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Stories of Philanthropy
Cardinal Community Unites for Founders Day Giving Challenge
April 13, 2023
On Wednesday, April 12, the Catholic University family came together for another very successful Founders Day Giving Challenge, raising $417,326 through 538 gifts from alumni, faculty, staff, parents, students, and friends.
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The Exodus Reading at the Paschal Vigil
April 08, 2023
Celebrating the resurrection of Christ and the entrance of new members into the Church, the Easter, or Paschal, vigil is one of the most significant Masses of the entire liturgical year. Church history reveals that part of “keeping vigil” through the nighttime hours involves a...
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CatholicU Baseball and Softball Teams Start Their First Season Under the Lights
March 23, 2023
Robert J. Talbot Field will welcome the upcoming season for the Cardinals with a new feature: stadium lights. Thanks to a generous gift from the Jones family, the baseball and softball teams will be able to utilize the field for longer, including hosting night games and practices.
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Women's Leadership Panel
March 21, 2023
On Wednesday, March 15, the Office of Alumni Engagement hosted a Women's Leadership Panel as part of a celebration of Women's History Month.
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Federal Jobs Workshop
March 08, 2023
As part of the CUOnline Career Development Series, we were joined by Mark Arnone, B.A. 2009, on February 25, for a workshop on how to best navigate and secure jobs across the federal government.
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Fr. Christopher Seith, S.T.D. 2020, and the Beauty of Reality in a Screen-Saturated World
March 07, 2023
As part of the CUOnline Lunch and Learn series, Fr. Christopher Seith, S.T.D. 2020, joined us on February 21 for a discussion on the role of digital technologies in our careers and in our formation as people.
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NCSSS scholarship honors two long-time faculty members
March 06, 2023
The National Catholic School of Social Service (NCSSS) established a new endowed scholarship last fall in honor of two beloved faculty members — Sr. Mary Vincentia Joseph, M.S.W. 1958, Ph.D. 1974, and Sr. Ann Patrick Conrad, Ph.D. 1985 — thanks to a gift of $1.7 million from their combined estates.
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Black History Month Alumni Career Panel
February 17, 2023
On Wednesday, February 8, we hosted a career panel that featured a trio of Black alumni who shared their experiences and wisdom across the business, healthcare, and engineering industries for all alumni and students.
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Robert Towsend, Ph.D., and the Health of the Humanities
January 24, 2023
On Wednesday, January 18, we were joined by Dr. Robert Townsend, B.A. 1988, M.A. 1990, as part of the Lunch and Learn Series.
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Upskilling Workshop: Graphic Design 101 with Canva
January 23, 2023
On Thursday, January 12, we were joined by Alexandra Wertz, B.A. 2022, for an introductory workshop on graphic design using Canva.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Upskilling Workshop: Excel Bootcamp with Kevin Rensch, B.A. 2014, M.A. 2016
December 19, 2022
On December 3, we were joined by Kevin Rensch, B.A. 2014, M.A. 2016, for the Upskilling Workshop: Excel Bootcamp. Rensch, took participants through some of Excel's most useful features that make one's work more efficient.
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Kevin Walsh Installed as the Inaugural Knights of Columbus Endowed Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition
December 16, 2022
On November 8, Kevin Walsh was installed as the inaugural Knights of Columbus Endowed Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition.
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Metro School Earns the Campaign Cup
December 13, 2022
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.
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The Catholic University Community Raises Over $94,000 on Giving Tuesday 2022
November 30, 2022
The Cardinal community came together for yet another year to help usher in the next generation of Cardinals. Collectively, Catholic University alumni, faculty, staff, parents, friends, and students raised more than $94,000 for student scholarships, surpassing last year’s total of more than $75,000. The community’s...
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CatholicU Nets Best Giving Challenge Result Ever
November 17, 2022
This year marked the most successful Athletics Giving Challenge in University history, with a total of $372,440 dollars raised through 3,721 gifts from a record-setting 2,905 donors. Last year, $313,614 was raised during the Athletics Giving Challenge.
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Feast Day of Christ the King celebrates the reign of God and new horizons for humanity
November 17, 2022
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, celebrated the last Sunday of the liturgical year, is one of the most recent additions to the calendar of liturgical commemorations in the Church. It asks for believers to rise above the fleeting and limited allegiances that we human beings establish or try to establish among ourselves.
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Peter Varga B.A. 2019, on human flourishing through self-transcendence
November 15, 2022
On November 9, we were joined by Peter Varga, B.A. 2019, for a discussion on his research on aesthetics and self-transcendence in psychology and how those topics relate to well-being.
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