This summer the offices of Alumni and Parent Relations, Community and Government Relations, and Web Development moved to a new location at 3625 West 103rd Street. University Relations, including Special Events, Media Relations, Publications and Marketing, moved to its new location at 3537 West 111th Street.
We will soon be renovating the former Baptist church facility at 104th and Spaulding into a state-of-the-art Visual Arts Campus, and we plan to turn the former United Methodist church building at 110th and South St. Louis into a one-stop Student Operations Center for advising and financial services. We are also completing plans for a development for the corner of Pulaski and 103rd Street into a student residence/retail center.
Students have just moved into our newest residence hall, completed this summer (pictured left). The “green” facility, to be named after one of our founding Sisters of Mercy, Mother Agatha O’Brien, was built to LEED Gold environmental standards as set forth by the U.S. Green Building Council.We make all such changes in conjunction with our ongoing effort to be the best neighbor possible to surrounding residents. Why is this important? Because as a liberal arts university founded upon the principles of the Sisters of Mercy, we are bound to serve and enhance the lives of everyone. To that end, Saint Xavier University provides a wide array of programs and services to improve the quality of life for the surrounding community.
- For better communication with its neighbors, Saint Xavier created the Community Connection Council to meet regularly to share ideas and concerns.
- Saint Xavier sends a periodic Community Connections Newsletter to apprise neighbors of its many resources and cultural/sporting events available to the community. Saint Xavier also created a Community Connections Web site.
- Saint Xavier University Health Center, a nurse practitioner-staffed primary care facility, accommodated 4,500 patient visits last year. More than 50 percent were community members from outside the University.
- The Ludden Speech Language Clinic provides diagnosis and treatment for 150-200 clients per year.
- Merwick Academy, founded in 1956, provides educational tutorial programs for elementary and secondary students of public, parochial, and private schools.
- Saint Xavier University sends $110 million into the local economy every year.
We also have an entire office dedicated to addressing any concerns or questions our neighbors might have. You can reach our director of Community and Government Relations, Maureen Connor-Kelly, at (773) 298-3449 or connorkelly@sxu.edu.
