Say hello to David Dunford. Dunford is a U.S. Ambassador and retired Foreign Service Officer who worked as a ministerial liaison in Iraq to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has come to campus to speak about how we should think about the Middle East conflicts that are occurring.
World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] took ceneter stage on Tuesday. Their motive: to bring students "ringside" to the inner workings of the international corporation. Guest Speaker and Executive Vice President of Consumer Products at WWE , Donna Goldsmith, gave students the inside scoop on the renowned wrestling federation.
On Monday afternoon the Middle Eastern Studies program held a round table discussion on Islam and the State. Professor June Anne Greeley, Director of CCTEC, opened up the discussion by giving some brief background information on the guest speaker, Ambassador David Dunford.
Sacred Heart's Health and Wellness Center and Peer Educators sponsored free confidential STD testing for students at the Pitt Center Board Room on Wednesday. The testing was provided by the State of Connecticut's Department of Public Health. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is estimated that 19 million new infections occur each year with almost half of them occurring among young people between the ages of 15 and 24.
It is hard to imagine there are people that go to bed hungry in the nation's third wealthiest county, but it is an epidemic Fairfield County faces. As a result, Sacred Heart is reaching out as the first university in Connecticut to participate in a Potato Drop, a collaborative effort between institutions where 45,000 pounds of potatoes will be distributed to the needy.
With the upcoming chapel being built and talk about even more additions to our campus, President Cernera held the annual Fireside chat with Student Government about plans for what is to happen at the university. Student Government President, Jim Daly began the meeting by asking President Cernera one of the students biggest concerns about the new buildings.
A dedicated freshman takes the initiative and introduces a national fundraiser, aimed at aiding cancer patients, to the university community. Sounds awesome, right? The Daffodils Days fundraiser, which raises money for the America Cancer Society (ACS), takes place all over the country.
Beta Delta Phi members continue to break the mold of the stereotypical sorority girls. Founded in 1964, the oldest sorority at Sacred Heart University is at it again for its 2nd Annual "Dance for the Cure" dance-a-thon. On March 24, students, faculty, staff and residents of the community will gather together at the William H.
Delta Phi Kappa is honoring empowered women everywhere, throughout the month of March. Delta Phi Kappa, a sorority on campus, has dedicated month of March to the support of women empowerment. The aim of the sorority is to encourage young women within the community to commemorate women all over the world, who have accomplished great things.
With homework, exams, and papers that need to be written, being at college can sometimes lead to students being unaware of certain anti-Semitic incidents that are occurring in today's society. Violence, language, and vandalism are three words that make up part of the definition for a hate crime.