Oct. 12, 2022 (Mobile, Ala.) – Spring Hill College has selected Mary H. Van Brunt, Ph.D., as its 39th president. She will be the first woman to serve in the top leadership role, beginning in January 2023. “I am delighted to have been chosen to lead Spring Hill College,” said Van Brunt. “I look forward …
By Jerry Duggan When David Laughlin set foot on Creighton University’s campus in fall 1984, he didn’t know much about Jesuit education. He wasn’t yet familiar with Ignatian Spirituality, let alone Jesuit pedagogy. What he did have was a reverence for the school, passed down from his family. Laughlin was raised in Omaha, close to Creighton’s campus. Neither …
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By Jerry Duggan When Julia Vargas interviewed for the position of director of service learning at Rockhurst University in 2008, she wasn’t too familiar with Jesuit education. Still, she had done some research; she saw a commitment to doing justice, emphasis on faith and desire to work with the marginalized. All those things, she told …
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By Therese Fink Meyerhoff Every baseball fan knows the value of a good utility player. For the Jesuits, Fr. Justin Daffron, SJ, has proved himself to be an outstanding utility player, serving in disparate roles at Jesuit universities in Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans. “The one thing that’s similar about my assignments is that …
Bill McCormick, SJ, reflects on the mission of the Jesuit university and explores the future of Jesuit higher education.