small group discussion about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The discussion was part of a program...

Land Acknowledgment mandate prompts formation of ad hoc committee 

An Ad Hoc Committee that was formed to move a “Living Indigenous Land Acknowledgement” mandate through university governance met March 12 to discuss the mandate and prepare it for submission to Faculty...

Cheryl A. McConnell, Ph.D., poses with the WLI executive board at the WLI Professional Development
Day, March 16.
PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

Students learn gender-inclusive professional skills

Liv Bielawski March 20, 2024

The Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) held its 10th annual Professional Development Day March 16 in Doyle Banquet Halls North and South. Approximately 55 students spent the day listening to presentations...

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