Holy Family Celebrates Homecoming 2021 |
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The Holy Family University community demonstrated their Tiger Pride during the weekend of October 8-9 at Homecoming 2021!
On Saturday, October 9, the Holy Family University community celebrated Homecoming with events and activities that included fun for the whole family, featuring autographs and photos with Blue, caricatures, family-style games, inflatables, photo booth, and pumpkin painting.
The event culminated with the official ribbon cutting and blessing of the University's new state-of-the-art turf field, which includes a practice track, field lighting, and a new scoreboard. The ceremonial ribbon was cut by University President Anne M. Prisco and Board of Trustees Chair William Strecker.
Be sure to view, download and share all Homecoming photos on Flickr and Facebook!
On Friday, October 8, four alumni and a head coach were inducted into Holy Family's Athletics Hall of Fame:
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It's back and better than ever! |
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Tickets Now on Sale! Holy Family University’s Alumni Association will host the 7th Annual Alumni Quizzo Night on Friday, November 19 at Maggie's Waterfront Café featuring quizmaster, Stephanie Morgan '12!
Quizzo is a game of general knowledge trivia, played over a number of rounds in teams of two - ten people. This event is open to all Holy Family alumni, faculty/staff, family, and friends. Must be 21 years of age or older. See complete details at holyfamily.edu/alumniquizzo.
Tickets
Tickets cost $40 per person include dinner, salad, domestic draft beers, soda and multiple rounds of Quizzo games with cash prizes.
There will also be a 50/50 and raffle baskets. All proceeds will benefit the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.
Note: Guests are strongly encouraged to have their team formed before purchasing tickets. Teams with 10 players will have their own table. Teams with fewer than 10 players will be seated at a table with another team.
COVID-19 Information
Holy Family University and Maggie’s Waterfront Café continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving guidance. We are committed to hosting a safe and enjoyable event for all and encourage you to view Maggie’s Eight-Point Safety Plan, as featured on their website.
We will communicate any changes to the event and/or COVID-19 policies via email as they arise.
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Holy Family University Art Gallery Presents
Julie Brylinski '18
Asleep in the Deep
An exhibition of oil paintings
Through November 14, 2021
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Asleep in the Deep is a body of work that explores the idea of mental illness as a slumber at the deepest darkest part of the ocean, where one has become so accustomed to the deep that one has achieved aquatic respiration. I have taken inspiration from my own mental illness and the fragile beauty of the deep sea to create each painting. This work was made with acrylic paints to allow me to quickly capture the feeling of each painting before it dissipated.
Artist Bio
Julie Brylinski '18 is a Philadelphia native and Holy Family University alumni. At 17, she took a drawing class at The University of the Arts in Center City Philadelphia. The Professor remarked that her drawings possessed a “painterly” quality, and advised her to take a painting class, which she soon did. She instantly fell in love, and has been painting ever since. She has since taken on an artist mentorship to further grow her art practice, and has been studying classical drawing with the Sadie Valeri Atelier.
Julie has extensive experience in both acrylic and oil painting, and will switch between mediums depending on what she feels the painting needs. Her work is largely figurative with an otherworldly element. Eyes will often be missing or blacked out completely, and faces may have an appendage, missing features, or the feeling that something is “off”. Her work explores themes such as mental illness, trauma, addiction, grief, dread, and the subconscious. Julie infuses a part of herself into every painting she does, often making it hard for her to let go of a piece.
Julie lives in Philadelphia with her dog Bonesy, where she paints out of her home studio.
Holy Family University Gallery is located on the Lower Level of
the Sister Francesca Onley Education and Technology Center.
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C. William Moffitt and Roshan Pulimkalayil ’16 M’18 were named to the Holy Family University Board of Trustees. Read more here.
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A Campus Ministry event prepared 500+ sandwiches to feed the needy. Read more here.
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Maggie Harkins, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, was interviewed on KYW Newsradio's In Depth with Matt Leon about the current state of nursing. Read more and listen here.
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Tri-Lite is pleased to release its latest issue featuring campus news and entertainment features. Read the new issue here!
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The latest issue of Folio, the literary magazine of Holy Family University since 1959, is now available. Read the new issue here!
Alumni News
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Roger Falloon '97 has been promoted from Chief Operating Officer to President & Chief Operating Officer at Chickie’s & Pete’s.
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Kelly Brady Channick '13 published the fifth installment in her young adult mystery Asbury High Series, Asbury High and the Arson Avenger. Read more here.
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Jaclyn Borgia '15 launched The Sassy Shrink, a business focused on providing online therapy and coaching to women. Read more here.
Athletics News
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Holy Family University Athletics mourns the loss of former softball head coach Mickey McGroarty, who passed away on Sunday, October 10. McGroarty coached the Tigers from 1992-2009. Read more here.
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On September 29, Holy Family University men's soccer goalkeeper Mark Tobin scored a game-tying goal at city rival Chestnut Hill College with 29.6 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime. Tobin launched a free kick from midfield and watched it sail over the head of the Griffin's goalkeeper and just under the cross bar. The Tigers eventually won in the 102nd minute with a game-winning goal scored by junior Dakota Taylor. The play was featured on ESPN SportsCenter as the Top Play of the Night. Tobin was later named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Goalkeeper of the Week.
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In the women's volleyball 3-1 victory against Post University on October 16, senior setter Morgan Silks became the program's all-time leader in assists. Silks ended the game with 3,898 career assists and counting. The previous mark of 3,889 stood for nearly 11 full seasons by former standout Aimee Drabyn (2007-2010). In the next game on October 19 against Wilmington University, Silks reached another milestone as she recorded her 1,000th career dig late in the second set. Silks is the 12th player in program history to reach the 1,000-dig milestone. In that game senior Carly Covington also recorded 12 kills in the match and as a result recorded her 1,299th career kill which is tied for third most in program history will former outside hitter Jillian Keeve (2008-11). Women's volleyball remains undefeated in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play at 10-0.
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All of Holy Family's student athletes have been hard at work preparing for an exciting year ahead! Visit athletics.holyfamily.edu for updated team schedules, live-stream information (where applicable), and other news stories.
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Alumni Benefit Spotlight: Insurance Options (and discounts!) |
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Holy Family's Alumni Association is proud to sponsor an Alumni Insurance Program through Meyer and Associates, which offers a variety of attractively-priced and discounted insurance products available to most alumni, students, faculty, and staff, as well as their spouses, domestic partners, children, parents, and siblings, including:
A portion of all insurance plans purchased through this program benefit the Alumni Association.
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Holy Family University Alumni Office | holyfamily.edu
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