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Fall Updates
CATHOLIC ATHLETES FOR CHRIST
On October 31, Holy Cross College hosted a conversation with Catholic Athletes for Christ (CAC). John Kuka, Holy Cross Vice President for Advancement and Athletics, moderated the panel discussion that consisted of three well known athletes—David Casper, Craig Stammen, and Patrick W. Steenberge.
David Casper, nicknamed “The Ghost,” is a former National Football League player known best for his time with the Oakland Raiders. He is a member of the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame. Craig Stammen is currently a pitcher for the San Diego Padres. Patrick W. Steenberge is a former quarterback for the University of Notre Dame football team. He owns and operates Global Football, an organization that hosts competitive events for young amateur athletes worldwide.
Launched in 2006, CAC was formed in response to St. John Paul II’s call to evangelize the world of sports. CAC serves Catholic athletes, coaches, and staff through an integrated network of oriented clergy and lay people to promote a Catholic sports culture. The athletes spoke about sports and faith and the ways they are profoundly intertwined.
Holy Cross College ranked in top thirty of Midwest regional colleges, recognized in two other categories US NEWS RANKING
Holy Cross College has been ranked in the top thirty of Midwest’s Best Regional Colleges, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2020 Best College Ranking. The College was also ranked as 31st for best value, and came in 47th place for top performance in social mobility.
The 2019 rankings are evidence of the turnaround since the Board of Trustees appointed Rev. David T. Tyson, C.S.C., as the College’s president in 2017.
“I’m pleased that this truly remarkable place of Catholic higher education has been ranked as such,” said president of the College Rev. David T. Tyson, C.S.C. “It is a true reflection of the work of our devoted faculty, trustees, and administration. This recognition highlights the difference they make, enhancing the development and success of these young men and women through an exceptional liberal arts education.”
The rankings used by the U.S. News and World Report are based on such widely accepted indicators of excellence as first-year student retention, graduation rates, and the strength of faculty.
CONSTITUTION DAY
On September 18, Yvonne Pitts, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History at Purdue University delivered a lecture on “Lincoln, Martial Law, & Political Dissent During the Civil War” in commemoration of Constitution Day. Pitts is a true scholar of the constitution and her lecture helped to shed light on the strengths and
weaknesses of our found document. Her work has been published in the “Journal of Women’s History,” and she is also the recipient of a Library Scholars Grant which she is using to study the U.S. military’s regulation on prostitution in Civil War era Nashville, Tennessee. She regularly teaches courses in U.S constitutional history,
the history of sexual regulation, race and the law, and American legal culture. This year she was awarded Purdue University’s annual Murphy Award which recognizes five undergraduate professors for outstanding teaching.
HOLY CROSS SCHOLARS INDUCTED INTO DELTA EPSILON SIGMA
On October 2, 2019, eighteen scholars were inducted into the Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Society (DES), an honor society geared toward Catholic higher education.
Associate Professor of Business Issac Desta, Ph.D.
delivered the address and inductees received a certificate and pin.
DES members are invited into the honor society based on their grade point average. They must be in the top 20 percent of their class and in their junior or senior year. DES is a national organization focused on providing an enriching academic experience outside the classroom. Although the national honor society was founded in the 1930s, Holy Cross began its own chapter in 2011.
