Xavier Magazine
Stories about the People of Xavier University
Sustainability
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
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.
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
Fueling Jesuit Ideals
July 1, 2011 | Xavier UniversityEthics and values have always been part of the Jesuit curriculum. But does it make a difference? Associate professor of theology Elizabeth Groppe would argue that it does. As proof, she offers this story of what happened to her this … Read More
