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March 31, 2023
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VOL. 56 NO. 27
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
From Chicago to Hollywood: LA Quarter launches careers in TV and film
Kristin Claes Mathews | March 31, 2023
During her senior year in the School of Cinematic Arts, Alexandra Otto returned to her home town of Los Angeles for LA Quarter, DePaul's 10-week immersive experience in Hollywood. She knew the experience would be just what she needed to break into a screenwriting career.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
DePaul University names Richard Wiltse vice president for Facility Operations
Jessica Peterson | March 31, 2023
DePaul University Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Sherri Sidler announced Rich Wiltse has been named vice president for Facility Operations, effective March 20. Wiltse has worked for DePaul his entire career and has served as the interim vice president for Facility Operations since October 2022.
DEBUZZ
DePaul's annual Gnome Hunt returns next month
Office of Student Involvement | March 31, 2023
DePaul's sixth annual Gnome Hunt will take place April 17-21. Student organizations and DePaul offices can adopt a gnome to decorate, name and provide with a backstory.
Mission: Patience as method
Jay Baglia | March 31, 2023
What challenges of life provoke our desire to move on too quickly? And what then can we draw from St. Vincent’s embrace of patience as a method?
FACULTY AND STAFF: HR NEWS
Training for DePaul managers
Office of Human Resources | March 31, 2023
In these sessions, self-paced learning modules combine with a collaborative skills lab alongside other DePaul managers. Participants will strengthen skills and practices in goal setting, goal maintenance, completing the performance appraisal process, ongoing coaching and feedback.
Life Events
LIFE EVENTS
DePaul University mourns the passing of life trustee Edward Gardner
March 31, 2023
DePaul University Life Trustee Edward Gardner passed away on Monday, March 20. Gardner founded Soft Sheen in Chicago in 1964, which grew to be the largest Black-owned beauty company in the United States by the late 1980s. He was elected to the board in 1988 and became a life trustee in 1997.
Scene At DePaul
Immersion students volunteer in New Orleans during Spring Break
Led by Ministry Coordinator for Vincentian Service and Immersion Abby Rampone, DePaul students visited New Orleans to do hands-on community service with the St. Bernard project, a national disaster recover and resilience organization dedicated to shrinking the time between disaster and recovery. From March 18-25, these students assisted in laying flooring in a home damaged by Hurricane Ida in 2021. Here they are pictured entering the state of Louisiana on their journey south.
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