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Faith Adedokun ’27 is second Black woman to be elected president of St. Joe’s University Student Senate.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FAITH ADEDOKUN ’27

Q&A with Faith Adedokun

Cara Santilli ’24, M.A. ’26, Copy Chief April 29, 2026

Faith Adedokun ’27 was elected president of St. Joe’s University Student Senate April 25. Adedokun, a psychology major and public policy minor, is not new to executive leadership positions. She currently...

Mia Messina ’25 sits at the NBC Sports Center desk in Stanford, Connecticut, where she will cover the Milano
Cortina Olympic Games. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIA MESSINA ’25

Q&A with Mia Messina

Monica Sowinski ’26, Assistant Sports Editor February 4, 2026

During her time at St. Joe’s, Mia Messina ’25 served as the sports editor for The Hawk and a sports desk intern for the Philadelphia Inquirer. For the second year in a row, Messina earned first place...

COURTESY OF ASHLEE MARTIN ’26

Q&A with Ashlee Martin

Diana Sosa ’27, Sports Reporter February 4, 2026

Ashlee Martin ’26 is the president of the St. Joe’s chapter of the Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania on the Lancaster campus. SNAP is an organization for nursing majors in Pennsylvania,...

Caterina Pica ’25, PharmD ’27 poses with a banner for the Eta chapter of Lambda Kappa Sigma, an organization dedicated to “empowering women in pharmacy.” 
PHOTO: PRESTON THOMAS '28/THE HAWK

Hawk Rap: President’s Edition

Grace O’Meara ’27, Assistant News Editor January 28, 2026

Caterina Pica ’25, PharmD ’27, is a pharmacy major from Staten Island. She is the president of the Eta chapter of Lambda Kappa Sigma, an organization dedicated to “empowering women in pharmacy.”...

PHOTO COURTESY OF BELLA KING ’26

Q&A with Bella King

Alyssa Yannantuono ’26, Special to The Hawk October 22, 2025

Bella King ’26 played lacrosse growing up, and when she entered college in 2022, she began playing club soccer and field hockey. King is now the president of the women’s club lacrosse team, which is...

PHOTO COURTESY OF OWEN DOUGHERTY ’26

Q&A with Owen Dougherty

Brynn Tague ’26, Special to The Hawk October 22, 2025

Owen Dougherty ’26, a finance major, is the president of the men’s club lacrosse team for the 2025-26 season. The club team has 24 members and competes in the NCLL Division II level within the Liberty...

Maisey Hartman ’27 and Eagles running back Saquon Barkley afer a Whitehall High School football game, 2016.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MAISEY HARTMAN ’27

Barkley the babysitter

Monica Sowinski ’26, Sports Reporter February 5, 2025

Maisey Hartman ’27 is an elementary education major at St. Joes. Originally from White Hall, Pennsylvania, Hartman was in elementary school when Eagles running back Saquon Barkley babysat her and her...

Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
Jean McGivney-Burelle, Ph.D., poses outside of St.
Thomas Hall, Nov. 4.
PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

Q&A with Jean McGivney-Burelle

Liv Bielawski ’27, News Reporter November 6, 2024

Jean McGivney-Burelle, Ph.D., was selected as provost and senior vice president of academic affairs in May 2024. McGivney-Burelle has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Hartford,...

Steve Moelter, Ph.D., poses at his desk in his office located in Post Hall PHOTO: MAX KELLY ’24/THE HAWK

Q&A with Steve Moelter

Max Kelly April 24, 2024

Steve Moelter, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology and co-director of the Neuroscience Program. Born and raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Moelter started skateboarding at age 12. From then...

(Left to Right) Kersti Powell, Ph.D., Adiba Jaigirdar and Ben Vanelli ’25 discuss “The Henna Wars” at Cardinal Foley Campus Center April 18. PHOTO: LUKE SANELLI ’26/THE HAWK

Q&A with Adiba Jaigirdar

Gavin Kuebler April 24, 2024

St. Joe’s department of Irish Studies collaborated with the Consulate General of Ireland April 18 to host a discussion with Adiba Jaigirdar, author of “The Henna Wars.” The novel, a young adult...

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