By Kevin OBrien | Published September 14, 2010
There’s a new sheriff in town when it comes to doling out fundraising opportunities on campus. All requests to raise money and sell products must go through Sandy Gonzales-Denham in the Development Office, an ’05 graduate of Loras herself. She says, “The new policy was created to help streamline the process.” By having all requests [...]
By Kevin OBrien | Published September 10, 2010
Fresh off the press, Professor William Jablonsky’s new book, The Clockwork Man, was presented for its first launch to an interested crowd including Loras colleagues, current and past students, and supporters last Friday at River Lights Bookstore on Main Street in Dubuque. Jablonsky read from various sections of the fiction piece that is dedicated to [...]
By Kevin OBrien | Published August 31, 2010
Loras now takes on the role of being the only ‘college’ in Dubuque
By Kevin OBrien | Published August 31, 2010
A new school year starts with a new leader up on the altar. Fr. William Joensen has taken the reins as the new Dean of Campus Spiritual Life after being appointed to the post by Archbishop Hanus of Dubuque last spring. Rev. John Haugen, or Padre as he was perhaps better known, left Loras after [...]
By Kevin OBrien | Published February 24, 2010
President Collins recently held a Campus Update to inform faculty and staff of new projects and concerns of the college that are to be addressed or have been addressed in the recent past. The Campus Update is delivered twice a semester in order to convey the messages from the Board of Regents, emphasize plans underway, [...]
By Kevin OBrien | Published February 24, 2010
Is there anything about Loras College that you think needs to change? President Jim Collins, along with the rest of Loras administration, is constantly trying to improve the school. President Collins is always meeting with Loras alumni, faculty and staff to talk about improvements that can be made, but he now says he wants “to [...]
By Kevin OBrien | Published February 24, 2010
Steve Schmall, the vice president for finance and administrative services, agreed with President Jim Collins, who was very complimentary of the staff and students in saying how impressed he was with everyone’s willingness to contribute and shift direction on certain initiatives. “Every department on campus has worked remarkably to see how they can be cost-efficient,” [...]
By Kevin OBrien | Published February 17, 2010
On Friday, Feb. 5, Dr. Roy Carroll and Ms. Laura Chandler received an audience for their joint faculty piano recital. Carroll and Chandler are giving piano lessons for college credit to 36 students this semester, finding where the young pianists are at and working from there. We asked the two about piano’s role in their [...]
By Kevin OBrien | Published October 31, 2009
Fall break did not leave much time for a break for some, and they were alright with that. The Breitbach Catholic Thinkers and Leaders Program’s sophomore students and four junior participants traveled to Chicago to take part in a community action, faith-in-practice service trip. Departing early in the morning on Oct. 15, the group led [...]
By Kevin OBrien | Published October 13, 2009
Sister Bernadine Curoe talks about how Loras has changed over the past years and her honors at Homecoming.
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