On Oct. 31, the American Cancer Society announced that Xavier University’s Relay for Life team placed first out of 75 teams in the East Central Division in the Rival U competition. As a result of winning Rival U, two officials from the American Cancer Society will come to Xavier to […]
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Construction continues
Xavier students will face the familiar construction on Dana Avenue until June 1, 2012. The Dana Avenue Widening Project was started last year with the goal of straightening out the s-curve, taking out the bad curb along the road and putting in pavers on the north side, ultimately making the […]
Entrepreneur visits Xavier
On Thursday, Xavier University hosted a special lunch event for Alum Sang Joon (Steve) Lee in Cintas Center. Steve, who graduated from Xavier with an MBA in 1974, is one of the most highly decorated and experienced global entrepreneurs to have graduated from the William’s College of Business’ distinguished program. […]
Xavier to see a new Alter
Alter Hall has stood as Xavier University’s main academic building, housing over one-fourth of the campus’s classrooms, for over fifty years. This has been the sentiment around XU for at least the past decade, as it is one of the buildings planned to be torn down in the long-term vision […]
TRiO hit by budget cuts
Due to federal budget cuts, TRiO, a set of three federal programs designed to help low-income, first generation students, as well as non-traditional students and students with disabilities, experienced a 3.1 percent decrease in budgeting. In the budget cuts, the national TRiO program lost $26.6 million for the 2011-12 year, […]
“Cancer Sucks” shirts raise money for research
Walking through Hoff Dining Complex on the way to lunch, students may have noticed a table selling t-shirts last week. The group selling the shirts was none other than Xavier University’s own swim team. The designs were red t-shirts that read “Cancer Sucks” in bold white letters and were on […]
XU Sustainability Day
On Monday, Xavier kicked off its annual Sustainability Day that continued through Tuesday. This year, Xavier marked Sustainability Day with the traditional formal presentations, but also with opportunities over two days to explore the treatment of waste and urban water in our region. On both Monday and Tuesday, there were […]
Xavier Campus Scouts
Senior Alicia Dean leads the Xavier Campus Girl Scouts in their fifth year on campus doing volunteer work and building confidence in local girls. They coordinate their volunteer work with the Western Ohio Girl Scout Council, helping Girl Scout troops whose members are generally 10 to 15 years of age. […]
MUD-dy times at XU
On any given warm afternoon, Xavier students can be found adjacent to Herald Avenue, practicing or playing sports atop a large green space, in the shadow of Fenwick Place. As Xavier University is still undetermined in its potential use of the coined Mixed Use Development (MUD) location on the eastern […]
Parade held in honor of late Cincinnati icon
On Friday, a parade walked past Xavier University in honor of Carl Lindner who passed away on Oct. 17. The parade was hosted in honor of Lindner, who contributed a great deal to Cincinnati. The parade wound through the city of Cincinnati and around 10 a.m. crossed the corner of […]