Class Acts

November 1, 2015 | Xavier University

Greatest Stars on Turf

Groundskeepers Joey Wolf, left, and Mike Lewis rubbed elbows with the best in baseball during the July 14 All-Star Game at Great American Ball Park where they volunteered their skills as veteran groundskeepers.

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Almamatters

November 1, 2015 | Xavier University

Musketeers are making headlines around the world and in your hometown. Almamatters is your place to read all about it. Got a big story to tell? Been somewhere exciting? Add a new family member? Share a photo or a quick update. Contact us at xavier.edu/alumni/contact. Read More

Ebola’s Front Line

April 16, 2015 | By France Griggs Sloat

Kevin 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

For the Greater Good: Honoring 10 Years of Philosophy, Politics and the Public

April 15, 2015 | Xavier University

The Philosophy, Politics and the Public honors program is for students who exhibit passion as well as academic achievement. Handpicked for the program, they have a purpose that sometimes they don’t even know about. But the faculty know how to … Read More

Sundae Service

April 15, 2015 | By Julie Irwin Zimmerman

Lots of people want to fund good ideas that improve their community. And when there’s ice cream involved, doing good becomes fun—and yummy.

Kristine Frech, a 2008 Xavier grad, launched Cincy Sundaes last year with friend and colleague … Read More

Karaoke: The Singing Judge

April 15, 2015 | By Michael Shaw

Karaoke. Just the word might conjure up cringes and a flashback to a long-ago public performance at a bar that shall remain nameless. Or, like Joe Brinkman, you could choose to embrace those electronically enhanced moments of musical magic, … Read More

Welcome To Lydia’s House: A Home for Moms and Babes

April 15, 2015 | By Julie Irwin Zimmerman

In a sturdy three-story house two miles from Xavier’s campus, Mary Ellen Mitchell Eilerman and Elizabeth Coyle pass between the kitchen and dining room, performing the most mundane tasks—setting the table, sweeping the floor, loading the dishwasher. A pot … Read More

Estate Sales Meet the Internet: Everything but the House

April 15, 2015 | By Michael Shaw

A typical estate-sale experience is: up at 6:00 a.m., arrive on time to find the early birds have already scooped up the best items, leaving only picked-over boxes of tired tablewear and random bric-a-brac. Andy Nielsen, MBA 2013, is changing … Read More