Alex Nemec

  • Hall Minister Q&A: Holly Danielle

    The beginning of a new semester is an exciting time — but it can also be an anxious and stressful experience for some.  In addition to the many resident assistants, each residence hall has a hall minister to provide pastoral care and be a spiritual presence for all residents and building staff.  In collaboration with…

  • College of Health Sciences student awarded $60K NIH grant

    Doctoral student Bridgitte Côté has been awarded a $67,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of chronic stress on the brain as part of her research with mentors Dr. Matthew Hearing and Dr. Robert Wheeler. Côté is pursuing her Ph.D. in neuroscience after completing her undergraduate degree at Arizona State…

  • Office of Mission and Ministry announces annual Ignatian theme  

    The Office of Mission and Ministry announced its annual Ignatian theme, which is meant to inspire campus to connect with people new and familiar.

  • Physical Therapy professor awarded Department of Defense research grant

    Dr. Kristi Streeter, assistant professor of physical therapy, is expanding her research on breathing after spinal cord injuries with a new grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. Streeter’s new grant is worth $436,808 and focuses on whether combining two therapies leads to tangible improvement in patients’ health. “Leveraging our previous research into breathing therapies,…

  • Lenten reflection: Jesus unites all living things

    Rev. John Laurance, S.J., chaplain for the men’s basketball team and the School of Dentistry, reads a poem from Joseph Mary Plunkett on Good Friday.

  • Lenten reflection: Celebrating the resurrection

    Rev. John Thiede, S.J., vice president for Mission and Ministry, welcomes campus to the Easter season as we celebrate the resurrection of Christ.

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    Picture This: A Research & Scholarship Photo Contest 2025 winners chosen 

    Four winners have been selected in the third annual Picture This: A Research & Scholarship Photo Contest sponsored by the College of Health Sciences. 

  • Lenten reflection: Acts of love, leadership and humility

    Courtney Johnson-Paez, administrative assistant in the Center for Teaching and Learning, reflects on the powerful moment of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples.

  • Lenten reflection: God guiding our actions

    College of Health Sciences student Tess Brinkmann reflects on which ways God convicts and guides us to act. Gospel Matthew 26:14-25 One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,went to the chief priests and said,“What are you willing to give meif I hand him over to you?”They paid him thirty pieces of silver,and from…

  • Lenten reflection: Where has Lent led us?

    Rev. Fred Zagone, S.J., university chaplain, asks us to recount what this Lenten season has led us to. Gospel John 13:21-33, 36-38 Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified,“Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to…