Newman University Associate Professor of Social Work Sue Ellen Gardner, Ph.D. and Associate Professor of Philosophy Jamey Findling, Ph.D. were part of a volunteer panel that recently helped the United Way of the Plains allocate funds to local programs for the coming year.
Newman University is partnering with Numana, Inc. in an event to help save the starving. Newman will host a State-Wide Packaging Event (SWIPE) from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct. 1, in the Fugate Gymnasium on the Newman campus, 3100 McCormick in Wichita. Volunteers will package up to 40,000 meal packs that will each provide food for a family of six. Four hundred volunteers are needed to help make the event as successful as possible.
Newman University has again been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its exemplary service to America’s communities. The inclusion of Newman on the 2010 Honor Roll comes two years after the university was recognized in the 2008 list. Newman is one of only seven colleges and universities in Kansas and the only university in Wichita selected for inclusion on the 2010 Honor Roll.
Newman University has been named to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its commitment to and achievements in service to America’s communities. Newman, which was also on the 2008 honor roll, is one of only six colleges and universities in Kansas and the only university in Wichita selected for inclusion on the 2010 honor roll. Nationwide, only 641 colleges and universities were selected for their impact on issues ranging from literacy and neighborhood revitalization to supporting at-risk youth.
Members of the Newman University Staff Assembly Silent Auction Committee met with staff and participants from the Wichita Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) May 2 to present a check for $3,012. The money was raised through the Staff Assembly’s 12th annual Silent Auction, held April 8.
The Newman University Project SONRISA is again seeking donations of toothbrushes for Guatemalan children. The project has set a goal this year of collecting 11,000 toothbrushes by April 1.
In early January several Newman University students traveled to St. Louis, Mo., as part of a service learning trip hosted by Campus Ministry. The students partnered with Adorers of the Blood of Christ (ASC) ministries in St. Louis to perform community service work in the area. Just this week a feature story about the service project, “Learning to Serve the Neighbor,” was posted to the ASC website (www.adorers.org). Click here to read the story Read More…
Several children from low-income families in Wichita are able to see better today at no cost to their parents, thanks to a joint effort by Newman University nursing students and several Wichita area optometrists and optical dispensers.
Newman University officials have announced that Paul and Bettie Eck and Teresa Hall Bartels will be awarded Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa degrees during the Fall 2010 Commencement ceremony, beginning at 10 a.m. Dec. 11 at Central Community Church, 6100 W. Maple in Wichita. Read More…
During the 7 p.m., April 25 Sunday Mass at St. John’s Chapel on campus, there will be a car wash in the maintenance parking lot from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m to help Haiti relief efforts. Read More…