November 2021
Wishing all Holy Family Alumni a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!
Graduate Program Degree Options at Holy Family

You have already reached the major milestone of completing your bachelor's degree. Congratulations! If you are like many graduates, you are feeling both pride and relief since accomplishing this goal; but are also thinking about what's next. Questions like: "How can I leverage my education to focus more closely on a particular career or field of study?" "How can I position myself to help the people I feel called to serve?" These questions lead to goals and dreams that can be realized through obtaining a graduate degree.

Karen Galardi ’86, Ed.D., MBA, associate dean, Graduate and Professional Studies notes that “We have a wide array of graduate programs for you to choose from.” Galardi also notes that “Courses are offered in 8 and 15-week formats. Some programs can be completed in less than a year.”
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When you support the Blue & White Fund, you help to provide students with the financial aid they need to cross the finish line and earn their Holy Family degree. Your generosity transforms lives. It makes countless dreams come true.
 
If you haven’t already, ignite opportunity today by making a gift of any size that is meaningful to you. Please make your gift at www.holyfamily.edu/giveonline, or contact Christina Bender, Director of Development, at cbender@holyfamily.edu or 267-341-3017.
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Alumni Record Updates

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Simply send us an email or quickly complete the Alumni Update Form.
Alumni Events
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November 2021

December 2021
Campus News
  • President Anne Prisco shared her personal story and its impact on her drive to transform higher education in an exclusive with Al Día News. Read more here.

  • Patrick McElwaine '00, M'04, assistant professor of Counseling Psychology, presented the session "Thank You Recovery for Saving My Life" at the NAMI New York State Education Conference "Recovering Together; Achieving Mental Wellness" on October 22. Watch the session here.

  • Michelle M. Murphy-Rozanski, assistant professor and associate dean in the School of Nursing & Health Sciences, participated in an international event for Citizen Diplomacy International Philadelphia to discuss the importance of education for nurses.

  • An essay by Patrick J. Casey, assistant professor of Philosophy, was quoted in a Boston Globe editorial Read more here.

  • Holy Family University's team in the Walk to End Alzheimer's raised over $1300 on Saturday, November 13 - more than 250% of their goal! To donate, click here.

  • Holy Family Archives assisted in researching a former English professor in an ancestral search. Read more here.

  • Holy Family University introduces the MBA Criminal Justice Concentration for January 2022. Read more here.

  • The Student Engagement Office is pleased to announce a new Registered Student Organization on campus, the first-ever Holy Family University Black Student Union. Read more here.

Alumni News

  • Derrick Wood '18 M'20 was named the new police chief of Norristown, PA. Read more here.


  • Peter Pryor M'21 was profiled by Philadelphia Weekly. Read more here.

Athletics News

  • After a season in which they were undefeated in conference play, Holy Family University women's volleyball lost to to city rival Thomas Jefferson University in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) semifinals after advancing to the semifinals for the fifth straight season. Holy Family's season isn't quite over. The Tigers are a lock for the NCAA Tournament which is set to begin in December.

  • Holy Family women's soccer lost to to city rival Thomas Jefferson University in the CACC semifinals. Since joining the CACC in 1999, the Tigers have qualified for the CACC Tournament each year with this year marking their 23rd consecutive trip to the postseason.  

  • Holy Family men's soccer lost to to Post University in the CACC semifinals. The Tigers were appearing in their third straight CACC semifinal. 

  • During the weekend of November 13-14, both the Holy Family University men's basketball team and the women's basketball team returned to the court for the first time since March 2020 in the East Region Challenge hosted by Thomas Jefferson University. Both teams went 1-1 during the weekend.

  • On November 3, Holy Family women's soccer head coach Jill Reeves recorded her 100th career victory with the 2-0 win over Georgian Court University. Reeves, now in her 10th season, is second all-time in program history in wins. Only former head coach Joe Mikolajewski has more as he generated 127 victories in his Hall of Fame career.

  • Visit athletics.holyfamily.edu for updated team schedules, live-stream information (where applicable), and other news stories.
Frances Siedliska (Blessed Mary of Jesus the Good the Shepherd) Feast Day - November 21
Holy Family University is a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. On November 21, we celebrated the Feast Day of their Foundress, Blessed Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, who was born on November 12, 1842, and died on November 21, 1902. Read more here.
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