News and Events
Inaugural Dr. Simpson Award Presented
The inaugural Dr. Joseph M. Simpson III Award for Excellence in Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry was presented to Andrew Maples, DDS’09, during the School of Dentistry’s Senior Awards Ceremony on May 14. Click for more …
Keeping the Campaign Aim True
The April issue of Currents, the national publication for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), features a story on how advancement personnel are continuing fundraising efforts despite the recession. Creighton University’s Lisa Calvert, vice president for University Relations, talks about the importance of listening to donors, sharing information among development staff and routinely updating campaign messaging. Click for more …
No Dispute - Werner Institute Fills Major Role in the Burgeoning Field of Conflict Resolution
(Creighton Magazine, Fall 2008) The United States is often called the most litigious society in the world. Arthur Pearlstein, professor of law and director of Creighton University School of Law’s Werner Institute for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, favors a change in course. Click for more …
Welcome to the Harper Center: Creighton’s New Front Door
(Creighton Magazine, Fall 2008) The Mike and Josie Harper Center for Student Life and Learning is Creighton University’s 21st century landmark and signature east-campus anchor. Click for more …
Curry Honors Parents with Gift
(Creighton Magazine, Fall 2008) College of Business alumnus J. Patrick “Pat” Curry, BSBA’78, was pleased that he had found a way to honor his parents and help Creighton University at the same time. He didn’t know that his gift of an endowed scholarship in his parents’ names would bring joy to what would be his mother’s final days of life. Click for more …
$1.5 Million Gift to Benefit Cardiac Center
(Creighton Magazine, Summer 2008) A hardworking southwest Iowa farm family, a strong belief in education of young people and the grace of God came together and resulted in a $1.5 million gift to the Creighton University Cardiac Center. The gift came through the generosity of former school teacher and farm manager Jacqueline E. Johnson. Click for more …
Creighton Recognized for Philanthropic Achievements
(Creighton Magazine, Summer 2008) The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) recognized Creighton University with a 2008 Educational Fundraising Award. Click for more …
Athletics Center Vision Made Reality by Generous Donors
(Creighton Magazine, Winter 2007) An idea that was planted almost five years ago — and germinated with formation of a church renovation steering committee, input from parishioners, and funding from parishioners, Jesuits and Creighton donors — blossomed in a radiant unveiling this summer on the Creighton campus. Click for more …
Renovated St. John’s Church Unveiled
(Creighton Magazine, Fall 2007) An idea that was planted almost five years ago — and germinated with formation of a church renovation steering committee, input from parishioners, and funding from parishioners, Jesuits and Creighton donors — blossomed in a radiant unveiling this summer on the Creighton campus. Click for more …
Creighton Receives CASE Overall Performance Award
(Creighton Magazine, Fall 2007) Creighton University was one of only 30 institutions of higher learning — out of more than 1,000 — to receive the 2007 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Award for Educational Fundraising for superior university relations programming. Creighton attained an Overall Performance Award based on judges’ analysis of data over a three-year period. Click for more …
Venture Capitalist Invests in Magis Clinic
(Creighton Magazine, Summer 2007) A partner in the venture capital firm Melbourne Partners, Peter “Rocky” Snawerdt is an Omaha native. On a recent trip to his hometown, he learned of the Magis Clinic, an outpatient clinic for homeless and uninsured people conceived and operated by Creighton University School of Medicine students. One visit to the clinic and Snawerdt was impressed. Click for more …
Creighton Announces Harper Center
(Feb. 13, 2007) A generous gift from Charles M. "Mike" Harper, former chairman and CEO of ConAgra Foods Inc. and RJR-Nabisco, and an emeritus member of Creighton University's Board of Directors, will provide the operating support for the newly named Mike and Josie Harper Center for Student Life and Learning. Click for more ...
Scholarship, Family Motivate Law Student
(Creighton Magazine, Winter 2006) Suman Barua did not grow up in a Bangladesh mud hut like his father, or become a farm laborer like his mother, but he might have, and he well knows it. Click for more ...
Love of Farming, Medicine Blossom at Creighton
(Creighton Magazine, Winter 2006) James Laumond, MD'64, credits a serendipitous decision to attend Creighton University School of Medicine with having long-lasting influences on his professional and personal life. Click for more ...
Desire to Benefit Community Motivates Gift
(Creighton Magazine, Winter 2006) When it came to estate planning, longtime Omaha residents Joan E. (Harmon) McCarthy, ARTS'59, and Edward J. McCarthy, BSC'56, knew that they wanted to give back to their community in some way. Click for more ...