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Bobcats Unite: Bringing the community together

Students at Quinnipiac University gathered in the Carl Hansen Student Center Piazza Thursday, March 26, for Bobcats Unite, an event aimed to bring the campus community together through food, activities and student engagement. The event featured tables set up throughout the Piazza, where students could pick up T-shirts, grab pizza and take part in different…

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Quinnipiac concludes it’s Strategic Visioning Plan events and looks forward to it’s enactment

When Marie Hardin was announced as the next president of Quinnipiac University, she and her team began what was called Strategic Visioning, a three-step program meant to integrate new vision and mission statements for the next three years.  The third event, Strategic Visioning Part III, took place on Tuesday, March 25, in the Communications, Computing…

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EMERGE CT screens its first feature film for the first time at Quinnipiac

Quinnipiac’s Prison Education and Community Engagement Initiative (PECEI) held a screening for “As We Emerge: Monologues of the Formerly Incarcerated” in the School of Business auditorium March 24. Before the film was made in 2024, the PECEI had been chugging along for nearly a decade. According to Quinnipiac Professor of Social Work Amber Kelly, the…

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Quinnipiac department of athletics hosts Belfast Giants Chair Robert Fitzpatrick

Coming all the way from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Belfast Giants Chair Robert Fitzpatrick spoke to a crowded room of Quinnipiac students in the Mt. Carmel Auditorium at an event organized by the Quinnipiac Department of Athletics on March 25. “My greatest gift isn’t vision, I’d argue my greatest gift is humility,” Fitzpatrick said. The Belfast…

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ESPN’s Katie Feeney makes ‘What’s Your Story?’ debut

ESPN Sports and Lifestyle Content Creator Katie Feeney joined Associate Professor of Journalism and Sports Communications Program Director Nick Pietruszkiewicz Tuesday for the most recent episode of “What’s Your Story?” The YouTube series features industry professionals and gives students access to sports media moguls on a smaller stage. Feeney, just 23 years old, garners a…

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QTHON, Lighting the Way

Students at Quinnipiac University gathered at QTHON’s Light the Way event, one of the school’s largest of the year. The organization raises money all year in support of children and families at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, and the grand total is revealed at the end of the event. The daylong event brought together students, families…

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Quinnipiac’s Muslim Student Association hosts final Iftar night of the year

Quinnipiac’s Muslim Student Association decided to end the season of Ramadan with lots of friends, food and fun. The president of MSA, senior political science and criminal justice major Riaz Ras has organized all sorts of events for his club, with the Iftar night being a favorite. Muslim and non-Muslim students partake in the feast,…

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The Oscars: Film, Fashion & Freedom ‘Unfiltered Comm-versations’ addresses politics in film

Mary Schmitt, Assistant Professor of Film, Television and Media Arts said society is living in a “world that’s on fire.” And while many may escape to the movie theaters to block out the noise, often times the big screen mirrors reality anyway. Quinnipiac University’s School of Communications’ Diversity Committee held its newest edition of “Unfiltered…

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Quinnipiac embraces ‘Bracket Madness’ for March Madness

As the weather gets warmer and clocks jump forward an hour, it only means one thing: it’s March Madness season. The Quinnipiac Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, the Student Government Association, the Interfraternity Council and the Office of Student Engagement are looking to get in on the age-old tradition of brackets with “Bracket Madness.”…

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Grove mentees running clothing swap for sustainability on campus

Quinnipiac University students are encouraging sustainable fashion habits through a student-led clothing swap, aiming to reduce clothing waste on campus.  Mentees from The Grove, freshman radiologic sciences major Emma Tran and sophomore nursing major Katelyn Smyth, are helping lead the initiative as part of their living-learning environment’s required annual project. “Our group in the grove…