It has been a packed four-day week and it is only getting busier. I hope everyone is ready to attend the President’s Gala tonight. It should be a fun night filled with dancing and merriment. Gentlemen, be sure to wear your bow ties.
If you missed my statement on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), I encourage you to read my stance on this important program here.
Last weekend we celebrated staff and faculty at our annual SHU Day, which was followed by our first football home game of the season. The fact that we won the game made the event even more special. Congrats on your first victory of the year, team. I hope there will be many more.
The Jack Welch College of Business Fall 2017 Research Forum presented economist Abu Parves Shonchoy on Wednesday. Abu talked about on-the-job training and if it increases employment for the rural poor in the manufacturing sector. Abu used research and evidence from Bangladesh to discuss the topic.
Students interested in seeing more of the world attended our annual Study Abroad Fair in University Commons on Wednesday. Students learned about the numerous places they can explore as part of their Sacred Heart experience. I encourage all our students to see what global opportunities are available to them.
We continue to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Harvey. The Office of Campus Ministry is accepting cash donations now until September 15. Thank you to SHU’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee for collecting donations at last weekend’s game.
Professors Marie Hulme, Joseph Nagy and Nathan Lewis attended the “European Liberal Arts Education: Renewal and Reformation” conference at the University of Winchester in the United Kingdom last weekend. They presented a panel discussion called “The Human Experience of Suffering: Silence, Solace and Salvific Hope.” They spoke on a variety of authors and talked about the significance of the Great Books in SHU’s Catholic intellectual tradition program.
Speaking of the Catholic intellectual tradition program, this article features the program and how to effectively teach it. It was written by one of our former professors about her experience teaching the CIT courses here at SHU. It is a very interesting read.
The Christopher Cook Scholarship Fund is growing. The fund named after the son of Don Cook, executive director of Athletics, emeritus, who lost his battle with cancer in 2014, continues to benefit cancer survivors. Six students have received the scholarship to date. Once awarded, they receive it through graduation. Congrats to Don on his efforts to keep the spirit of Christopher alive by passing it on to survivors here at SHU.
I would like to thank the Wellness Center for their hard work over the past couple of weeks. They worked throughout the summer to collect the immunization records for all new SHU students. All of the records then had to be entered manually, making this an arduous task. Their work does not go unnoticed.
Good luck to our nursing students who will be participating in the annual Blessing of the Hands this afternoon. And join us on Monday for the Mass of the Holy Spirit in the Chapel. Our annual Mass will be said in remembrance of 9/11.
On Saturday our women’s rugby team plays Molloy at 10 a.m. and our men’s soccer team plays St. Peter’s at 2. Good luck to all our student-athletes playing home and away.
Be sure to follow me on social media. I look forward to posting some great bow tie photos at the Gala tonight.
Have a wonderful weekend.