Welcome!

Welcome to Saint Xavier University's new presidential blog, The Warde Report. This fall we have much to look forward to, and I will be providing additional updates throughout the year.

We are honored that Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepted our invitation to be the third speaker in our highly successful SXU Voices & Visions Speaker Series on September 25. The University will also award Mr. Wiesel the degree of Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa. Prior to his lecture, Mr. Wiesel will conduct a special class with Saint Xavier students.

We are also honored to welcome James Carville and Mary Matalin to the Saint Xavier University Shannon Center Thursday, Oct. 30, just days before our exciting November presidential election. Carville and Matalin, who are married, are two of the foremost Democratic and Republican political consultants in the country.

We look forward to the dedication of the newest residence hall on October 15, following the meeting of the Board of Trustees. In recognition of her founding role as one of the original Chicago Sisters of Mercy, Saint Xavier University will name this residence hall in honor of Mother Mary Agatha O’Brien, R.S.M.

This year, Saint Xavier University will incorporate a number of initiatives in order to further ensure the safety of all students, faculty and staff. An informative tabletop safety guide will soon be distributed throughout campus in all classrooms, offices and residence halls so that important safety information will be readily available. In addition, we plan a Campus Safety Awareness Day for the fall semester, and safety information cards will be added to the back of all doors in each residence hall.

I look forward to sharing more with you throughout the year.

Sincerely,

Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D. President