Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – A new citywide collegiate student group that will provide a sounding board for private and public sector organizations seeking to tap into Worcester’s huge student market was announced today at a 3 p.m. press conference in the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross will present The Spiritual Landscapes of Adrienne Farb, 1980-2006 from August 30 to Dec. 16. Consisting of more than 29 works, this … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Sister Helen Prejean, a leading advocate for the abolition of the death penalty, will deliver a lecture titled “The Death of Innocents and the Death Penalty” on Monday, September 11 at 7 p.m. in the Hogan Campus … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The first home games for the Holy Cross men’s and women’s soccer teams will take place on the new, state-of-the-art Linda Johnson Smith Stadium, which has been under construction since last spring. The stadium features a top-quality … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross announced today that it has concluded the most successful capital campaign in its history, raising a total of $216.3 million – far surpassing its original goal of $175 million. “This is … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Board of Directors of the Nativity School of Worcester, a private Jesuit (Catholic) inner-city middle school for boys living in Main South and other vulnerable neighborhoods of Worcester, has hired a new executive director and new … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross has announced that Virginia C. Raguin, professor of visual arts, has been named the next Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., Professor in the Humanities, and Judith A. Chubb, professor of political … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Kathryn Casey, a 2003 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross from Long Island City, N.Y., is among 77 recipients of the 2006 Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship. She was chosen after a nationwide selection process … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross and Redfeather Theatre Company have partnered to present Shakespeare’s As You Like It from Aug. 2 to 20, Wednesdays through Sundays, at 7 p.m., at the Memorial Grove Amphitheatre in Green … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Katherine L. Fitzpatrick ’08 from Queensbury, N.Y., is this year’s recipient of the Mrs. Kate C. Power Medal. The award is presented to the highest ranking student(s) in the second-year class. Fitzpatrick holds the top ranking among … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Victoria Rodrigue ’07, a music major with a German minor from Bolton, Conn., will be spending her summer in Germany after receiving a scholarship from the DAAD, the German Government’s Academic Exchange Service. She is among only … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Citing it as a groundbreaking account of how Charleston came to be saved for future generations, judges of the 2006 Historic Preservation Book Prize presented the award to Stephanie E. Yuhl, associate professor of history at the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Suzanne Kohn, a senior at the College of the Holy Cross from Elmsford, N.Y., who spent the 2005-2006 academic year studying in Scotland, is one of 72 students nationwide named a Student Ambassador by the British Council … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Tucker Frawley ’06, a former Holy Cross baseball star who received his degree in economics in May, has signed with the Worcester Tornadoes organization of the Can-Am League. It’s a homecoming for the just-graduated New Haven, Conn., … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Moira O’Neil ’06, a French major with a self-designed international development minor from Maysville, Ky., has received an assistantship to teach English at a secondary school in La Reunion, a small island off the East Coast of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Timothy R. Austin, Ph.D., dean of Creighton University’s College of Arts and Sciences and professor of English, Omaha, Neb., will become the new vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College of the Holy Cross. … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Kathleen Derrig ’06, a classics major from Chicago, has received a Fulbright grant to work and study in Germany. A member of the College Honors Program, she will serve as a teaching assistant of English in what … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Kathleen Seltzer, a history major with a women’s and gender studies concentration from West Chester, Pa., has received an assistantship to teach English at a secondary school in the Versailles region of France. Seltzer originally sought a … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Rev. Thomas Worcester, S.J., associate professor of history at the College of the Holy Cross, was recently named the 2005-2006 recipient of the Mary Louise Marfuggi Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship. Made possible by a generous gift … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross will host Academic Conference 2006 from April 26 through April 29. The four-day conference is designed to provide students from a broad spectrum of academic disciplines with an opportunity to present … Continue reading →