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Cabrini Receives National Recognition for Community Service
RADNOR, Pa. (April 22, 2013) — Cabrini College has been named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the sixth time. It is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service learning, and civic engagement.
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Student Project on Arab Spring Continues to Garner Attention from PBS, CRS, Others
RADNOR, Pa. (Jan. 22, 2013) – Last fall, the College Media Association (CMA) honored a group of Cabrini College alumni for an international multimedia project they produced as students on the Arab Spring.
YouthVoicesRise.com, a capstone project created by 13 students in a senior Honors Convergence class, shines a light on how the group’s peers in the Middle East risked their lives to help inspire a democratic movement.
Faculty advisor Cathy Yungmann, an associate professor of communication at Cabrini, recently published a piece on PBS’ Media Shift website, “How Students Used Technology to Study Abroad while Staying Home.”
The American American University in Cairo – which collaborated with the Cabrini students – reported on the project, and Catholic Relief Services also featured YouthVoicesRise.com on their website.
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Communication Students’ Capstone Project on Arab Spring Earns National Award
RADNOR, Pa. (Nov. 30, 2012) – In September 2011, a group of Cabrini College seniors brainstormed potential ideas for their capstone project. They wanted to create something memorable. After all, this project would, in many respects, be their crowning achievement as communications majors.
The class of 2012 was the first class at Cabrini to graduate through a full four years of the Justice Matters curriculum, so they knew their project should relate to a local or global issue of social justice.
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Sept 19: College Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Wolfington Center
RADNOR, Pa. (Sept. 17, 2012) — On Wednesday, Sept. 19, Cabrini College celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Wolfington Center, a centralized office on campus that helps to weave students’ intellectual and spiritual development with commitments to social justice and human dignity.
Marcy and Eustace Wolfington will be among those on campus to celebrate this milestone event. Eustace Wolfington addressed bachelor’s degree candidates and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters at the May 2012 Commencement.
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Cabrini Welcomes to Campus Domestic Violence Education Leader, Oct. 9
RADNOR, Pa. (Sept. 14, 2012) – Jackson Katz, Ph.D., who is recognized for his work with the National Football League, Major League Baseball, and U.S. Army Personnel in Iraq, will present at Cabrini College on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Grace Hall Atrium (610 King of Prussia Road, Radnor).
An expert on violence, media, and masculinity, Katz is co-founder of the multiracial, mixed-gender Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society. Since 1997, Katz and other MVP staff have trained coaches, players and front office personnel of several teams in the NFL and in MLB, as well as U.S. Army personnel in Iraq, as Katz was a member of the U.S. Secretary of Defense’s Task Force on Domestic Violence in the military from 2000 to 2003.
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Catholic Relief Services Awards Cabrini and Saint Joseph's Fair Trade Grant
RADNOR, Pa. (June 27, 2011) — Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has awarded Cabrini College and Saint Joseph’s University a $14,000 grant to further develop the schools’ efforts in promoting fair trade. The schools will match the grant to foster greater awareness of fair trade through immersion trips, academic research and coursework. A fair trade consortium also will be formed among 12 area Catholic colleges and universities to support future collaborations to advance fair trade in the region.
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U.S. Ambassador, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee to Speak on World Hunger
RADNOR, Pa. (April 8, 2011) — Former U.S. Ambassador and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Tony Hall will speak at Cabrini on Monday, April 11, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Grace Hall Atrium. Since March 28, Hall has been on a fast to focus public attention on the potential effects that could result from the proposed cuts by Congress to domestic and international anti-poverty and hunger programs. Joining Hall will be Jim Wallis (president and CEO of Sojourners), David Beckmann (president of Bread for the World) and Ritu Sharma (president of Women Thrive Worldwide).
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Students Lobby on Capitol Hill for Global Change
RADNOR, Pa. (Dec. 13, 2010) — Peace in Sudan and a long-term commitment to reconstruction efforts in Haiti were among the issues of social justice for which 20 Cabrini College students lobbied U.S. senate and house members on Capitol Hill earlier this month.
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Cabrini's Environmental Work Featured in Scholarly Journal
RADNOR, Pa. (Nov. 16, 2010) —The latest issue of the higher education journal Metropolitan Universities highlights Cabrini College’s environmental initiatives with its partner city of Norristown.
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Norristown Lauds Cabrini for Service, Commemorates Partnership
RADNOR, Pa. (July 8, 2010) — Norristown’s Municipal Council presented Cabrini College President Marie Angelella George and members of the Wolfington Center a resolution commending the success of the College’s partnership with Norristown at a Council meeting on July 6.
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Cabrini Is First PA College to Host Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Immigration Reform
RADNOR, Pa. (June 9, 2010) — Cabrini College was the first higher education institution in Pennsylvania to host a prayer service as part of the national Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Immigrants and Immigration Reform.
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Cabrini, CRS Officially Renew Partnership
RADNOR, Pa. (April 9, 2010) - On April 7, Joan Rosenhauer, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Executive Vice President for US Operations, and Dr. Marie Angelella George, President of Cabrini College, signed a Memorandum of Understanding renewing the partnership originally signed in April 2005. Cabrini was the first college to partner with CRS.
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Students Rally in D.C. for Immigration Reform, Witness Health Care Vote
RADNOR, Pa. (March 31, 2010) — Thirteen students traveled to Washington, D.C. on March 21 to join hundreds of thousands of people to rally for comprehensive immigration reform. They also witnessed the historic vote for health care reform and met with members from New York's Cabrini Immigrant Services at a Mass for reform at St. Aloysius Church.
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Student Earns Good Citizen Scholarship at Cabrini College
Francine Clement, a junior sociology major at Cabrini College, recently received a $1,000 Commonwealth Good Citizen scholarship for her extraordinary service and extracurricular activities at Cabrini.
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Author of "Dead Man Walking" to Speak at Cabrini
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of the best-selling book, Dead Man Walking, will address the topics of death-row prisoners and the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the poor during Cabrini College's annual Founder's Day.
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Cabrini Students Launch Year-Long Campaign to Aid Hurricane Victims
Students at Cabrini College today launched a year-long campaign to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. Cabrini's Heart at Work Campaign began today with a volunteer fair recruiting students and accepting donations. Every student organization on campus is participating in the campaign.
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Cabrini Launches New Community-Service Initiative in Norristown
Cabrini College, the first college in Pennsylvania to require community service of all its students, announced today it will launch Cabrini Partnership Project at Norristown, a first-of-its-kind "Community Education Center" that will offer programs for adults and children alike.
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Cabrini Announces New Partnership With Catholic Relief Services
Cabrini College, a small, Catholic college located in suburban Philadelphia, today became the first college to sign on with Catholic Relief Services in its new global efforts.