When covid-19 lockdowns hit South Africa in early 2020, Zoliswa Flekisi was focused on making sure deaf students still had access to information and education.
Flekisi, who is deaf, is a facilitator...
Names of the four girls interviewed for this story are omitted to protect their privacy.
Phoenix, South Africa — The four girls at 101 Children’s foster home prefer to listen to Snoop Dogg, or...
Mautse, South Africa — Tshepo is the Sesotho word for hope, which is why Thabisang Kantini finds the name Tshepo Generation Soup Kitchen so fitting for the organization’s mission: to “bring hope...
Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, filmmaker and a leading national voice on immigration in the U.S., visited St. Joe’s campus on March 31 through the SJU Reads early arrival...
Faculty and administrators from St. Joe’s and the University of the Sciences gathered on April 1 for the first day of a two-part Pedagogy Showcase taking place this month.
The first day of...
Tenure-track faculty at the University of the Sciences are at risk of not having their positions renewed once the institution merges with St. Joe’s, according to a Feb. 17 letter from members of the...
Writer examines her need to apologize
I’m sorry, but I’m what you might call a serial apologizer. You bump into me? Whoops, no, that’s my fault. I missed your call because I was at a doctor’s appointment?...
Multiple sections of the university’s new one-credit diversity course, Inequality in American Society (INT 151), are at risk of getting canceled for the spring 2022 semester due to under enrollment.
As...
The 70s are back in style: there are enough flare pants, chunky heels, halter tops, funky patterns and bright colors to go around. So why not bring back some music to accompany the revival of the times?
People...
I heard The Bayou Bar and Jazz Lounge before I saw it.
Pre-recorded jazz music floated out from the front door of the lounge at 5025 Baltimore Ave. in West Philadelphia. The door to the lounge was tucked...
Silvino Alexander ’22 was in Merion Hall when he first heard about a shooting near campus last week.
Alexander said he saw multiple news helicopters overhead on Oct. 26. Initially, he heard from friends...
When Lisa Lam ’25 began college this fall, she knew what to expect, in part because of her participation in a summer university program designed to help underrepresented students in STEM (science, technology,...
