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June 25, 2021
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VOL. 54 NO. 39
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FACULTY AND STAFF: HR NEWS
Pay and benefits information about Stress Relief Days Program
Office of Human Resources | June 25, 2021
The Stress Relief Days Program provides two days of paid time off for full-time, benefits-eligible employees, to be used between June 20 and Sept. 22, 2021. These hours must be used as whole days and must be recorded.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Law professor receives grant to study health insurance behavior
David Ben-Arie | June 25, 2021
Wendy Netter Epstein, professor and associate dean of the DePaul University College of Law, and two colleagues at other universities have been awarded a grant to study whether "generosity framing" can encourage the purchase of health insurance.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Top five questions answered about returning to campus
Community Health Team | June 25, 2021
After more than a year of learning, working and socializing from home, DePaul students, faculty and staff may have questions about returning to campus. The five most common questions are answered here.
HEY STUDENTS! NEWS YOU NEED
In-person campus tours
Division of Student Affairs | June 25, 2021
DePaul will provide in-person tours of the Lincoln Park campus each Thursday in July. These 90-minute tours are particularly intended for current students who started at or transferred to DePaul during the 2020-2021 academic year. Similar tours are planned for Welcome Week in September, as well. Questions? Email
orientation@depaul.edu.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Orientation programs begin June 22: Help welcome new students this summer
Eugene L. Zdziarski, II, PhD, Vice President for Student Affairs | June 25, 2021
Summer is when we welcome over 4,000 new students to DePaul through new student orientation. Freshmen participate in Premiere DePaul and transfer and adult students in Transition DePaul. Even though orientation programs are again online this summer, we are still welcoming many new Blue Demons into the community, and your help in doing this is more important than ever.
DEBUZZ
Criminology faculty, student receive national honors
Scott Butterworth | June 25, 2021
Claudia Mulica, a junior in criminology, and Director of Criminology Xavier Perez received national awards this spring from Alpha Phi Sigma, the Criminal Justice Honor Society, that recognize their efforts in establishing a chapter at DePaul.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Juneteenth
A. Gabriel Esteban | June 25, 2021
DePaul University recognizes the significance of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, signed into law by President Biden, June 17, 2021, which makes June 19 a federal holiday.
Mission: What a Week!
Tom Judge | June 25, 2021
This last week at DePaul has been unprecedented, even by the standards of this past, most challenging, year.
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Faculty offers guidance for setting and reaching goals
Antonio Morales-Pita | June 25, 2021
The deeply inspirational book "Is It Possible to Inspire Anyone?" is readable, compelling and persuasive. It has the potential to transform the ways readers approach, establish and achieve goals in a sustainable way.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
The Rev. Jeremy Dixon, C.M., to leave St. Vincent de Paul Church
Maria Toscano | June 25, 2021
Rev. Jeremy Dixon, C.M., will step down as pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish at the end of July, he announced. Father Dixon plans to take an extended leave to reflect upon his next steps and discern where he will be called to serve next.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
Vincentian priests celebrate their jubilees
Congregation of the Mission | Western Province | June 25, 2021
Vincentian priests Rev. Robert Gielow, C.M., Rev. Hugh O'Donnell, C.M., and Rev. Robert Rohrich, C.M., are celebrating their jubilees this spring — 50, 60, and 60 years, respectively.
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