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From TV stations in Arizona to news outlets in Peru to top online sites such as E! Online, everyone is taking notice of the Harry Potter Weekend.
Did you know that news of CHC’s Harry Potter Weekend went viral just before Labor Day Weekend, with online sites around the world picking up the story?
Joan Chittister, OSB, an outspoken advocate of justice, peace and equality will give a presentation, hold a Q & A session and sign her books on Sunday, September 25. The event, “Scarred by Struggle,” is sponsored by CHC’s Institute for Forgiveness & Reconciliation and will take place from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in Sorgenti Arena.
Inspiring Youngster Throws out Ceremonial Pitch at 3rd Annual CHC Night at the Phillies Sister Carol gives Owen Frenia a chance on the mound.
In Service for Social Justice The Social Just-US Club, launched in the spring of 2013, provides an opportunity for criminal justice students to pursue discipline-specific activities highlighting the social justice perspective.
D2 ADA Awards Latest Example of CHC’s Commitment to Student-Athletes Chestnut Hill College has acknowledged 56 individuals who have earned the Division II Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award for the 2015-16 season. Introduced more than 50 years ago, the D2 ADA is the first organization of its kind to provide educational and networking opportunities; enhancement of acceptable operating standards and ethics; and establishment of the overall prestige and understanding of the professionalism of Division II athletic directors.
Annual Alumni Fall Conference Returns After taking a break in 2015, the Annual Alumni Fall Conference has returned and will be held Saturday, September 17.
Commitment to Women’s Issues Began at CHC Abigail Palko, Ph.D., ’96 Abigail Palko, Ph.D., ’96 recently was named Director of the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center at the University of Virginia.
Read on to see where to find CHC in the news in the past weeks: The Times Herald highlighted CHC in their “Your Business Minute” section.
Did you know that news of CHC’s Harry Potter Weekend went viral just before Labor Day Weekend, with online sites around the world picking up the story? Read more here.
When Mike Pearson, head sprint football coach, first got the job in November 2014, he had a two-year plan in mind to build the program from scratch. The first was geared toward introducing the College to sprint football, to creating a new campus culture and to getting his players the experience of firsts: first practice, first game, first touchdown and first victory.
In 2020, Tokyo will host the Summer Olympics, NASA will launch a mission to Mars and Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
SCPS Celebrates 20 Years of Educating Adult Learners at CHC
Carole Christ ’06 SCPS was not ready for college after graduating from high school, so she worked in accounting for many years until realizing that not having a degree was holding her back professionally. When her husband, Joe, returned to school and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, she gained confidence and chose Chestnut Hill College for its proximity to their home and because the human services program appealed to her.
The goal has gotten bigger every year for Chestnut Hill College’s Griffins Against Cancer (GAC) organization. In 2014, its first year, the club participated in Villanova’s Relay for Life. By the second year, the club became an official chapter of the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) “Colleges Against Cancer” and co-sponsored the Relay for Life at Arcadia University, helping to raise more than $2,200 for the ACS.
For Layla Cruz ’17, a former competitive volleyball player in high school, giving all she had meant finding the strength and courage to withdraw from one of the toughest obstacle course races ever envisioned, the Spartan Race, after seven of the more than 26 miles were completed, due to a quadriceps injury.
Seeing the need for an integrative elementary education program, Sister Mary Xavier enlisted the help of Sister Mary Harold, a CHC graduate with a master’s degree in Montessori Elementary Education from Xavier University. Thanks to her commitment, CHC became one of just six U.S. colleges or universities to support a Montessori education curriculum at the undergraduate level.
Rosalind Lucien, a student in the master’s program in psychology and Moore Township, Pa resident, was awarded fellowship support under the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) Services for Transition Age Youth (STAY) Fellowship. The MFP STAY fellowship is awarded through a federal grant to the American Psychological Association (APA).
Welcome students to another exciting academic year at CHC!   Please note some upcoming dates of which you should be aware: New Student Move-In Day:  Friday, August 19 Returning Student Move-In Day:  Sunday, August 21   Fall semester breaks: Fall Break: Residence halls close Friday, October 7 at 6 p.m. and re-open Tuesday, October 11 at noon Thanksgiving Break: Residence halls close Tuesday, November 22 at 6 p.m. and re-open Sunday, November 27 at noon
Neal Dhand, M.F.A., assistant professor of communications, was featured by the Chestnut Hill Local for his feature film, “Crooked & Narrow,” which won the award for Best Editing at the Brooklyn Film Festival.

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