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Campus Watch
Higher ed in the headlines.
May 27- June 2, 2007 Issue 
Next Year, the Pope?
PITTSBURGH
TRIBUNE-REVIEW, May 12 — President George W. Bush was greeted
with warm applause when he spoke May 11 at St. Vincent College’s 2007
commencement ceremony. “Lead lives of purpose and character. Make a difference
in someone else’s life,” Bush told the... READ MORE
To Stand in Professor Wojtyla’s Shadow
BY ROBERT RAUHUT A Visit to Catholic John Paul II University in Lublin, Poland
May 20-26, 2007 Issue
Inside
Poland’s Lublin Castle is a chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Founded by
King Jagiello in the 14th century, its style is Gothic. Yet Byzantine murals
adorn the interior. It’s a good example of a city that straddles East and West
in the heart of Europe.
Lublin lies at the banks of... READ MORE
Campus Watch 05.20.2007
Higher ed in the headlines.
May 20-26, 2007 Issue
Campus Revival
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2 — Even the sometimes faith-unfriendly New York Times is noticing the religious resurgence taking place at American colleges.
In an
article headlined “Matters of Faith Find a New Prominence on Campus,” the
nation’s unofficial “newspaper of... READ MORE
Campus Watch 05.13.2007
Higher ed in the headlines.
May 13-19, 2007 Issue
Kudos for Aquinas
THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE — The Princeton
Review has named Thomas Aquinas College the nation’s fifth-best value among
private colleges in the 2008 edition of America’s Best Value Colleges. “This
isn’t your standard college,” the guide said about Thomas Aquinas.... READ MORE
Campus Watch 05.06.2007
Higher ed in the headlines.
May 06-12, 2007 Issue
Respectful Debate
THE CINCINATTI
INQUIRER, April 16 — The
vandalism of a pro-life exhibit has had unexpected consequences at Northern
Kentucky University: It has built bridges between pro-life and pro-abortion
students. In April 2006, former professor Sally Jacobsen and six students
vandalized an... READ MORE
Holy Toledo! Those Ohio Kids Are Catholic
BY JUDY ROBERTS Creed on Campus Thrives at Bowling Green State University
April 29- May 5, 2007 Issue
College
student Monica Martinez is a cradle Catholic, but until a few years ago, she
never understood the Mass or the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
Because of Creed on Campus, a
Catholic ministry at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio,
Martinez no longer finds Mass... READ MORE
Campus Watch 04.29.2007
Higher ed in the headlines.
April 29- May 5, 2007 Issue
Christians Win Twice
LA
CROSSE TRIBUNE, April 14, 2007 — In a settlement announced April
12, the University of Wisconsin-Superior has agreed to reinstate an
evangelical-Protestant group and award it student fees for activities. The
university denied the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship... READ MORE
Campus Watch 04.22.2007
Higher ed in the headlines.
April 22-28, 2007 Issue
Georgetown Nix
INSIDEHIGHERED.COM, April 6 — The Georgetown University Law Center
has refused to fund a first-year law student’s summer internship at Planned
Parenthood. The student, Jenny Woodson, complained to Insidehighered.com that
the law center discriminated unfairly against her summer... READ MORE
Campus Watch 04.15.2007
Higher ed in the headlines.
April 15-21, 2007 Issue
Fundraising Cardinals
THE CATHOLIC
UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, April 3 —
You might call it a gathering of cardinal significance for Catholic education.
America’s
Catholic cardinals will assemble April 27 in Las Vegas at the 18th American
Cardinals Dinner. Bishop Joseph Pepe of Las Vegas and... READ MORE
Teaching the Faith to Teachers of the Faith
BY Anthony Flott A conversation with Matthew Tsakanikas, newly appointed director of the Institute for Religious Studies at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan. By Anthony Flott.
April 15-21, 2007 Issue
Matthew
Tsakanikas figures that grown-up questions deserve grown-up answers.
Unfortunately, he says, too many Catholics today only are equipped with
“little-kiddie” answers.
Tsakanikas hopes to change that
through the religious education of religious educators. He’ll do so at
Benedictine... READ MORE
Imbibing Truth Under Ivory Towers
BY STEPHEN VINCENT Williams College’s Enterprising Catholic Club
April 8-14, 2007 Issue
At noon,
students gather to pray the Angelus. Three hours later, they’re back for the
Chaplet of Divine Mercy. And before turning in for the night, they’ll gather
once more: Rosary time. There are regular holy hours as well as
community-service projects to help the poor and disabled.
Sound like... READ MORE
Campus Watch
Higher ed in the headlines.
April 8-14, 2007 Issue
Speaker-in-Chief
PITTSBURGH
POST-GAZETTE, March 27 — When St.
Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., holds commencement exercises May 11, the
graduates and their guests will be addressed by the president of the United
States. James Towey, president of St. Vincent’s, formerly worked in the... READ MORE
The Full College Complement, Minus the Campus
BY ROBYN LEE Catholic ‘Distance Learning’ Comes of Age
April 1-7, 2007 Issue
There was a
time when most students in search of a solidly Catholic college education knew
they’d have to travel to, and live on, a campus far from home. For some
students, especially older ones who’d already started a family or entered the
workforce, the options for earning a degree were... READ MORE
Campus Watch
Higher ed in the headlines.
April 1-7, 2007 Issue
Religion on a Roll
INSIDEHIGHERED.COM, March 14 — Campus religious-rights advocates
emerged victorious last month in court rulings in California and Wisconsin, and
in a dispute over the display of a cross at the College of William and Mary.
According to InsideHigherEd.com, all three victories... READ MORE
Identity Check on the Catholic Quadrangle
BY KATY CARL Catholic Schools Survey Their Students — Up to a Point
March 25-31, 2007 Issue
It was in
1990 that Pope John Paul II wrote the apostolic constitution Ex
Corde Ecclesiae (On Catholic Universities), insisting that Catholic
colleges and universities “assure in an institutional manner a Christian
presence in the university world confronting the great problems of society... READ MORE
CAMPUS WATCH
Higher ed in the headlines.
March 25-31, 2007 Issue
Return of the Cross
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, March 7 — The College
of William & Mary has ordered the immediate return of a cross that was
removed last fall from the school’s historic Wren Chapel. While William &
Mary is now a public institution, it was founded 313 years ago as an... READ MORE
Out of Debt and, God Willing, Into Religious Life
BY Tim Drake A Conversation With Corey Huber
March 18-24, 2007 Issue
Candidates for the
religious life need more than the Church’s prayers. They need financial help,
too, as many are too deep in student-loan debt to do serious religious
discernment. So says Corey Huber, a former Baptist who founded the Mater Ecclesiae
Fund for Vocations. Along with his wife,... READ MORE
Campus Watch
Higher ed in the headlines.
March 18-24, 2007 Issue
Narcissism Knockout
FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS (FOCUS), March 2 — A relationship with Christ is key to
helping college students combat the pervasive selfishness of contemporary
America, according to a group representing Catholic students. Responding to a
recent psychological... READ MORE
‘Pray Up, Catholics,’ Say Students on a Mission
BY BARB ERNSTER Holy Cross’ ‘Mission Team’ Is Well-Named
March 11-17, 2007 Issue
Holy Cross College may live in the shadow of its
big and famous Catholic-education colleague in Notre Dame, Ind. — even as it
shares that-other-school status with a third player in town, St. Mary’s College
— but its ability to attract new students looking for rich Catholic
spirituality and... READ MORE
Campus Watch
Higher ed in the headlines.
March 11-17, 2007 Issue
‘City on a Hill’
FRANCISCAN
UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE, Feb.
26 — Archbishop J. Michael Miller, secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for
Catholic Education, will be a featured speaker at a major symposium on Catholic
education next month. Franciscan University will host the “A City... READ MORE
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