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Posts By By France Griggs Sloat
The Nature of Pope Francis
November 10, 2015 | By France Griggs SloatHis mission of caring for the earth, protecting the poor and re-examining the world’s economic systems defines him as the Jesuit leader of a morally challenged world. It also highlights how Xavier’s commitment to Jesuit education is being lived out … Read More
Documenting A Sustainable Life
November 10, 2015 | By France Griggs SloatAssociate Professor Blis DeVault’s award-winning film tells the story of one man’s mission to create a renewable future
Caring for our Common Home—and Each Other
November 7, 2015 | By France Griggs SloatFive stories of faculty, students and alumni who live the Jesuit ideals embodied by Pope Francis every day
Modernizing a Major: Reviving Digital Film and Television
November 6, 2015 | By France Griggs SloatIn mid-July, Blis DeVault donned a long black evening gown and spent her birthday weekend in Lexington, Ky., away from home and family. She wouldn’t want it any other way, because she was doing what she loves—celebrating her students’ success.
What to Be or No(t) Be: There’s an App for That
November 2, 2015 | By France Griggs SloatWhat do you want to be—or no(t) be—when you grow up? That’s the question Julie and Kelsey Murphy want to help job-seekers of all ages answer, using their newly developed “benobe” app. Read More
Medicine Man: Saving the Earth One Acre—One Wildflower—at a Time
November 2, 2015 | By France Griggs SloatPaul Strauss remembers the day his life changed forever. He was in Taos, N.M., where he’d been staying the summer of 1970 with Carl, a Shoshone Indian who had taken him under his wing to study natural medicine.
Ebola’s Front Line
April 16, 2015 | By France Griggs SloatKevin Fleming’s mission to serve prepared him for his greatest challenge—rebuilding Liberia, a nation devastated by disease
By the time he enters the Ebola treatment clinic in early October last year, Kevin Fleming has already gotten a feel for … Read More
Did You Hear the One About the Rabbi and the Priest?
April 16, 2015 | By France Griggs SloatA priest and a rabbi walk onto a college campus and discover the same thing. They’re in love—with the students, with mankind, with God. Al Bischoff, SJ, known affectionately at Xavier as “Father B,” and Rabbi Abie Ingber began an … Read More
Greener Pastures
April 14, 2015 | By France Griggs SloatUrban Sustainability is one of Xavier’s newest graduate programs
Wanting to take his career as an environmental consultant in a more serious direction, Brian Higgins shopped around the Midwest for a degree program that had all the elements he needed—an … Read More
Letters to the Editor
April 10, 2015 | By France Griggs SloatDifferent Views
I am a once-proud Xavier Alumnus from the class of 1984. I supported many fundraising efforts, including the annual fund, was a long-time member of the Businesses Mobilized for Xavier (BMX), and even a basketball season ticketholder for … Read More
