Category: Service
When disaster strikes a faraway place, many immediately look for some way to help. Some may donate to a service organization committed to helping, while others may try to raise public awareness. Two Newman students ...
If 14 hours in a 12-passenger van doesn’t sound like your idea of a good time, add in some karaoke and you have the beginnings of a Campus Ministry service trip. ...
Newman University has again been recognized for its commitment to service by being named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service to America’s communities. This marks the fifth time ...
The Newman University Student Athlete Advisory Committee (S.A.A.C.) organized its second annual Ugly Sweater Run on Nov. 15 on the campus of Newman University. The event, which included 30 runners participating in the race and donations from students, faculty ...
Congratulations to Newman University President Noreen M. Carrocci, Ph.D., who with her teammate chef Jason Febres of Taste & See tied for first place in the 2014 Celebrity & Chef Cookoff. ...
Newman President Noreen M. Carrocci, Ph.D. will be among the celebrities who pair up with a local chef for an “Iron Chef” style culinary competition to benefit the Orpheum Theatre. The 2014 Celebrity & Chef ...
Newman University sophomore student Chase Blasi has been selected to receive a national civic involvement award sponsored by Campus Compact. The award honors student leaders committed to creating lasting change in communities throughout the country. ...
Newman University students and alumni volunteered to help uninsured children receive free dental care at “Give Kids a Smile Day,” a cooperative effort between the Wichita-Sedgwick County Oral Health Coalition and the University of Kansas ...
The Newman University Criminal Justice Club, also known as The Justice League, is collecting items for underprivileged students and families in the USD 259 school district. The club will be taking donations through March 14. ...
Newman University President Noreen M. Carrocci, Ph.D. has joined with 21 other leaders of education and business for “Together Wichita 2014,” a partnership designed to celebrate life in Wichita, and to identify, organize and fund ...
In recognition of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Newman University will host a Volunteer Fair and a free screening of the documentary film, “What I Have Been Through is Not Who I Am,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. ...
Students in the Newman Traditions and Transitions class led by Professor of Chemistry John Leyba, Ph.D. are showing their commitment to the university Core Value of “Culture of Service” by sponsoring a toy drive to ...
Students in the Newman University “Guatemala Study & Serve” program have again launched a campaign to collect new toothbrushes for Guatemalan children. The campaign, called Project SONRISA (Sonrisa means “smile” in Spanish), was created by ...
Newman University has been named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its exemplary service to America’s communities. This marks the fourth time Newman has been named to the prestigious national ...
More than 200 bags of food were packed by the approximately 185 freshman students who participated in the Traditions and Transition (TNT) service project, part of Freshman Student Orientation activities over the Aug. 25-26 weekend. ...
Sixteen high school students from the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City attended the 4th annual Summer Service Camp hosted by Newman University in June. The weeklong camp is held to give students from schools in ...
Newman University has been named for the third time to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its exemplary service to America’s communities in 2011. Newman is one of only eight colleges and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
Students in the “Study and Serve in Guatemala” program are heavily involved in their campaign called Project SONRISA to collect 11,000 new toothbrushes by April 1 for Guatemalan children. ...
Students in the “Study and Serve in Guatemala” program have launched a campaign to collect 11,000 new toothbrushes by April 1, for Guatemalan children. The campaign, called Project SONRISA, means “Project Smile” in Spanish and ...
The social and dance to benefit Haiti, which was postponed because of winter weather, is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 20. The social will feature food and beverages, and will be followed by a dance featuring ...
Newman University will honor two longtime benefactors to the university and four distinguished alumni at the Cardinal Newman Banquet and Awards Ceremony, at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 in the Dugan-Gorges Conference Center on the Newman ...
Volunteers from Newman University will help distribute items and food collected for Christmas to approximately 18,000 people, of which 10,000 are children under the age of 14. ...
Senior Newman University student Joseph Baalmann of Andale sits among the more than 150 packages of toys, school supplies, clothing and other gifts donated by Newman students and employees for the “Christmas Angels” program. ...
Newman University thanks all who stopped by the NU booth at the 2009 Kansas State Fair, which ended Sept. 20. ...
Newman University thanks all the volunteers who have been assisting with the NU booth and making bouncy balls like crazy at the 2009 Kansas State Fair. ...
The 2009 Kansas State Fair will be held Sept. 11-20 at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kan. ...
From 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, more than 150 Newman freshman students will become Big Brothers or Big Sisters for a day for local kids at the Sedgwick County Zoo. ...
New Wichita City Manager Robert Layton, Sedgwick County Commission Chairman Kelly Parks and Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce president Bryan Derreberry laid out how they expect to handle the demands of the coming year at ...
Those volunteers consisted of Newman University students, who wore bio hazard suits to battle the mold and Spirit AeroSystems employees, who provided countless hours of volunteer time. In fact, more than 140 volunteers worked more ...
Newman University has teamed with a number of local businesses, government agencies and private organizations to fight drinking and driving and other alcohol abuse by co-sponsoring The National Save A Life Tour Oct. 28 – ...