Creighton University is currently celebrating Founders Week in honor of the founders of the University and the accomplishments of its students and faculty. Founders Week was established in order to observe the Founders of Creighton University – Mary Lucretia, Edward, Sarah Emily and John Creighton – who dedicated their lives to the establishment of this wonderful university. Throughout this week, the founders are remembered while those who carry on their traditions and ideals are also recognized. With events spanning between Jan. 27 and Friday, students, faculty and staff making a significant impact on the Creighton society are appreciated.
Students are honored at events such as Saturday’s Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society induction luncheon and the Student Activities Office Leadership Recognition Day on Monday. Faculty was recognized at the Annual Faculty Awards Luncheon Tuesday, the Convocation and Award recognition Tuesday and at the Founders Mass Wednesday.
“Founders Week recognizes many people that make the university as great as it truly is,” Arts & Sciences sophomore Tommy Backe, the executive vice president of the Creighton Student Union, and organizer of CSU’s event, the Student Activities Office Leadership Recognition Day said. “Founders Week allows for the recognition of some familiar and unfamiliar faces across the campus, and it puts merit on the acts that those people do.”
In a 2007 article in “Creighton Today,” alum Oliver B. Pollak said Founder’s Day provides Creighton with the opportunity to reflect on its beginnings.
“The University celebrates its debt to the Creighton family – Mary Lucretia, Edward, Sarah Emily and John Creighton – with heartfelt adulation, annually during Founders Week,” Pollack said in the article.
In addition to recognizing and remembering those who make Creighton great, Founders week also allows students the opportunity to interact with donors who help them attend Creighton, and alumni who can share their experiences here.
One example of this student-alumni interaction is the School of Nursing Founders Week luncheon, which took place Sunday, where students got to listen to previous nursing students experiences and learn from them.
“It was really cool,” nursing freshman Olivia Moss said.
Founders Week is cool to say the least. It highlights the wonderful connection between the old and the new great minds and merit of Creighton University. It embodies all that has made Creighton such an outstanding University since the original founding in 1878 and demonstrates the great Creighton history yet to come.
These events are simply snippets of all that is occurring throughout this week. For a detailed schedule of the week please visit: