On Thursday, Sept. 18, starting at 9 a.m., the library’s online catalog will be down for maintenance for approximately four to six hours. You will still be able to use OhioLINK but your request may take a little more time for delivery.
Continue reading this storyDoes being a Blue Streak run in your family? Show us how many graduates and current students of JCU you’re related to for a chance to win tickets to the JCU football game and a gift card to the bookstore.
Continue reading this storyThe Book Bike is back once again! Check out the Book Bike from 1-5 p.m. with the always-updated selection of Popular Fiction, Best Sellers, and new DVDs. Start off the new school year right by planning a mental break with a recently released film on DVD.
Continue reading this storyFaculty and staff are invited to comment on the draft University Vehicle (Owned/Rented) Policy and Procedures.
Continue reading this storyJoin Alpha Omega, the Catholic Devotional Group, on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 9 p.m. in Saint Francis Chapel for the first Festival of Praise of the semester! Spend an hour in personal reflection while listening and singing praise and worship music.
Continue reading this storyDoes sentencing a teenager to life without parole serve our society well? The United States is the only country in the world that routinely condemns children to die in prison. Join the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion and POV, PBS’ award-winning nonfiction film series, for a screening of “15 to Life” on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at noon or 5 p.m. in the CSDI Lounge, LSC 48 (next to Jardine Room).
Continue reading this story“Empowerment Agriculture from Cleveland to Ireland to Mogadishu,” the 2014 Geller Lecture, will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Dolan Center for Science and Technology, A202-A203. The featured speaker will be Margaret (Maggie) Fitzpatrick ’06. Maggie is manager of the Refugee Empowerment Agricultural Program for Refugee Response in Cleveland.
Continue reading this storyJoin the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion and the Don Shula Chair in Philosophy for a lecture by Lani Guinier, an American lawyer, scholar, and civil rights activist, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m. in Donahue Auditorium. Guinier is the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the first woman of color appointed to a tenured professorship at that institution.
Continue reading this storyAs part of the University’s commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the martyrs of El Salvador, the Office of Mission and Identity invites the JCU community and friends to a lunchtime lecture by Rev. Fernando Cardenal, S.J., titled “My Life as a Jesuit Priest in the Nicaraguan Revolution & Reflections on the Jesuit Martyrs.” The luncheon lecture will be held on Thursday, Sept. 25, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the LSC Conference Room.
Continue reading this storyJoin the African American Alliance for our first general meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. in the O’Dea Room!
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