10 days until Homecoming 2017!
Have you registered yet?
Join us at main campus on Saturday, September 30 for the food truck festival, student-run carnival games, music, mass with Father Mac, and exciting soccer matches as our men's and women's teams take on a CACC conference rival, Concordia College!
Holy Family University's Alumni Association invites all alumni, faculty, and staff to reconnect with fellow classmates, faculty, and friends in the
Alumni Beer Garden!
(Preregistration required for this event.)
After the festivities, join us at 6:00 pm at Chickie's & Pete's on Roosevelt Blvd. for Holy Family University's Basketball Reunion! Tickets for this event are $32 in advance and $35 at the door.
More information about this event available at:
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Alumni Board Retreat / Open Meeting
The Alumni Association Board of Directors enjoyed a Retreat and Planning meeting on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at Holy Family's Newtown Campus.
Led by the Alumni Board President, Linda Toth '95, and Vice President, Linda-Colwell-Smith '83, the Alumni Board enjoyed a spiritual retreat (led by fellow Board Member, Jerry Wutkowski '12) and they planned for the exciting year to come!
Are you interested in getting involved?
Save the date for an Open Meeting in January 2018!
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Registration Open for November Events! Nursing Reunion & Alumni Quizzo Night
7th Annual Nursing Alumni Reunion and
Distinguished Lecture Program
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
ETC Auditorium
3rd Annual Alumni Quizzo
Friday, November 3, 2017 at 7pm
Cannstatter Volksfest-Verein
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HFU Family Center announces FREE workshops in October & November
Holy Family University Family Center is proud to announce four new workshops, offered at no cost to the entire campus and alumni community.
All sessions promote the "Value of Family" and will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays throughout October and November 2017.
- Mid-Life Directions series explores the second half of life by examining Life Stages, Life Transitions, the Varieties of Spiritual Experience, Prioritizing Values, Growth into Wisdom, and the Second Journey.
- Family Matters series includes sessions to assist parents/guardians/caretakers in examining such topics as helicoptering parenting; financial wellness and college financing; parent-stepparent relationships; grandparents and other relatives raising children; nutrition for families and emotions within the family.
- Prayer series explores different types of prayer by delving into the wisdom of scripture and the spirituality of Christian/Catholic writers and saints.
- Living Fully series is designed to appeal to various interests: the benefits of children participating in sports; empowering your health; the seven dimensions of wellness; saving family memories; life closure, and aging gracefully.
For more information about the individual sessions, dates, speakers, and to register for Fall 2017 workshops, please go to:
holyfamily.edu/familycenter or email
[email protected]
The Family Center is also looking for speakers and presenters for Spring 2018 workshops. Contact Sister Angela Cresswell, CSFN, PhD, Director of the Family Center at 267-341-3687 or by email at
[email protected] if you would be interested in sharing your knowledge or expertise!
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Holy Family University School of Education prepares for an exciting year ahead! Dr. Kevin Zook, Dean of the School of Education, discusses faculty updates and spotlights, new programs and more in the
latest SoE Newslink here.
- Holy Family University School of Nursing to receive funding for white coat ceremony. The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing announced that they have funded white coats for various nursing schools throughout the nation, including Holy Family University. Read full details here.
- Dr. Patrick McElwaine '00 M'04 has returned to his alma mater to join the Counseling Psychology program within the School of Arts & Sciences. Get to know Dr. McElwaine here.
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As always, if you have any additional questions, comments or needs we can address, do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you for your support!
Julie (Ivers) Rempfer '10
Assistant Director for Alumni and Parent Relations
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Cheer on Athletics and Save with Blue Crew
Holy Family Blue Crew is a premier fan organization
created to support Holy Family University
Athletics and to promote a positive game
environment.
2017-2018
Blue Crew Membership
includes a T-shirt to wear to all athletic events and access to
members-only discounts
at local
businesses that support Blue Crew and
Holy Family University.
Blue Crew Membership costs $15 for the T-shirt and discount card or $5 for the Blue Crew membership card only. (Please note: T-shirts are pickup only.) Membership is open to the entire Holy Family community and alumni!
For more information about Blue
Crew, including participating
businesses and discounts,
click here
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To become a member of Blue Crew or to
add your business to those offering Blue
Crew discounts, please reach out to Tim Hamill '04,
Assistant Director of Athletics, at
267-341-3514 or by email at [email protected].
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Make a Gift
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Class Notes Contest
Have you recently moved? Changed employment? Gotten married?
Have personal or professional news you would like to share?
Be one of the first 50 alumni to submit an update to be published in the Class Notes section of the Spring 2018 Holy Family Values Magazine for a chance to win a
$50 Bookstore/Barnes & Noble Gift Card!
Contest runs through October 31, 2017. *Updates submitted for previous month's contest are not eligible for this month's drawing. Winner will be announced in the next Alumni eNews!
Congratulations to the August 2017 Class Notes contest winner:
Elizabeth (Houseman) Sullivan '83!
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Alumni Admissions Ambassadors Wanted!
- Volunteer at the Admissions Office
- Help recruit future Holy Family students
- Share your Holy Family experience with prospective students and families
- Contact Tim O'Driscoll '12
at [email protected] for more information
Contact
[email protected]
for
additional volunteer opportunities!
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