On Friday, January 12, students, staff, and faculty from three sponsored educational ministries of the Sisters of Saint Joseph (SSJ) – Chestnut Hill College (CHC), Mount Saint Joseph Academy (MSJA), and Norwood-Fontbonne Academy (NFA) – participated in a service day to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. The day started with a prayer service to ground all participants in the SSJ spirituality as well as King’s enduring legacy to fight injustice. The presidents of all three institutions attended the prayer service, along with students, faculty, and staff.
From November 6th through 10th, Chestnut Hill College hosted its second annual Undocuweek, a weeklong series of events designed to allow students, faculty, and staff a chance to examine and celebrate the experiences of immigrant communities. Undocuweek’s programming was made up of a variety of events each day, including a student panel on social justice, a storytelling session with the Sisters of Saint Joseph (SSJ) and the SSJ Welcome Center staff who work with asylum seekers, a letter-writing campaign to elected officials advocating for just immigration policies, as well as story-sharing on social media all week long.
A wonderful and beloved Chestnut Hill College tradition continued in early December, but this year, with an added special twist as the Hill Singers were blessed to be joined by friends at Our Mother of Consolation, the Sisters of Saint Joseph, and alumni to help ring in the season at the Annual Carol Night.
Following two impactful volunteer experiences at orphanages in Zimbabwe and Kenya, one as a senior in high school and the other as a sophomore at Wagner College, Jennifer Musick Wright founded HEAL, committed to "raising our world, one child at a time." Now, as a student in Chestnut Hill College's Clinical and Counseling Psychology program and Executive Director of HEAL, Wright is using her education to help further her goals of helping provide a better world for orphans and vulnerable children around the world.
***THIS EVENT APPLIES TO ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS AND APPROVED COMMENCEMENT VOLUNTEERS***
***THIS EVENT APPLIES TO ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS AND APPROVED COMMENCEMENT VOLUNTEERS***
***THIS EVENT APPLIES TO ALL STUDENTS EXCEPT THOSE GRADUATING IN MAY 2024 COMMENCEMENT***
On Monday, October 30th, Chestnut Hill College's Department of Psychology hosted their Annual Professional Development Day, a day where students, faculty, and staff in the College's Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology program come together in an effort to create personal and professional growth for the student aspiring psychologists. This year, the day was made extra special as in addition to the awarding of the Stephen N. Berk Memorial Award, the College welcomed back renowned psychologist and proud two-time alumna, Geri-Lynn Utter '11 SGS, '16 Psy.D., as the keynote speaker.
On October 20, 2023, students Arne Bouckaert (foreign exchange student, Belgium), Peter Calandra `24, and Chris Velasco `26 headed to Washington, D.C. with Andrea Wentzell '15, M.A., instructor in computer science, to attend the Consortium for Computing Science in Colleges (CCSC) Eastern Region annual conference at Bay Atlantic University, taking fifth place in the conference's programming competition.
Over the Easter celebration of 2023, Chestnut Hill College rapidly negotiated a successful contract that provided a safe haven to roughly 340 of Our Mother of Consolation (OMC) Pre-K through 8th grade students along with faculty and staff. OMC has fully integrated into the CHC camps life.
This summer, two Chestnut Hill College students, Matt Velez '25 and Skye Bennett '23, were chosen to make a pilgrimage to Le Puy, France, alongside faculty member, Ryan Murphy. Together, the CHC contingent joined students from other Association of the Colleges of the Sisters of Saint Joseph (ACSSJ) institutions as part of a multi-day immersion experience in Le Puy and Leon, where they learned about and walked the footsteps of some of the earliest SSJs. To celebrate Founders' Day, the three shared their stories during a campus-wide panel.
At the end of September, Chestnut Hill College came together to celebrate a truly momentous and historic occasion as William W. Latimer, Ph.D., M.P.H., was inaugurated as the College's seventh -and first male and lay - president in its 99+ year history. A New Chapter in an Unfinished Story
Chestnut Hill College is proud to announce that it has received a $100,000 grant from the Connelly Foundation. The grant proposal consists of four programs created by Chestnut Hill College faculty in collaboration with OMC staff that are designed to enhance OMC students’ reading, writing, STEM, and critical thinking skills, and provide OMC teachers with training from CHC faculty.
In February 2023, Chestnut Hill College welcomed Aziz Nathoo to serve as the College's first-ever Muslim chaplain. In the ensuing months, Nathoo has provided wisdom and guidance, sharing his vast experiences and community work with students, faculty, and staff.
Under the leadership of Chestnut Hill College’s new Vice President for Enrollment and Communications, Ryan Burton-Romero, the College is redoubling its efforts to engage prospective students in person and to take every opportunity to bring them to campus.
Trio of Griffin Alumni Help Lead Team to Philadelphia/Suburban Basketball Summer League Championship
Proving that you are never too old to keep playing the game that you love, Chestnut Hill College alumni, Cassie Sebold '22, Lauren Crim '23, and Abbey Spratt '23, took to the court this summer to participate in - and win - the Philadelphia/Suburban Women's Basketball Summer League.
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Good luck, Griffins!
