by Carissa Andrews | Dec 18, 2019 | Stories
Brian Tran has dreams of working on Wall Street. Before he could think about managing accounts at a large private investment firm, however, the first-year student knew where he wanted his time and attention to go two mornings out of the week: “Before you can invest in...
by Carissa Andrews | Dec 18, 2019 | Stories
A group of five students representing the Department of English and World Languages traveled to Dubuque, Iowa, to participate in the 12th annual Streamlines Undergraduate Literature and Writing Conference. Sponsored jointly by Clarke University and the University of...
by Carissa Andrews | Dec 18, 2019 | Stories
Junior education major Kristin Burke was awarded first place in the Lasallian Essay Contest, as part of Saint Mary’s #300 celebration — honoring Saint John Baptist de La Salle, the founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the patron saint of educators, who...
by Carissa Andrews | Dec 18, 2019 | Stories
How do 20 students write a song together? Finding inspiration in the impact of modern protest songs is a good place to start. Students in Janet Heukeshoven, D.M.A.’s first-year anchor class, Music that Changed the World, composed, performed, and recorded a song titled...
by Carissa Andrews | Dec 18, 2019 | Stories
It’s safe to say that the students in the First-Year Experience anchor course, taught by Jeanne Minnerath, Ph.D., will never look at a grocery store the same way again. After learning about the intricacies of the relationships between those foods and microorganisms in...
