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June 12, 2020

VOL. 53 NO. 36

Articles

CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

Message of solidarity from DePaul University Officers

DePaul University Officers | June 12, 2020

​We write today with one voice, as an institution inspired by Vincent de Paul, that is committed to racial equality and justice and upholding the dignity of all people.
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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.
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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.
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY

Mission: What are WE doing for Justice?

Tom Judge | June 12, 2020

​A commitment to making every effort for justice must be a pillar upon which DePaul University's mission rests.
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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.
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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.
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Increasing the Numbers: Latinx scholar awarded Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

Carol Hughes | June 12, 2020

​Community psychology doctoral student Lidia Monjaras-Gaytan recently received word that she is an awardee of a three-year prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship.
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Meet Dilpreet Kaur: Member of DePaul's first Generation Success cohort

Carolyn Brinckwirth | June 12, 2020

​DePaul's Dilpreet Kaur is a junior majoring in political science with a minor in sociology and member of the university's inaugural Generation Success program cohort.
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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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Multimedia

MULTIMEDIA

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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DePaul In The News

Hollywood Chicago • Eamon Hurd and Joe Keery

Interview: 2020 DePaul University Actor Graduate Eamon Hurd

June 8, 2020

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