Watch Prof. William Kresse, aka "Professor Fraud" in "The 12 Scams of Christmas" – #7 Hi-Tech Pickpocketing

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 and are scheduled to air at approximately 5:50 a.m. and 7:55 a.m. from now through Fri., Dec. 24.

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.

Watch Prof. William Kresse, aka "Professor Fraud" in "The 12 Scams of Christmas" – #6 Credit Card Refund 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 and are scheduled to air at approximately 5:50 a.m. and 7:55 a.m. from now through Fri., Dec. 24.

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.

SXU awarded U.S. Department of Education Grant

$301,690 under Student Support Services Program

For Immediate Release

Media Contact:
Jay Foot, Executive Director of Media Relations
773-617-3632 or foot@sxu.edu

Chicago (August 10, 2010) On August 9^th Saint Xavier University was notified by the Office of Senator Dick Durbin in Washington D.C. that the University has been selected by the United States Department of Education to receive continued federal funding to support the Student Success Program (SSP). The grant will be extended in the amount of $301,690 for the period September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2011. It is anticipated that the grant will be 5 years in duration.

Saint Xavier has been selected to receive this funding under the Student Support Services Program, a federal TRIO grant program administered through the DOE. The University SSP is intended to increase the graduation rates of students by enhancing academic support, connection to concerned staff, individualized counseling, and other activities designed to augment student academic skills. SSP is currently funded to serve 204 students.

“This federal funding makes possible the continuation of vital services to many SXU students who really need them the most,” said Saint Xavier President Christine M. Wiseman, J.D.

Saint Xavier SSP students must be first generation (neither parent has achieved a bachelor’s degree), low-income, or affected by disabilities. SSP is not a remedial program; it is a retention program enabling Saint Xavier staff to promote academic progress by working as a team. SSP services to students include: academic & personal development workshops, service and leadership opportunities, academic monitoring, peer mentoring, and special events. SSP has been serving students at SXU since 1993.

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Sr. Joy Clough, R.S.M. to give Theology South lecture on Feb. 4 at SXU

“Imagine That! Scriptures and Stories” will focus on Jesus’ human qualities in the Gospel

Chicago (Jan. 13, 2010) Sr. Joy Clough, R.S.M., will discuss Gospel stories about Jesus at the next Theology South lecture at 9:30 a.m. Thurs., Feb. 4 in Warde Academic Center’s Butler Reception Room at Saint Xavier University’s Chicago campus, 3700 W. 103rd St.

Her lecture, “Imagine That! Scriptures and Stories,” is an imaginative exploration of select gospel stories about Jesus and His encounters with others, portraying the human qualities of Jesus emphasized by Saint Paul.

The presentation is open to the public and admission is $6. Coffee will be served at 9 a.m.
For more information, please contact Donatta Yates at (708) 422-1635.

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SXU to receive $1.25 million in federal funding to upgrade campus library, develop STEM education center

Funding comes from spending bill signed by President Obama

Chicago (Dec. 28, 2009) President Barack Obama signed an omnibus spending bill containing $1.25 million for Saint Xavier University to upgrade its Chicago campus library and develop a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education center at its Orland Park campus.

Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) and Senator Dick Durbin worked together to secure funding for Saint Xavier’s library improvements and other local projects. Congresswoman Judy Biggert (IL-13) procured funding for the STEM center.

The University will receive $750,000 to update the Robert and Mary Rita Murphy Stump Library. Funds will be used to develop digital literacy programs, mobile computer labs and online communications systems providing live web casts, on-demand materials, and lecture and distance learning programs.

The University also will receive $500,000 to support STEM collaboration and partnerships with schools in Chicago’s south suburbs. The STEM Education Center will feature a state-of-the-art methods lab that will be used to provide hands-on science, math and technology programs designed to increase teachers’ knowledge and skills in these areas. Saint Xavier University School of Education staff will conduct site visits to schools in order to assess current and future progress and needs, and provide support and programming to teachers and administrators throughout the region.

“The Saint Xavier community is grateful to President Obama, Senator Durbin, Congressman Lipinski and Congresswoman Biggert or their dynamic leadership and commitment to higher education, as demonstrated by their efforts to secure federal funding for important renovation and development projects at our university,” said Angela Durante, Ph.D., Interim President and Provost of Saint Xavier. “The state-of-the-art technological improvements to the Stump Library at the Chicago Campus, and the development of a new STEM Education Center at our Orland Park Campus, all made possible by this funding, will result in great benefits to Saint Xavier students and be valuable resources to those wider communities as well.”

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Jay Foot, Executive Director of Media Relations
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Saint Xavier ID Theft Expert featured in Dallas Morning News

Read the Dallas Morning News story featuring SXU Professor Bill Kresse as he discusses the merits of current Texas identify theft legislation. The DMN has a daily circulation of about 340,000. Kresse, aka “Professor Fraud,” is the architect and director of the SXU Graham School of Management’s Financial Fraud and Examination and Management program.

Saint Xavier identity theft study featured in new book

Kresse, Watland and Lucki cited for their research

A Saint Xavier University study of identity theft incidents in the city of Chicago is featured in the new book "Identity Theft Handbook: Detection, Prevention, and Security."

Written by Martin Biegelman, the Director of Financial Integrity for Microsoft Corporation, "Identity Theft Handbook" is published by Wiley.

With permission from its authors, SXU Graham School of Management professors Kathleen Watland and William Kresse, and Graham School adjunct professor and Chicago Police Detective John Lucki, Biegelman included in his chapter "Identity Theft Research" extensive portions of the study "Identity Theft: Findings and Public Policy Recommendations from the Saint Xavier University Study of Identity Theft Incidents Reported to the Chicago Police Department."

The Saint Xavier study was based on data collected from more than 28,000 actual identity theft incidents reported to the Chicago Police Department over a seven-year period. Biegelman notes, “Gaining this kind of unprecedented access to case files of actual identity theft incidents is remarkable, and the CPD is to be applauded for granting SXU the access rights.” Biegelman also comments that the “Saint Xavier University study of identity theft incidents shows how some of the most common recommendations to detect and prevent identity theft are not always followed.”

Funded by the Institute for Fraud Prevention, the Saint Xavier University Study of Identity Theft Incidents is the most extensive academic study of actual cases of identity theft conducted to date.

The nonprofit Institute for Fraud Prevention was founded by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is dedicated to multidisciplinary research, education and prevention of fraud and corruption. The Saint Xavier study was one of the first studies funded by the Institute for Fraud Prevention. The entire Saint Xavier study is available at the Institute’s website: www.theifp.org.

Learn more about Saint Xavier University's MBA Financial Fraud Examination and Management program.

Saint Xavier's "Professor Fraud" on You and the Law

Saint Xavier University's Professor William Kresse appeared on an episode of You and the Law, produced by CBA Television Productions, Inc. a not-for-profit affiliate of the Chicago Bar Association.

Kresse took part in the taping of the episode titled Credit Card Hacking alongside fellow guest Assistant Attorney General Christine Nielsen and show host Ruth Kaufman.

He discussed the various ways a consumers credit information can be stolen, what a consumer can do if this happens and what measures a consumer can take to prevent this from occurring.
The discussion also included the specific case of credit card information theft from millions of TJ Maxx and Marshalls customers.

You and the Law is a topical, panel-format talk show, emphasizing the public service aspects of the law. The show explains issues, discusses the impact of public policy changes and court decisions, and stresses the role of lawyers and judges in making and influencing those decisions. The show is cablecast to more than 500,000 households throughout the Chicago area on cable channel 19 in three 12-week seasons per year.

Bill Kresse (aka Professor Fraud) is the director and chief architect of the financial fraud examination and management graduate program at Saint Xavier Universitys Graham School of Management, currently the only classroom-based MBA program in financial fraud examination and identity theft in the country. The 40,000-member Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the worlds leading organization for anti-fraud professionals, recently named Kresse its Educator of the Year.

Saint Xavier offers the program, which combines law enforcement, law, accounting and general business education, at its Chicago campus, at the Chicago Bar Association building in the Loop and at the Chicago Police Academy. The U.S. Air Force and Chicago Police Department have both chosen the program to better train their agents and officers in identity theft and financial and procurement fraud.

Become a Facebook fan of Professor Fraud at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Professor-Fraud/70768387692?ref=nf

Mary Schmich speaks at Saint Xavier University's Squeaky Weal Lecture

Chicago Tribune columnist delights at Saint Xavier University

Chicago (April 2, 2009) Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich delighted a full Butler Reception Room at Saint Xavier University on Tuesday, March 31, when she delivered her lecture, “Adapt or Die: Surviving Change in the New Millennium.”

Schmich drew laughter and, just as often, sounds of commiseration as she described traditional print journalism’s struggle to adapt to Web-based competitors. Drawing equally on her time as a journalist going back to the days of President Carter and her 15 years of yoga, Schmich explained her belief that some things must be let go in order to adapt. She answered questions from the audience ranging from the current climate at the Chicago Tribune, which recently declared bankruptcy, to her own spirituality.

“Ms. Schmich’s insights into the nature and challenges of change in all aspects of our lives were so real, so familiar,” said Sister Joy Clough, R.S.M., coordinator of the Squeaky Weal Lecture Series. “So often listeners recognized themselves in her reflections, and those present were very pleased with the honesty, wit, and wisdom of her presentation.”

Saint Xavier’s Squeaky Weal lecture series explores issues of public concern with an emphasis on their religious, moral or ethical implications for the common good. The series is sponsored by the Center for Religion and Public Discourse.

For more information, please contact the Center for Religion and Public Discourse at (773) 298-3981 or mareska@sxu.edu, or visit www.sxu.edu, keyword: Squeaky Weal.

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