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Spes Unica: A reflection on leading a retreat and a call to others

Gabriel Ibarra | Wednesday, November 16, 2022

I’ve been missing from the pages of The Observer for a while, but I am back and refreshed after a great weekend Spes Unica retreat. As the 50th retreat in this biannual series, Spes Unica retreats are a hidden gem among the many retreats that happen around the tri-campus community. Though I was a leader

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Nekvasil to announce Saint Mary’s College President-Elect Wednesday, following ten-month nationwide search

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Saint Mary’s Interim President Nancy Nekvasil and other campus dignitaries will announce and introduce the incoming College president at a “special event” for students, faculty and staff Wednesday, according to a media alert. Nekvasil will be joined by Gretchen Flicker, chair of the board of trustees and an alumna from the College’s class of 1993,

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Saint Mary’s sells coffee to support charity

Veronica Darling | Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Saint Mary’s is selling coffee in Spes Unica and Cyber Cafe this week in support of and to raise awareness for the Emiliani Project. All proceeds go towards the children of the Emiliani Project and the construction of an orphanage. The coffee is fair-trade and grown on small two- to three-acre family farms in Colombia,