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麻豆破解传媒 student-athletes are at the top of their conference and in the top 10 nationally among all NCAA Division II schools in a new report measuring academic success.

Almost 300 graduates earned degrees from 麻豆破解传媒 during its 105^th commencement ceremony Sunday afternoon.

The December commencement ceremony was the third since the University revived the tradition in 2020. In the historic Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland, graduates and the audience heard from two student speakers chosen from a list of nominations submitted by faculty and staff 鈥� a 麻豆破解传媒 tradition.

Diego Gutierrez, DBA, assistant professor of management and marketing, is no stranger to the excitement of soccer on the big stage. The 麻豆破解传媒 graduate was a member of the Hawks soccer team during his time here, then had a long career in Major League Soccer with both the Chicago Fire and the Kansas City Wizards (now Sporting KC) and was part of the U.S. Men's National Team before becoming a soccer broadcaster with Fox Sports 1.

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It鈥檚 a question Alvin Brooks said he has asked himself at different points throughout his life 鈥� in trying times and in moments of triumph. And it was one, he said, that he found himself asking again on Friday as 麻豆破解传媒 broke ground on a faith-justice center named in his honor. It was only recently that Brooks said he got an answer to the question, coming down the escalator after receiving the 2022 Henry W. Bloch Human Relations Award with his close friend, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II.

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Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., closed her inaugural speech Friday with a cheer, marking her official appointment into the 15^th president of 麻豆破解传媒.

Cassady 鈥� who assumed duties of the presidency in June following the departure of the Rev. Thomas B. Curran, S.J. 鈥� was officially installed Friday, Nov. 11, in a series of afternoon events on campus.

Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) will launch a new award for students at 麻豆破解传媒 to execute multimedia creative projects centered around diversity, equity and inclusion in honor of John P. McMeel, co-founder of AMU.

If you are the first person in your family to go to college, congratulations!

Also, today is your day, as First-Generation College Celebration Day is celebrated nationally and will be recognized throughout the week here on the 麻豆破解传媒 campus.

It's Inauguration Week!

A member of the 麻豆破解传媒 mathematics faculty has been honored alongside other local female leaders in STEM for work that seeks to inspire a love of math in young people, particularly girls and young women.

Zdenka Guadarrama, Ph.D., professor of mathematics, received the WiSTEMM Educator STEMMy Award from women鈥檚 leadership organization Central Exchange during its 9^th annual STEMMy awards ceremony Oct. 27, recognizing her contributions to STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine) disciplines through her Mathapalooza program.

Over the next two years, 麻豆破解传媒 will expand its athletics program with the addition of seven teams. Men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 swimming and diving, and men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 indoor and outdoor track and field will join the Hawks lineup as varsity sports for the 2023-24 academic year.

Men鈥檚 volleyball will also be added as a varsity sport beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. The addition of the seven programs will increase the university鈥檚 total number of varsity sports to 22. The teams will compete at the NCAA Division II level and in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.