June 2023 Connections

Last month, we began a two-part “town and gown” issue of Connections to highlight AJCU schools’ partnerships with local community and civic organizations. This month’s issue features more great examples […]

More than a decade before he became head coach of Creighton University’s baseball team, Ed Servais was visiting Omaha, NE to catch his first NCAA Men’s College World Series (CWS). […]

Joe Giles was used to the stress of not having a home. Living on the streets meant that he couldn’t walk around without packing up everything he owned and carrying […]

More than a year ago, Rockhurst University received a grant from the Hall Family Foundation, to support, in part, an educational experiment. The premise — create a cohort of five […]

The concept of “town-gown” relations often evokes an “us vs. them” mentality. And yet, our Ignatian heritage calls us to something different, rooted in the maxim that “St. Ignatius loved […]

When a corporate partner joins forces with a higher education institution like Saint Peter’s University, the potential positive outcomes are limitless. Students of the University’s Frank J. Guarini School of […]

By Maggie Rotermund, Senior Media Relations Specialist, Saint Louis University Putting entrepreneurs in the room where it happens. Without Saint Louis University’s (SLU) Habitat for Neighborhood Business program (HNB), Travious […]

The College of the Holy Cross is an institution where students can immerse themselves in a liberal arts, Christian humanistic education that promotes justice and faith, which allows them to […]

Last month, the U.S. Department of Education issued a 200+-page package of proposed regulations intend to increase transparency and accountability of post-secondary education programs at institutions of higher education. These […]