Tapestries 2023 Winners
01/22/2024
The 2023 digital edition of Tapestries, the literary and visual arts magazine of Saint Francis University is available.
Sneak Peek inside Saint Margaret Hall
University Communications & Marketing | 01/09/2024
Join Dr. Amy Hudkins, Professor of Occupational Therapy, for a sneak peek of Saint Margaret Hall!
Saint Francis University to match 11th ACVVC Scholarships
Bill Karabinos, 11th ACVVC Chaplain | 11/30/2023
The following announcement originally appeared in the membership newsletter of the 11th Armored Calvary’s Veterans of Vietnam and Cambodia. SFU is proud to partner with the organization on this new matching scholarship initiative. The author, Blandin ‘Bill’ Karabinos, is an SFU 1960 alumnus with a degree in philosophy. You can read his inspiring story here.
SFU's Rural Education Alliance for Leadership Institute Hosts National Expert
University Communications & Marketing | 11/29/2023
Saint Francis University's Rural Education Alliance for Leadership (REAL) Institute invited Dr. Richard Ingersoll, a leading national expert on America’s elementary and secondary teaching force, to address a crowd more than 70 educational leaders on Nov. 16, 2023.
Alumni Profile: Blandin ‘Bill’ Karabinos
Rachel (Vasilko) Heckman '13 | 11/29/2023
"My Life is a Miracle” A tale of service to God and country As a young boy growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, Blandin ‘Bill’ Karabinos would spend every summer and holiday at his grandparents’ home in Loretto. He would chat with the Franciscan TORs in his grandma’s kitchen, play basketball with Maurice Stokes in Doyle Hall, make friends with veterans attending college after their return from World War II, and eventually, attend the seminary and be ordained to the priesthood himself. Once, while picking blackberries with one of his mentors, Fr. Vincent Burke, TOR, Bill first learned the French
30th Annual STEAM Day in the Books
Marie Young, University Communications & Marketing | 11/21/2023
The university hosted its 30th Annual STEAM Day attended by 33 local high schools, 51 high school teachers, and record attendance of 481 high school students.