Saint Leo University celebrated community, family, the future, and the accomplishments of the university’s many distinguished alumni during the Homecoming 2022 weekend. Notably, however, the morning of October 22 opened with the Presidential Brunch and presentation of the ’21 and ’22 Alumni Awards.
October 10 is Worldwide Mental Health Day and Saint Leo University did their best to help their students. With midterms approaching and the semester in full swing, Saint Leo made sure that their students had time to take a step away from all the hustle and bustle that comes along with being college students.
On September 25, in a press release, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in all 67 counties and activated the State Emergency Operations Center at level one.
The Intercultural Student Association was joined by multiple clubs on University Campus to promote cultural awareness on the evening of October 5. Some of the clubs present included the Black Student Union, Caribbean Student Association, Asian-American Pacific Islander Student Association, and more.
Navigate is a new tool that Saint Leo University launched on September 15. The tool is used to help students find their course schedules and contact information on success coaches and advisors, along with the ability to view instructor office hours.
While the average person off the street might not group the topics of multimedia, archangels, and evangelization into one conversation, a new initiative by the Diocese of Saint Petersburg is doing exactly that.
University Ministry leaders hosted a retreat where freshmen spent one and a half days off campus, praying and participating in fun activities that helped them make friends and meet a few upperclassmen.
Dadez assumed the role of president on July 1 and has been largely focused on understanding the status of the institution whose responsibility he has inherited. However, despite the current brevity of his time in office, Dadez has already identified four main areas of concern that the university must address first: the budget deficit, recruitment, retention, and the organizational culture.
Dr. Barney “Tim” McCoy Lowder Jr., 65, an associate professor of management at Saint Leo University, passed away on June 23, 2022. Family, friends, faculty, staff, and students gathered to commemorate Lowder and share memories in TECO Hall on August 17.
Imagine marching through jungles for months, unaware of what’s on the other side, and unable to remove your boots for fear of swelling. This was a reality for Donald Popp, formally a Specialist Fourth Class in the United States Army, who received his draft at the age of eighteen in 1969.
