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Alex Winegar | Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Saint Mary’s alumna Mary Burke presented as a keynote speaker on women in the workforce for the College’s 11th annual Diverse Students’ Leadership Conference (DSLC) on Monday. According to the Student Diversity Board’s website, Burke, who graduated in 1985, has had over 25 years of investment banking experience within the food industry. She specializes in
Alex Winegar | Monday, February 15, 2016
Saint Mary’s hosted a second annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) clinic Friday in the Angela Athletic Facility. According to a College press release, the Women’s Sports Foundation established NGWSD 30 years ago as a way to celebrate extraordinary achievements of women and girls in sports. Saint Mary’s director of athletics, Julie
Alex Winegar | Monday, February 1, 2016
The communicative sciences and disorders department at Saint Mary’s hosted a lecture on cochlear implants by board certified audiologist, Jason P. Wigand. Wigand is an assistant professor and clinical director of the cochlear implant program at the University of South Carolina. Wigand himself has a bilateral cochlear implant, an implant on each ear. His lecture,
Alex Winegar | Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Saint Mary’s will host a French-themed dinner Wednesday to honor Fr. Basil Moreau, the founding father of the Congregation of Holy Cross. The sisters of the Holy Cross founded Saint Mary’s in 1844. Regina Wilson, director of Campus Ministry, said Moreau is important because he emerged at a time in French society when there was a lot
Alex Winegar | Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Saint Mary’s will celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. this week with daily events on campus hosted by the Office of Civil and Social Engagement (OCSE). Events will incorporate service, the theme of this year’s MLK week at the College. The week kicked off on Monday with two on-campus community service projects in
Alex Winegar | Friday, December 4, 2015
As part of the Saint Mary’s Department of Justice Education symposium about different aspects of health care, Dr. Ellyn Stecker, a family physician, spoke on women’s health justice. Stecker started her presentation by emphasizing the importance of health care. Health care is a basic necessity for human survival, she said. “It’s special because it requires a certain
Alex Winegar | Monday, November 16, 2015
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a five-part series on sexual assault at Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s. Today’s stories focus on the process for students reporting sexual assaults. Saint Mary’s students who are survivors of sexual violence have several different avenues through which they can report a sexual assault. Students can either report
Alex Winegar | Tuesday, November 10, 2015
The Saint Mary’s Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) is hosting a Green Dot Activism Week at the College to encourage students to take action against sexual violence. Connie Adams, director of BAVO, said “Green Dots” are simple decisions made to make communities safer and can include actions, words, behaviors and attitudes that express an utter
Alex Winegar and Kathryn Marshall | Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Wednesday afternoon, Saint Mary’s vice president for student affairs Karen Johnson sent an email to students in response to events last week “that called into question the faithfulness to the Saint Mary’s College mission as a Catholic, women’s, residential, undergraduate college in the liberal arts tradition.” Last Thursday, the Feminists United club at the College hosted
Alex Winegar | Monday, November 2, 2015
Last night, first-year students at Saint Mary’s gathered together in O’Laughlin Auditorium to view the staged reading of “Like A Mighty Tree: A Short History of Formidable Women,” a play written and directed by Susan Baxter, senior lecturer of communication studies. Baxter said she wrote “Like A Mighty Tree” after Susan Vanek, associate dean for advising,