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Normally filled with students throughout the afternoon, the seating at Campion Dining hall was roped off and empty on Mar. 18. PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA '20/THE HAWK

SJU Dining staff furloughed due to the coronavirus

Alex Hargrave April 18, 2020

Currently, 175 of 186 total hourly associates, managers and supervisors contracted from Aramark are placed on furlough through mid-May, according to Kristina Coble, general manager of SJU Dining.  Under...

ILLUSTRATION: CASEY WOOD '23/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s partners with MarchingOrder for virtual conferral of degrees

Alex Hargrave April 6, 2020

St. Joe’s will virtually confer degrees upon members of the class of 2020 on May 16 using a platform offered by MarchingOrder, a company that provides technology for college and university graduation...

Students can opt for Pass/No Penalty course designation. Here's what that means.

Students can opt for Pass/No Penalty course designation. Here’s what that means.

Alex Hargrave March 23, 2020

St. Joe’s students will now have the option to designate any undergraduate course they are taking this semester Pass/No Penalty (P/NP), according to an announcement from Cheryl McConnell, Ph.D., provost...

Inside Landmark American Tap & Grill on March 18. Workers are doing a deep cleaning of the space while patrons are not allowed to dine in. PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA '20/THE HAWK

Local business owners surrounding St. Joe’s feel effects of the coronavirus

Alex Hargrave March 18, 2020

Albin Bailey, general manager of Landmark Americana, the bar and restaurant located on 54th Street across from Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena, had to send his staff home at 5 p.m. on March 16 following an...

The Cardinal Foley Center on the Lower Merion side of St. Joe's campus. PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA '20/THE HAWK

Montgomery County non-essential facilities to close, City of Philadelphia bans large-scale events

Alex Hargrave March 12, 2020

Non-essential personnel, including all professors, are expected to telecommute, University President Mark Reed, Ed.D, announced in an email to the university community on the evening of March 12. Earlier...

PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA '20/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s prepares for potential coronavirus exposure

Alex Hargrave March 9, 2020

St. Joe’s is preparing for the possibility of an outbreak of the novel coronavirus on campus amid 10 presumptive positive cases in Pennsylvania. There are currently no confirmed cases of coronavirus...

Cleaners contracted through Arthur Jackson changed their uniforms after the switch to ABM.
PHOTO: ALEX HARGRAVE ’20/THE HAWK

University contracts new housekeeping vendor after over 30 years

Alex Hargrave February 11, 2020

St. Joe’s selected a new housekeeping provider, American Building Maintenance (ABM), ending their contract with The Arthur Jackson Company as of Feb. 1. Arthur Jackson, the university’s provider...

Almost 500,000 employers engage with the Handshake community each year, including Fortune 500, local small businesses and nonprofits.
PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Fraudulent employer identified on Handshake

Alex Hargrave February 4, 2020

Alexis Wilson ’19 started searching for employment opportunities on Handshake, an online career resource platform used by the St. Joe’s Career Development Center (CDC), after graduating in May...

Yvonne Blake, the current owner of Hakim’s Bookstore, sits behind the counter of the shop while addressing a customer. PHOTOS: ALEX HARGRAVE ’20/THE HAWK

Hakim’s Bookstore, a ‘South 52nd Street staple’

Alex Hargrave January 21, 2020

Before Christmas, Joseph Sparks set out to buy a Bible, along with various other books, for a boy at his church in West Philadelphia. Sparks, now a Delaware County resident, knew exactly where to go. Sparks...

Q&A with associate provost for inclusion, equity and diversity

Q&A with associate provost for inclusion, equity and diversity

Alex Hargrave January 21, 2020

Nicole Stokes, Ph.D., has been appointed as the inaugural associate provost for diversity, equity and inclusion. Stokes will fill the chief diversity officer position that has been vacant since June...

PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA '20/THE HAWK

CDO search continues

Alex Hargrave December 10, 2019

Three finalists in the search for an associate provost of diversity, equity and inclusion visited campus from Dec. 2 to Dec. 6. Each candidate met with members of the search advisory committee (SAC) and...

Widrig completes the final lap of his 100 days of 5Ks. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS '22

Ethan Widrig completes 100 days of 5Ks for Alzheimer’s awareness

Alex Hargrave December 4, 2019

Ethan Widrig ’20 ran a 5K on Dec. 3, just like he’s done for the past 100 days. This particular run on the Kevin Quinn ’62 track took slightly longer than usual, as he slowed to a walk on his final...

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