Friday, January 28, 2011

SXU awarded $12,000 grant to support campus mentoring program

Lilly Fellows Program donation to aid "Mentoring for a Mission: The Mercy Scholars Program"

Chicago (Jan. 28, 2011) The Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and Arts recently awarded Saint Xavier University a $12,000 grant to support a campus mentoring program.

"Mentoring for a Mission: The Mercy Scholars Program" invites a select group of faculty to deepen their understandings of their own faith and religious traditions, to consider how each is connected to their academic lives, and to engage students in Catholic questions of self, purpose, God, meaning and social responsibility.

The program was first launched was launched in 2003 with the aid of a previous Lilly Fellows grant. The program has been offered every year since and alternates between faculty and staff mentoring groups. The funding will help SXU deepen its mentoring focus by reengaging senior faculty members, many of whom have already participated as mentors.

Department of Religious Studies Associate Professor Michael O'Keeffe, Ph.D and Sr. Susan Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D., will direct the program.

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Video Alert! Prof. William Kresse discusses Rahm Emanuel's return to mayoral ballot on FOX Chicago's "Good Day Chicago" and NPR's "Morning Edition"





Saint Xavier University Professor and Cook County hearing examiner William Kresse discussed the controversial Supreme Court ruling reinstating Rahm Emanuel to the Chicago mayoral ballot on FOX Chicago's "Good Day Chicago" as well as National Public Radio's (NPR) 4:30 a.m., 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. editions of "Morning Edition" on Jan. 29, 2011.

Kresse is one of 20 judges who prepared for the Emanuel case and could have been randomly chosen to deliberate it, but was not selected. Kresse also is an associate professor at the Graham School of Management, director of the Saint Xavier University Center for the Study of Fraud and Corruption, an experienced lawyer who clerked for Judge Abraham Lincoln Maravitz for years and a lifelong Southland resident.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Video Alert! SXU Prof. William Kresse discusses Rahm Emanuel's removal from mayoral ballot

Saint Xavier University Professor and Cook County hearing examiner William Kresse discussed the controversial Appellate Court ruling removing Rahm Emanuel from the Chicago mayoral ballot on NBC 5 Chicago News at 5:30 and NBC 5 Chicago News at 6:30 on Jan. 24 and FOX Chicago News at Noon on Jan. 25.

Kresse is one of 20 judges who prepared for the Emanuel case and could have been randomly chosen to deliberate it, but was not selected. Kresse also is an associate professor at the Graham School of Management, director of the Saint Xavier University Center for the Study of Fraud and Corruption, an experienced lawyer who clerked for Judge Abe Lincoln Maravitz for years and a lifelong Southland resident.





Friday, January 21, 2011

Visual artist Nikkole Huss' works to be displayed at SXU Gallery

Topographical terrain and Hubble imagery highlight exhibit running Feb. 3 through Feb. 24

The works of visual artist Nikkole Huss will be displayed from Thurs., Feb. 3 to Thurs., Feb. 24 at Saint Xavier University's SXU Gallery, located in the Chicago Campus' Warde Academic Center, 3700 W. 103rd St.

Huss will give a lecture about the exhibit, titled "Permeable Perimeters: Needle-Felted Wool & Encaustic on Panel," at a reception at 3:30 p.m., Wed., Feb. 9 in the gallery. Huss said the exhibit is inspired by photographs of topographical terrain and outer space phenomena collected from various sources such as Google Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope and Huss' own telescope.
"By gazing far beyond the human eye’s ability to see and tapping into technologically driven vantage points, it is possible to perceive the impossible and make the intangible tangible," Huss said.

Huss is an assistant professor of art at Concordia University. She has a Master's degree in studio art from the School of the Art Institute, a bachelor's degree in art education from Northern Illinois University and studied art history at American University of Rome. Her work has been displayed in Germany, Italy, Scotland and across the United States.

The Gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, please contact the Gallery at (773) 298-3081.

Sr. Mary Paul McCaughey, O.P. to speak at SXU’s Theology South lecture series on Feb. 3 Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Schools Superintendent to disc

Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Schools Superintendent to discuss “The Face of God in Schools”

Chicago (Jan., 2011) Chicago (Jan., 2011) Chicago (Jan., 2011) Sr. Mary Paul McCaughey, O.P., superintendent for the Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Chicago will speak at Saint Xavier University's Theology South lecture series on Thurs., Feb. 3 at the University's Chicago campus, 3700 W. 103rd St.

The event, which costs $6, begins at 9 a.m. in the Butler Reception Room. Coffee will be served upon arrival followed by McCaughey's lecture, titled "The Face of God in Schools," at 9:30 a.m.

McCaughey has 38 years of experience in Catholic schools. Born in Chicago and raised in an Irish-Catholic home, McCaughey attended Catholic elementary schools and Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights. She later taught at Marian Catholic for 15 years and became principal in 1992.

McCaughey earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Quincy University. She also holds a master of arts degree in Theology from St. Louis University and master of science in institutional business administration from the University of Notre Dame. In addition, she earned her educational administration certification through DePaul University, and began doctoral coursework in Theology and the social sciences at the Chicago Theological Seminary.

For more information, contact Donatta Yates at (708) 422-1635.

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Hon. Terrence A. Duffy to speak at SXU's Breakfast with the Experts

CME Group executive chairman, former presidential advisor's lecture is Thurs., Jan. 27

Chicago (Jan. 11, 2011) CME Group executive chairman and former presidential adviser the Hon. Terrence A. Duffy kicks off the 2011 Breakfast with the Experts speaker series at Saint Xavier University on Thurs., Jan. 27 with “Current Perspective,” his view of the futures industry and current economic landscape.

The event, jointly sponsored by Saint Xavier University and the Beverly Area Planning Association, begins at 7:30 a.m. with a networking breakfast followed by the keynote address at 8 a.m. in the Butler Reception Room at SXU's Chicago campus, 3700 W. 103rd St. Tickets are $20 for the public and $15 for BAPA Members. Space is limited and reservations are required. For more information or to buy tickets, contact BAPA at (773) 233-3100 or www.bapa.org.

Duffy has been executive chairman of CME Group since July 2007. He previously served as chairman of the board of CME and CME Holdings since April, 2002 and executive chairman since October, 2006. President George W. Bush appointed Duffy to serve on a National Saver Summit on Retirement Savings in 2002 and to serve as a member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board in 2003.

Duffy serves on SXU's board of trustees, World Business Chicago's board of directors and the American Ireland Fund's regional advisory board. He is co-chair of the Mayo Clinic Greater Chicago Leadership Council, vice chairman of the CME Group Foundation and chairman of the NYMEX Foundation.

SXU’s Breakfast with the Experts speaker series brings notable business, community and civic leaders together to share insights, experience and industry knowledge with area business people. To suggest a speaker or to learn about sponsorship opportunities, please call (773) 298-3748 or email to specialevents@sxu.edu.

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Monday, January 10, 2011

SXU continues 2010-11 film series with "Blind Shaft"

Fourth installment in "Working on Film" series

Saint Xavier University will screen the 2003 film "Blind Shaft" at 7 p.m. on Thurs., Jan. 20 in McGuire Hall, Warde Academic Center, 3700 W. 103rd St., Chicago.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Set in the illegal coalmines in China, "Blind Shaft" is the brutal story of two con men that run a scam on unsuspecting and desperate young migrants who come to work in the mines. Depicting in painstaking detail the bleak and stark lives of these workers, the film has been banned in China since its release.

"Blind Shaft" is the fourth of seven movies in SXU's 2010-11 film series, “Working on Film.” This year’s film series offers an array of screenings that shed light on the experience of labor: how and where people work and the ways that work affects personal life. These stories of work span 80 years of film making and stretch across the globe, linked by the universality of work and human dignity. Upcoming films include "Killer of Sheep," "Norma Rae" and "Baran."

For more information, contact Film Series Director Alison Fraunhar, Ph.D., at fraunhar@sxu.edu or (773) 298-3083.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Watch Prof. William Kresse, aka "Professor Fraud" in "The 12 Scams of Christmas"

Watch Saint Xavier University Prof. William Kresse, aka "Professor Fraud" in "The 12 Scams of Christmas" on FOX's "Good Day Chicago." The 12 segments give helpful tips on how to avoid identity theft during the holidays. All 12 segments are available here.

Kresse is an associate professor at the Graham School of Management and director of the Saint Xavier University Center for the Study of Fraud and Corruption.

Monday, January 3, 2011

SXU Prof. William Kresse on a very special Christmas Eve edition of Fox's Good Day Chicago

Watch Prof. William Kresse, aka "Professor Fraud" in "The 12 Scams of Christmas" – #12 Secret Skimmer Fraud

Exclusively on FOX's "Good Day Chicago" weekday mornings from now through Fri., Dec. 24

Watch Saint Xavier University Prof. William Kresse, aka "Professor Fraud" in "The 12 Scams of Christmas" exclusively on FOX's "Good Day Chicago." The 12 segments give helpful tips on how to avoid identity theft during the holidays.

Kresse is an associate professor at the Graham School of Management and director of the Saint Xavier University Center for the Study of Fraud and Corruption.

Watch previous segments of the 12 Scams of Christmas on SXU's YouTube channel.
 
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