Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg is joining the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference July 1, the university announced May 2.
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Loyola vice president named president of University of Portland
Robert D. Kelly, vice president and special assistant to the president at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, has been named president of the University of Portland, a Catholic university in Oregon.
Catholic University selling Dorothy dress to help school’s drama department
Dorothy’s refrain, “There’s no place like home,” in “The Wizard of Oz” also could be echoed by her blue and white gingham dress from the 1939 movie.
Seminarians evangelize Towson University
Eighteen seminarians from Mount St. Mary’s were on Towson University’s campus Feb. 27 to March 1 at the invitation of the university’s Catholic campus ministry based at the Newman Center. With permission from the secular university, they had opportunities for faith sharing not only with Catholic students, but also with students of many different religions – and of no religion at all.
Peter K. Kilpatrick is named Catholic University of America’s new president
The Catholic University of America’s board of trustees has selected Peter K. Kilpatrick as the 16th president of the university, effective July 1.
Diverse group of commencement speakers scheduled for area Catholic universities
Catholic universities in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will feature an engaging variety of commencement speakers this spring, most noted for their experiences with the death penalty, theology and business strategies.
Loyola University Maryland hosts its first expungement clinic to benefit Govans neighborhood
In partnership with Maryland Legal Aid, Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore hosted its first “expungement clinic” on York Road March 19 to benefit more than 60 members of the university’s neighboring Govans community.
51 years overdue, three books returned to Loyola-Notre Dame Library
Danielle Whren Johnson, a Loyola-Notre Dame librarian, said books that were checked out 51 years ago were recently returned in a bin at a public library and then forwarded to Loyola-Notre Dame Library.
Fordham University names first layperson and first woman as president
Tania Tetlow, incoming president of Fordham University in New York, will be the first layperson and first woman to lead the Jesuit-run school.
Reject racism to ‘live the way’ Creator intended us to live, cardinal says
People must “reject all forms of racism, bigotry and injustice” and recognize “we are each made by God and are deserving of respect and dignity because of just that,” Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory said Feb. 3.
‘All in and ready to go’: Loyola University Maryland’s first lay president ready to take the helm
Becoming the first lay president in Loyola University Maryland’s nearly 170-year history weighs on Terrence Sawyer – in a good way.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Christmas music and the power of song in times of plague
Dr. Remi Chiu, a musicologist at Loyola University Maryland shares insights about Christmas music and the historic power of music in times of plague and pandemic.