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Soaring with Letty ’19
Congratulations to English major Letty Mundt ’19 on her win in this year’s Undergraduate Research Forum! Letty was honored with the award for best oral presentation at the April 20 event, for her short story “Skylark Drive.” Letty, a committed…
The Un-Comfort Zone
When President Brian Bruess ’90 chose “fiat lux” (“Let there be light”) for the theme of his presidential inauguration (celebrated yesterday) he may not have anticipated a disquisition on discomfort and the liberal arts. Nevertheless, that is what Lee Knefelkamp, professor…
Scorsese on “Silence” and Spiritual Resolution
I’m attending the joint Signis/Catholic Media Conference (CMC) in Quebec City, where we have had the extraordinary privilege of speaking with Martin Scorsese about the making of “Silence,” his movie based on Shūsaku Endō’s book about mission and apostasy in…
Just Going Through a Phrase
I enjoy it when we have occasion to use new, colorful, weird or fancy words in the magazine, but this issue it is phrases that are lingering with me: “Digital-free and blissed-out” – President Brian Bruess ’90 on his childhood…
Mining the Experience
In this, her first guest post for us, publications associate Emilie Smith ’20 reflects on her first study-abroad experience: on the new understanding it gave her, and on her appreciation for the college that made such an opportunity possible even at…
Body of Knowledge
Today I went to class – and it certainly felt like my first day of college. I can’t find the classroom at first, so arrive late. My travel mug is leaking. (Can you bring tea to class?) By the time…
All in a Global Day
An American, a Finn and an Iranian walk into a bar … well, maybe not a bar exactly. And this isn’t a joke, either. Just a note that begins with last night’s tennis game with these three friends, myself as the…
Rooted in Faith
Our New Year’s greeting to our readers traditionally takes the form of a reflection from one member of the campus community. It’s always interesting to see the tack they take, and the form they choose varies from year to year,…
Of a Retiring Nature
Favorite alumni note in our upcoming issue: 1974 Richard Rech is newly retired and living in The Villages, Fla. He says, “It’s like Disneyland for adults.” Not too much, not too little: The story’s all there. And so real! We love…
