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…
Dutifully Noted
Senior publications intern Mariah Doughman ’18 has served the college in many ways during her two years with us in the office of communications. Mariah is now in her final semester, and here she takes moment to reflect on one of…
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…
