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June 12, 2020
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VOL. 53 NO. 36
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Financial measures to prepare for fall
A. Gabriel Esteban, Salma Ghanem and Jeff Bethke | June 12, 2020
While we are encouraged by some of the early enrollment numbers for Fall, like universities across the country, DePaul has begun planning for significant financial repercussions as a result of COVID-19.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Expectations for use of face coverings
University Marketing and Communications | June 12, 2020
DePaul's Restarting Campus Operations Task Force has determined the use of face coverings will be a part of many aspects of returning to campus. Faculty, staff and students are expected to provide their own face coverings. The university will have a limited supply to share when people occasionally forget theirs.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Wellness: Compassion, care and kindness for uur graduates
Katrina Wagner | June 12, 2020
As each week passes, we have found ourselves being challenged every which way in our lives. With commencement quickly approaching, we know graduates have many thoughts, feelings and concerns about their graduation.
INTO THE ARCHIVES
Notable commencements in DePaul's history
Brittan Nannenga | June 12, 2020
While graduation ceremonies are traditionally momentous occasions for those students and their families, this year the celebratory occasion is also marked by a significant moment in human history.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
A big heart for all things DePaul: Remembering the Rev. Thomas Grace, C.M.
Mark Laboe | June 12, 2020
The Rev. Tom Grace, C.M., a beloved Vincentian priest who held several different positions at DePaul intermittently from the late 1960s into the early 2000s, died on Friday, June 5, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. Considered "a big man with a big heart for all things DePaul," Fr. Grace's dedication to the university community spanned several decades.
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Alumni share rendition of 'I Will Lift My Eyes' with graduating class
June 12, 2020
When Matthew Verive (CDM '18) heard the 2020 graduating class would not have an in-person Baccalaureate Mass - now scheduled online for June 12 - because of COVID-19, he got creative. Verive knew this experience was special for graduates and didn't want this year to be any different. He reached out to his fellow alumni to record "I Will Lift My Eyes," a special hymn traditionally sung at the last Sunday Night Mass of the year for seniors.
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