News Archive for 2006

  • St. Edward's University Celebrates Fall Graduation Ceremonies

    December 6, 2006

    Margaret Gomez, ’91, MLA ’04, who graduated summa cum laude from New College, will deliver the keynote address for the New College and Graduate ceremony at 10 a.m. Gomez currently serves as Travis County Commissioner for Precinct Four. Prior to being elected Travis County commissioner,…

    
    
    
    	
    
  • St. Edward’s University Holiday Schedule

    December 5, 2006
    St. Edward’s University Holiday Schedule

    In celebration of the Christmas and New Year holidays, St. Edward’s University will be closed beginning at noon on Friday, Dec. 23 through Monday, Jan. 2. The university will reopen with a normal operating schedule on Tuesday, Jan. 3. Undergraduate classes resume on Monday, Jan.…

    
    
    
    	
    
  • Las Posadas Celebration — Thursday, Dec. 7

    December 1, 2006

    St. Edward's University, in collaboration with the Montopolis Community, invites everyone to attend the Sixth Annual Las Posadas Celebration. The candlelight procession concludes with traditional food and drink and entertainment by the St.

    
    
    
    	
    
  • TG Public Benefit Grant Program Awards St. Edward's University $81,135 Grant

    December 1, 2006

    TG Interns for Success is a program of paid internships targeting sophomore through senior level students who are financial-aid eligible and underrepresented in graduate education. Preference will be given to students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. “This program gives students an opportunity to have…

    
    
    
    	
    
  • Students Present Research at Honors Thesis Symposium

    November 25, 2006

    Learn about everything from Crisis of Identity to Advertising’s Negative Effect on Young Girls at the Fall 2006 Honors Thesis Symposium. Help support St. Edward's University honors students as they present their research from 1-4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1 in Mabee Ballroom A, Robert…

    
    
    
    	
    
  • St. Edward’s University Makes New York Times List: "Colleges of Many Colors"

    November 10, 2006

    Since whites make up 67 percent of the American population, the paper first filtered out schools whose white students number more than 67 percent before identifying the greatest percentages of black, Asian and Hispanic undergraduate students. Other than white students, no college listed has another…

    
    
    
    	
    
  • Former United Nations Official to Speak at St. Edward’s

    November 8, 2006

    Goulding recently retired in October as acting warden of St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford, a position he held since 1997. Previously he served as the United Nations’ under-secretary-general for Special Political Affairs (1996-1993) and under-secretary-general for Peacekeeping Operations (1993-1997). Before joining the…

    
    
    
    	
    
  • Mary Ellen Sheehan Discusses "Cosmic Consciousness and Christian Commitment: Some Mutual Challenges"

    November 6, 2006
    Mary Ellen Sheehan Discusses "Cosmic Consciousness and Christian Commitment: Some Mutual Challenges"

    Mary Ellen Sheehan, professor emerita of Theology, will discuss “Cosmic Consciousness and Christian Commitment: Some Mutual Challenges” as part of the Most Reverend Bishop John McCarthy Lecture Series. The lecture is at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in Jones Auditorium at the Robert and…

    
    
    
    	
    
  • Hunger Awareness Week — A Success

    November 2, 2006

    St. Edward’s University Community Provides Food for Families

    
    
    
    	
    
  • Get Ready to Rally for the Hilltoppers Basketball Season Opener — Friday

    October 29, 2006

    Help kick off the 2006-07 basketball season at St. Edward's University at the Topper Basketball Tournament Rally from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, outside the Recreation and Convocation Center.