Hawver’s Capitol Report, a publication focusing on Kansas state government and politics, included Newman University alumnus and Kansas Representative Brian Weber ‘05 (R-Dodge City) in its 2011 list of Top 10 movers and shakers in Topeka. Read the full story. Read More…
Sarah E. Cundiff has been named Director of Alumni Relations at Newman University. Cundiff began employment at Newman Nov. 21.
The fall 2011 edition of the Newman Challenge Alumni Magazine has recently been published and distributed. The magazine is also available in an online format, which contains information and photographs not included in the print edition. Read More…
The Fall Alumni Reunion will be the fifth anniversary event for Men’s Volleyball alumni. Despite discontinuation of the men’s volleyball program in 2006, team members have faithfully returned each fall for a match-up in Fugate Gymnasium. Matt Biernat ’06 has helped keep the Jets spirit alive among his former teammates now scattered across the United States. Read More…
The Newman University Office of Alumni Relations will host the Sacred Heart Academy Class of 1961 50th Anniversary Reunion. Activities for the reunion will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5 and conclude at noon Sunday, Aug. 7. on the Newman campus in Wichita. A pass for all reunion weekend events is available for $20.
Loretta Thome, ASC passed away Friday, March 25, 2011. She was 91, and was a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 70 years.
The National Alumni Association will host a reception to honor and congratulate Clare (Sander) Vanderpool ’87 from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6 in the Tarcisia Roths, ASC Alumni Center inside Dugan Library on the Newman campus. Vanderpool is the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Newbery Medal for her first published novel, Moon Over Manifest. Read More…
Newman University will host a “Watch Party” for Newman basketball fans who are unable to make it to Manhattan for the history-making exhibition game between the Jets and the Kansas State University Wildcats. The party will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2 in the Dugan-Gorges Conference Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Approximately 280 people enjoyed a steak dinner, music by the Zydeco Cajun Band The Mudbugs, street artists, and fireworks during the university’s first-ever “Party on the Plaza” held last weekend. Read More…