SXU volunteers pack more than 300 lunches for needy people at area shelters

Service Through Action Team has donated more than 1,000 lunches since December, 2009

Chicago (April 30, 2010) More than 30 Saint Xavier University students, alumni, staff and faculty members worked together to pack more than 300 lunches for needy people at South Side shelters last night at the University.

Service Through Action Team (S.T.A.T.) members prepared peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, juice boxes, chips and candy for people at Pro Labore Dei, Port Ministries, the P.R.I.D.E. school lunch program in Oak Lawn and the Oak Lawn PADS shelter.

S.T.A.T. has donated more than 1,000 lunches since its inception in December, 2009 and will continue its Brown Bag project next semester. S.T.A.T.’s next project is the Alumni Mercy Garden, in which members plant, maintain and harvest fresh vegetables to donate to local pantries and shelters.

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SXU Health Center offers reduced-cost children’s physicals

Physicals for sports, camp, school, etc. available from May to September

Chicago (April 30, 2010) Saint Xavier University’s Health Center will offer reduced-cost comprehensive physicals for school-aged children Monday through Friday this summer at the Chicago campus, 3700 W. 103rd St.

Family Nurse Practitioners will be available to perform physicals for children 18 years old and younger for sports, camp and school. Physicals are available at a reduced cost of $30 from May 1 to September 30. Immunizations are available for an additional fee.

Appointments are required and parents must provide a copy of the child’s immunization record.
To schedule an appointment or for more information, please contact the Health Center at (773) 298-3712.

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Video Alert! Watch Prof. James Aman, Ph.D., discuss network security on CBS 2 News at 10

CBS 2 News Reporter Mike Parker interviewed Saint Xavier University Associate Professor of Computer Science James Aman, Ph.D., for a CBS 2 News at 10 report on photo copier and computer network security.



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SXU co-sponsors free workshops for small business owners

Writing business plans, employee retention and more beginning April 29

Chicago (April 19, 2010) Small business owners can attend free workshops beginning April 29 on coping with the difficult economic climate, co-sponsored by Saint Xavier University’s Graham School of Management and the Greater Southwest Development Corporation.

The workshops are presented by SXU business professors and local businesspeople as part of Southwest Chicago Small Business Development Month. Workshops are open to the public, but reservations are required by April 26. Lunch will be provided during workshops.

The following workshops are scheduled:

Writing a Business Plan
Pam Schwer, MBA, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thurs., April 29
8th District Police Station, 3420 W. 63rd St.

Economic Climate & Financial Packaging
Luis Borges, Ph.D., Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University and Jill Stephens, ACCION Chicago
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thurs., May 6
Balzekas Museum, 6500 S. Pulaski Rd.

Hiring & Retaining your Best Employees
Monica C. Gavino, Ph.D., Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thurs., May 13
8th District Police Station, 3420 W. 63rd St.

Permit, License, & Zoning Requirements
Small Business Marketing Strategies
Certificate Ceremony
Rico Ramos, ALA REM Architecture, Inc. and Nick Kollias, Greater SW Development Corp.
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thurs., May 20
Balzekas Museum, 6500 S. Pulaski Rd.

For more information or to R.S.V.P., please contact Denise Fuentes at (773) 362-3372 or d.fuentes@greatersouthwest.org.

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Emmy Award-winning playwright and author John R. Powers to speak at SXU

Mount Greenwood native wrote “The Last Catholic in America” and “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?”

Chicago (April 15, 2010) Two-time Emmy Award-winning playwright, author and Mount Greenwood native John R. Powers will speak at 7:30 p.m. on Thurs., April 29 in McGuire Hall in the Warde Academic Center at Saint Xavier University’s Chicago campus, 3700 W. 103rd St.

The lecture is open to the public. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door.

Powers will reflect on his experiences growing up in the Far Southwest Side neighborhood’s school system, the values he gained and how they impacted the world of the 21st Century.

Powers is the author of four books. He is well-known locally for writing about his early memories of growing up in Mount Greenwood in his first two best-sellers, “The Last Catholic in America” and “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?” He has appeared on more than one hundred radio and TV shows, including “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and “The Today Show,” and has performed the one-man shows “Going Home” and “Life Isn’t Fair.”

Powers holds a doctorate degree in communications from Northwestern University and has taught speech and performing arts at Northeastern Illinois University.

This event is sponsored by the Saint Xavier University Athletics Department as a fundraiser for the SXU men’s track team.

For more information or to make a reservation, please contact Eileen Watson at (773) 298-3101 or watson@sxu.edu.

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SXU hosts Senior Art Show

“Juxtaposition” artists’ reception on Sat., April 24

Chicago (April 14, 2010) Saint Xavier University Senior Art and Design students will exhibit their thesis works from April 19 to May 5 at the SXU Gallery located in the Warde Academic Center at the Chicago campus, 3700 W. 103rd St., and the Visual Arts Center Gallery, 10435 S. Spaulding.

By Michelle Richardella

The show, titled “Juxtaposition,” is free and open to the public. It includes an artists’ reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the SXU Gallery and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sat., April 24. Shuttle transportation will be provided between the galleries.
The following students, with their media and hometowns, are featured in the exhibit:

• Justin Bozzelli, multimedia, Chicago
• Leonardo De La Rosa, Jr., painting, Blue Island
• Angela Helwich, ceramics & multimedia, Orland Park
• Rachael R. Lang, bookmaking, Menomonee Falls, WI
• Elyse Mead-Jones, graphic design, Chicago
• Antonio Medina, Jr., comic illustration, Justice
• Bridget Mitchell, mixed media, Oak Lawn
• Michelle Richardella, painting, Blue Island
• Gabriela M. Richards, photography/collage, Evergreen Park
• Michael Uher, multimedia, Evergreen Park
• Samantha Wascher, photography, Tinley Park
  

by Leonardo De La Rosa

Read more about the SXU Gallery and the Visual Arts Center. For more information about the Juxtaposition exhibit, please contact Cathie Ruggie Saunders at x3087 or cath215@aol.com.

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