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FALL 2021 · Volume 37
Issue 3
The Gift of Creighton
Students are at the center of the
most ambitious campaign in the
University's 143-year history
PHOTO BY KENT SIEVERS
Message from the President
The Light of Creighton Burns Brightly
Creighton President
the Rev. Daniel S.
Hendrickson, SJ, PhD,
speaks with student
Eliana Rodriguez on
stage at the Forward
Blue campaign launch
event in October.
The campaign's No. 1
priority is supporting
opportunities for
scholarship recipients
like Rodriguez.
W e held a Town Hall at the beginning of the
fall semester, in person in Omaha and virtu-
ally for our campus in Phoenix and those liv-
ing and learning at points far
FALL 2021 · Volume 37 Issue 3 The Gift of Creigh
PHOTO BY KENT SIEVERS
Message from the President The Light of Cre
CREIGHTON FAL
24 PUTTING OUR STUDENTS FIRST First-generation co
Creighton Connections UNIVERSITY NEWS
patients treated for COVID-19 who came from diver
CREIGHTON CONNECTIONS University News help
`Privilege of My Lifetime' Rasmussen Retires as
CREIGHTON CONNECTIONS University News Crei
to divide us as a people,” Cupich said. “We have
CREIGHTON CONNECTIONS University News
I think of it as an active recovery group. We're
BY THE NUMBERS Meet the Freshman Class C
“Class of 2025, let us have a great journey t
LESSON PLAN From 9/11 to COVID, Exploring
a whole rally around a particular incident and fe
Creighton University started with a single gift.
The Gift of Creighton BY Micah Mertes Creigh
What to know about making a gift to Creighton's c
Scholarshi
COLIN CONCES 20 Forward Blue is a call to all o
KENT SIEVERS Celebrating Forward Blue Creighton
DAVE WEAVER Creighton Names New AD Blossom Excit
“I'm extremely confident that we are goin
24 Creighton
Putting Our Students First BY Micah Mertes Cr
“At Creighton, it goes beyond school and academi
JIM FACKLER combining programs that are already
First-Gen First-generation students discuss thei
“I will take into my community all the skills and
Faith in the Journey A sculpture of St. Ignatiu
31
THERE HE STANDS, holding the world aloft, a strik
Capturing a Saint The six-foot Phoenix Ignatius
A Transformational Moment
35
“So I'm very grateful to have Creighton here and
Meet Our Students Creighton University is committ
MeetOurStudents A drianne Pugh'
Gallego also acknowledged Creighton's values-
40 Creighton
REFLECTIONS A Familiar Fall Feeling Students m
IMPACT Developing Confident Leaders In a new pa
ALUMNI NOTES Send Us Your News Penned your long-
administrative oversight to the areas that influen
the solid waste program for the state of Iowa and
WEDDINGS 04 Nicole F. Schroeder, BSN,
Support Your School or College Our mission-drive
CREIGHTON CONVERSATIONS Final Word new buildi
Now is the time. (You know the place.) Creigh
Scholarships are foundational to our missio