News Archive for 2010

St. Edward’s Holiday Schedule and Year-end Gift Opportunity

December 12, 2010

In celebration of the Christmas and New Year holidays, St. Edward’s University will be closed beginning at noon on Thursday, Dec. 23 through Friday, Dec. 31. The university will reopen with a normal operating schedule on Monday, Jan. 3. And, if you are celebrating the…
St. Edward's University Celebrates Fall 2010 Graduates

December 7, 2010

On Dec. 11, St. Edward’s University will confer 442 diplomas as the university recognizes graduating students in two ceremonies. Ceremonies will take place at 10 a.m. for Graduate Programs and New College, and at 2 p.m. for traditional undergraduates, in the Recreation and Convocation Center.…
Holiday Happenings St. Edward's University Celebrates 31st Annual Festival of Lights

December 1, 2010

The St. Edward’s University Festival of Lights tradition celebrates the holidays with lights, music, worship and community service. Events include: a Snow-more Stress event, Las Posadas celebration,a holiday concert, a Hanukkah Menorah Lighting, an Advent Evening Prayer and the 31st Annual Festival of Lights program.…
St. Edward's University Magazine: Perspectives and Potential

November 29, 2010

This issue is the third in a three-part series celebrating the university’s 125th anniversary. The St. Edward’s University Magazine outlines how the university is mapping its future with a new five-year strategic plan that will help educate students for the opportunities and challenges of a…
St. Edward’s Professor Named Texas Professor of the Year

November 19, 2010

Alan Swinkels, professor of Psychology in the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, has been named the 2010 Texas Professor of the Year by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Swinkels was selected from…
St. Edward's Women's Soccer Plays in NCAA Elite Eight

November 18, 2010

The Women's Soccer Team is heading to the NCAA Elite Eight with a 3-2 victory over Central Missouri. Support your Hilltoppers at the Elite Eight on Saturday, Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. at the St. Edward’s University Soccer Field. The Hilltoppers will either play #9 Seattle…
Alan Swinkels Named Texas Professor of the Year

November 18, 2010

Receiving the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching / Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2010 Texas Professor of the Year Award is a great honor. It’s staggering to know that I was selected from a large field of what I’m sure are…
St. Edward's Women's Soccer to Host NCAA Sweet 16

November 17, 2010

For the first time in the history of St. Edward’s Athletics, the university will host the NCAA Sweet 16 on Thursday, Nov. 18. The Women’s Soccer victory against Abilene Christian on Sunday, Nov. 14 advanced the Hilltoppers to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the second-straight…
Author Ron Soodalter Discusses The Slave Next Door: Human Slavery in America Today

November 14, 2010

The Kozmetsky Center invites the community to a public lecture with Ron Soodalter, author of The Slave Next Door, about the current issues facing our society due to the illegal slave trade and trafficking in America. He will also examine the current effects human trafficking…
Texas high school football isn’t just a game, it’s a state of mind.

November 11, 2010 | Bob Bullock Museum, football, photocommunications

Imagine being a student in the St. Edward’s University Photocommunications program and taking a course designed to explore and document the unique culture that is Texas high school football: photographing the communities, boosters, mascots, cheerleaders, bands, drill teams, football players, locker rooms and stadiums, coaches,…