Light the Way: The Campaign for Catholic University

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Reconnect with the CatholicU community GEAR UP FOR CARDINAL WEEKEND 2023

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Campaign Progress University Surpasses $500 Million Goal

The University received over $518,544,740 in gifts through the help of 28,654 individual donors.

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Conway School of Nursing Bill and Joanne Conway support nursing faculty

Bill and Joanne Conway are again supporting the eponymous Conway School of Nursing (CSON) through a $10 million gift that will enable the school to increase the number of faculty positions.

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Jones Family poses with Baseball Head Coach Ross Natoli

Catholic University Athletics Robert J. Talbot Field Hosts First Night Game Under the Lights

This spring, the baseball and softball teams will be able to play their first games under the lights thanks to a generous gift from the Jones family.

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Sister Mary Vincentia Joseph and Sister Ann Patrick Conrad

National Catholic School of Social Service Scholarship honors long-time faculty members

The Sisters Mary Vincentia Joseph and Ann Patrick Conrad Endowed Scholarship will serve underrepresented and international candidates to the Masters of Social Work program at Catholic University.

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Garvey Hall New dining commons welcomes University community

December 5 was a red-letter day for Catholic University, when the Cardinal community celebrated the opening of Garvey Hall, the long-awaited new campus dining commons. The space is named for the University’s 15th president, John Garvey, and his wife, Jeanne.

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Sheehy family stands with new staff members

The Metro School Receives Largest Gift to Date of $3.65 Million

This gift, made by the Sheehy family, will provide support for adult learners and is the first endowed scholarship of the Metropolitan School of Professional Studies.

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President Peter Kilpatrick, Dean Marie Nolan, Dean Vince Kiernan, and Vice President Scott Rembold

Campaign Cup Metro School Surpasses Fundraising Goal

This spring, the Metropolitan School of Professional Studies earned the Campaign Cup, which is presented to individual schools that surpass their overall fundraising goals for Light the Way: The Campaign for Catholic University. With a total of $13.3 million raised to date, the school has well exceeded its original $9 million goal.

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The Metropolitan School Federal grant funds CatholicU program to support veterans

Recently, Catholic University was awarded $1.4 million in federal grant funding to launch a program that will help U.S. military veterans prepare for and achieve higher education.

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Fr. Peter Galadza and Bishop Basil H. Losten

First-ever Basil H. Losten Endowed Professor and Chair in Ukrainian Church Studies Installed

On Wednesday, September 28, Catholic University officially endowed Fr. Peter Galadza as the first Bishop Basil H. Losten Endowed Professor and Chair in Ukrainian Church Studies.

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Leadership annual giving 1887 Society

Join Catholic University's philanthropic society for leadership annual donors!

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Upcoming Events

Celebrate Catholic University with us! Join us for these upcoming events:

Sep 26	CatholicU Staff Alumni Lunch Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center - Washington, DC Tue, Sep 26 2023, 1:00-2:00pm	Details
Sep 27	San Francisco Presidential Reception 25 Lusk - San Francisco, CA Wed, Sep 27 2023, 6:00-8:00pm	Details
Sep 28	CUOnline: Latin American Alumni Career Panel Webinar - Online, Thu, Sep 28 2023, 6:30-7:30pm	Details
Sep 29	The Catholic University of America-Tucson Program Mass and New Student Pinning Ceremony The Cathedral of St. Augustine - Tucson, AZ Fri, Sep 29 2023, 8:00-11:00pm	Details
Oct 12	Captain John E. Smathers Endowed Scholarship Celebration Maloney Hall Pavilion at The Catholic University of America - Washington, DC, DC Thu, Oct 12 2023, 6:00-8:00pm	Details
Oct 12	Politics & Government Networking Night The Catholic University of America \| McMahon Hall - Washington, DC Thu, Oct 12 2023, 7:00-9:00pm	Details
Oct 13	Cardinal Weekend 2023 The Catholic University of America - Washington, DC Fri, Oct 13-Sun, Oct 15 2023	Details
Oct 14	Inaugural CatholicU Alumni Row Bladensburg Waterfront Park - Bladensburg, MD Sat, Oct 14 2023, 10:00-11:30am	Details
Oct 25	Boston Presidential Reception Harvard Club - Boston, MA Wed, Oct 25 2023, 6:00-8:00pm	Details
Oct 26	CatholicU Young Alumni Mixer at Topgolf Topgolf National Harbor - Oxon Hill, MD Thu, Oct 26 2023, 6:00-8:00pm	Details
Oct 26	San Diego Presidential Reception La Jolla Shores Hotel - La Jolla, CA Thu, Oct 26 2023, 6:00-8:00pm	Details
Nov 08	2023 Hard Hat Ceremony and Senior Design Poster Exhibition The Catholic University of America\| Heritage Hall - Washington DC, DC Wed, Nov 8 2023, 5:00-8:00pm	Details
Nov 09	The School of Engineering Interviewing & Networking Night The Catholic University of America \| McMahon Hall - Washington, DC Thu, Nov 9 2023, 7:00-9:00pm	Details
Nov 16	Private Discussion with the President Curley Hall - The Catholic University of America - Washington, DC Thu, Nov 16 2023, 11:30am-1:30pm	Details
Nov 29	Philadelphia Presidential Reception Aronimink Golf Club - Newtown Square, PA Wed, Nov 29 2023, 6:00-8:00pm	Details
Nov 30	Campus Ministry Alumni Food Bank Visit Capital Area Food Bank - Washington, DC Thu, Nov 30 2023, 5:30-7:30pm	Details
Nov 30	New York Presidential Reception The Players - New York, NY Thu, Nov 30 2023, 6:00-8:00pm	Details
Dec 13	DMV Presidential Reception Columbia Country Club - Chevy Chase, MD Wed, Dec 13 2023, 1:00-3:00pm	Details
Dec 18	Baltimore Presidential Reception Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore - Baltimore, MD Mon, Dec 18 2023, 6:00-8:00pm	Details

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Garvey Hall officially welcomes the CatholicU community

January 23, 2023

December 5 was a red-letter day for Catholic University, when the Cardinal community celebrated the opening of Garvey Hall, the long-awaited new campus dining commons. It was also the day that Garvey Hall opened to hungry students as the University’s main dining space.

The Metro School Receives Largest Gift to Date of $3.65 Million

January 06, 2023

This gift, made by the Sheehy family, will provide support for adult learners and is the first endowed scholarship of the Metropolitan School of Professional Services.

How the Feast of the Holy Family Encourages Us to Reflect on Our Relationship to God and Each Other

December 30, 2022

Today, the Church celebrates the feast day of Holy Family. The family is the fundamental unit of human society; it is the soil in which each of us has roots. In some way we always have family as our goal. God has hallowed the family and made a family the privileged place of His revelation of himself to us in love.

Reconnect with the CatholicU community GEAR UP FOR CARDINAL WEEKEND 2023

Campaign Progress University Surpasses $500 Million Goal

Conway School of Nursing Bill and Joanne Conway support nursing faculty

Catholic University Athletics Robert J. Talbot Field Hosts First Night Game Under the Lights

National Catholic School of Social Service Scholarship honors long-time faculty members

Garvey Hall New dining commons welcomes University community

The Metro School Receives Largest Gift to Date of $3.65 Million

Campaign Cup Metro School Surpasses Fundraising Goal

The Metropolitan School Federal grant funds CatholicU program to support veterans

First-ever Basil H. Losten Endowed Professor and Chair in Ukrainian Church Studies Installed

Leadership annual giving 1887 Society

Garvey Hall officially welcomes the CatholicU community

The Metro School Receives Largest Gift to Date of $3.65 Million

How the Feast of the Holy Family Encourages Us to Reflect on Our Relationship to God and Each Other

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