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University offers tenure buyout program for faculty

Vincent Kornacki April 10, 2024

Tenured St. Joe’s faculty members were given the opportunity to participate in a tenure buyout program, as first announced in a Feb. 8 email to all tenured faculty from James Carter, Ph.D., interim...

Todd Erkis on the pitch.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TODD ERKIS

Professors by day, referees by night

Tyler Nice October 26, 2021

College professors are used to navigating various complaints from students. However, a select few professors from the Erivan K. Haub School of Business have been the recipients of far more egregious complaints...

Justin McGee ’23, Steven Tantillo ’24, Peter Paino ’23 and Andre Hatcher ’23 study for midterms.
PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

Students and faculty reflect on week-long fall break

Lily Steele October 19, 2021

Madelyn Rose ’22 was determined to have a fun fall break during her senior year. So, she traveled to Nashville, Tennessee with her friends.  “I think once we heard that we would have a normal semester,...

What I wish my professors knew

What I wish my professors knew

Leslie Quan February 16, 2021

Taking classes during COVID-19 There is not one waking moment when my eyes aren’t staring at my laptop screen. Whether it be classes on Zoom, events on Zoom, meetings on Zoom or SI sessions on Zoom,...

Faculty members teach in socially distant classrooms with limited interaction. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Faculty find new ways to create a classroom community

Christine Disanti September 22, 2020

As students move in and out of quarantine and isolation, faculty members are finding new ways to adjust their curriculum and connect with their students. With a month of classes underway, St. Joe’s...

GRAPHIC: CASEY WOOD 23/THE HAWK

St Joe’s professors and students participate in Scholar Strike

Eddie Daou September 10, 2020

Professors and students across the country participated in a nationwide Scholar Strike for Anti-Racism on Sept. 8 and 9 to support the fight for racial justice.  The strike was initiated by Anthea Butler,...

Professors find their way through ‘Zoom University’

Professors find their way through ‘Zoom University’

Zach Dobinson April 26, 2020

At an economics department meeting on March 5, Nancy Fox, Ph.D., associate professor of economics, recalled being asked to create a plan should the university choose to transition to a virtual format for...

A sign the children of Kristen Grimes, Ph.D. made so that they know when she is teaching in her home office. PHOTO COURTESY OF KRISTEN GRIMES, PH.D.

Staff and faculty juggle work from home and childcare

Cara Smith April 18, 2020

Kay Cosgrove, Ph.D., professor of English, is currently adjusting her three sections of English 102 to online instruction,  virtually advising three graduate students on their theses for the masters program...

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