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Karen Eifler

Book Launch with Karen Eifler and Rachel Wheeler (Nov. 5)

October 27, 2025

Book launch with book editors of Beneath the Roar and Tumult: Promoting Radical Hospitality and Belonging in College Classrooms, a collection of essays by professors that provide a practical toolkit for helping college students hone their skills and knowledge to imagine a more just world and take actions to realize their deepest aspirations; that is, to do the ongoing work of prophets.

Filed Under: 2025-10-27, Events, Garaventa Center, Issues Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler

Final Core Samples Lunch (Mar. 29)

March 3, 2023

All staff and faculty are welcome to the final Core Samples lunch for this academic year on Wednesday, March 29, from 11:30 a.m–12:15 p.m. in the Teske Room of Bauccio Commons. Let the Garaventa Center and Core Director buy you lunch and then learn from Rachel Wheeler as she offers a slice from THEO 205 […]

Filed Under: 2023-03-06, 2023-03-20 Tagged With: Core Samples, Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler

Fr. James Martin SJ: Building a Bridge Talk Now Available

February 17, 2023

If you weren’t able to attend the webinar conversation with Fr. James Martin on practicing Gospel inclusion with the LGBTQ+ community, or would like to re-visit the event, the video link is now available here. Fr. Martin also gave us permission to share the conversation with all who might be interested in the topics explored […]

Filed Under: 2023-02-20 Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler

Thirst Friday: Surf’s Up (Feb. 17) 

February 3, 2023

Garaventa Center invites you to enjoy laughter, libations, island vibes, and tasty bites on Friday, February 17, 4 p.m.–6 p.m. Come for 10 minutes or till last call! Seventeen extra credit points for anyone who is attending their first Thirst Friday, brings a newbie, or brings their own cup. Garaventa Center, Franz Hall 3rd Floor. […]

Filed Under: 2023-02-06 Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, Thirst Friday

Invitation to Core Samples Lunch (Feb. 14)

January 20, 2023

All faculty and staff are invited to the first Core Samples lunch of the semester on Tuesday, February 14, 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Murphy Room, 4th Floor of Franz Hall. Cheri Buck-Perry will offer a 25-minute slice from her new Exploration-level course, Literature and Cultures of Food, “A Feast for The Senses: Lunching with […]

Filed Under: 2023-01-23, 2023-02-06 Tagged With: Core Samples, Karen Eifler

Thirst Friday: Jingle Bells (Dec. 9)

November 26, 2022

The Garaventa Center invites all faculty and staff to enjoy laughter, libations, live jazz, and round food on Friday, December 9, 4–6 p.m. Come for 10 minutes or ’til last call! 17 extra credit points for anyone who is attending their first Thirst Friday, brings a newbie, or brings their own cup.   Garaventa Center, […]

Filed Under: 11-28-2022, Events Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler

Core Samples Lunch #2: Seats Going! (Nov. 16) 

October 30, 2022

All intrigued faculty and staff are invited to the next Core Samples lunch on Wednesday, November 16, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Teske Room of Bauccio Commons. Caery Evangelist will offer a snapshot from her Foundations Level PHL 220 course, called “Twinkies and The Order of Perfection”—exploring core elements of Anselm’s Ontological Argument.” The Garaventa […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022, 10-31-2022 Tagged With: Core Samples, Karen Eifler

Core Samples Lunch: Last Call for Sept. 27

September 19, 2022

There are 3 seats left for the first Core Sample lunch on Tuesday, September 27, at 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Andrew Guest will offer a 20-minute excerpt from his X-Level course The World Cup in Mind & Society, called “Performance Under Pressure: Scientific Thinking, Global Consciousness, and the Perfect Penalty Kick,” followed by an open discussion. Learn […]

Filed Under: 09-19-2022 Tagged With: Core Samples, Karen Eifler

Sign Up for a Core Samples Lunch (Sept. 27)

September 5, 2022

Engrossing new courses are being offered at the Exploration Level of the revitalized Core. All staff and faculty are invited to attend the first in a series of “Core Samples” lunches on Tuesday, September 27, from 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Teske Room of Bauccio Commons. In this new series, faculty teaching such courses as […]

Filed Under: 09-06-2022 Tagged With: Andrew Guest, Core Samples, Karen Eifler

Holy Cross Pilgrimage 2022

May 31, 2022

After a two-year pandemic-related delay, a group of 14 senior faculty are spending 10 days walking in the footsteps of Blessed Basil Moreau, delving into the history and hopes of the Congregation of Holy Cross in its birthplace of Basse-Normandie, France. While on pilgrimage, they will consider ways to engage the community’s unique commitment to […]

Filed Under: 05-31-2022 Tagged With: Holy Cross Pilgrimage, Karen Eifler

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

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