Students at Rockhurst University, in Kansas City, Mo., learned about the harsh realities of refugee camp life at the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) Refugee Campout, held during the university’s Social Justice Week in April. Part....
Twelve Jesuit institutions of higher education are among the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to “The Princeton Review’s 2013 Guide to 322 Green Colleges.” The following Jesuit schools earned a....
Jesuit-founded St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School, located in the slum of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is taking an uncommon approach to serving those in need: the school enrolls only HIV/AIDS orphans, giving them a free....
Five Jesuit colleges and universities have been ranked by the Peace Corps as “Top Colleges” for producing Peace Corps volunteers: Boston College, Georgetown University, Gonzaga University, Loyola University Chicago and Seattle University. The annual list....
Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins (JC:HEM), a project bringing online courses from Jesuit universities to refugee camps worldwide, is considering a major expansion that may eventually include the creation of an online-only Jesuit....
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU), which serves the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S., has announced that Jesuit Father Michael J. Sheeran will begin his tenure as president on April....
Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., has adopted a bold plan to achieve climate neutrality — zero greenhouse gas emissions — by the year 2050. Gonzaga President Thayne McCulloh recently approved the university’s first comprehensive Climate....
Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia has appointed Jesuit Father James J. Fleming, current executive vice president of the university, as its tenth president, effective July 1. Fr. Fleming will succeed current president Richard Beyer,....
By Doris Yu At the age of five, Abimael (AJ) Bastida journeyed with his family into the U.S. from Mexico with only one shoe, the other one lost while he crossed the Rio Grande. Today,....
All the U.S. Jesuit higher education institutions are among America’s “Best Colleges,” according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2013. All 27 Jesuit research and master’s colleges and universities were recognized,....
