By Mike Rutledge – Xavier Magazine

Mentor a Future

November 5, 2015 | By Mike Rutledge

Students Gain Guidance About Their future—and Lifelong Friendships—Through Xavier’s Mentoring Program

Kelly Kleier had done well in organic chemistry but by the end of her sophomore year still wasn’t feeling the magical allure of medical school. What, she wondered, would she do with her biology degree after graduation? Read More

Pilgrim’s Promise

November 3, 2015 | By Mike Rutledge

The journey began at a little town on the French side of the Pyrenees, crossed into Spain and wound along a worn dirt path westward toward the burial grounds of St. James on the Spanish coast. Read More

Helping Moms Beat Heroin

November 3, 2015 | By Mike Rutledge

Every heroin-addicted mother who comes to the HOPE program has a plan: Step one—get off heroin. Step two—deliver a healthy baby. Read More

Of Einstein and Dinosaurs

November 2, 2015 | By Mike Rutledge

More than a decade after retiring, biology teacher Jack Berninger is still teaching. He doesn’t know how to stop. If he isn’t offering a lecture or leading a nature hike in Ohio or Indiana, chances are, he’s doing it in the Florida Everglades. Read More

Healing in Vietnam: War Orphans

November 2, 2015 | By Mike Rutledge

When Dennis Coyne made a return trip to Vietnam in 2003, he carried with him $2,400 he’d collected from his Erlanger, Ky., parish. He would just drop it off at an orphanage near Kon Tum, “say goodbye, and that would be the end of the story.” Read More

Alumni Profile: Public Financier

November 2, 2015 | By Mike Rutledge

Natasha (Hamilton) Holiday Bachelor of Arts in history, Bachelor of Science in political science, 2004 Director, RBC Capital Markets New York

Financing | When New York City, its subway system or other city departments want to build things, Natasha Holiday … Read More