Preview: Ninth annual TEDxOmaha

The ninth annual TEDxOmaha comes to the Harper Center on Saturday, Oct. 27. The lineup of speakers features Omaha locals ranging from musicians to Marine veterans to investigative reporters. Creighton’s Tim Guthrie, a professor in the Journalism, Media and Computing department is one of the 10 speakers and performers to be featured at TEDxOmaha. Guthrie […]

Physics professor reconciled science and faith

The Rev. Thomas McShane, S.J., a longtime professor of physics at Creighton University died at the age of 89 on Oct. 17 in a Milwaukee Jesuit retirement community. McShane began his tenure at Creighton in 1963 and taught for more than 50 years in the Physics Department. A former colleague, Michael Cherney, said of McShane, […]

Greek director suddenly leaves community

Margaret Zimmer, who served as Associate Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Creighton for nearly eight years, is no longer with the university. On Oct. 12 it was announced, via email, to campus partners, moderators and advisers that Zimmer was no longer a faculty member effective the day prior. Executive members within the Greek […]

Student known for dedication

Hailey Belnap, a first-year occupational therapy student in Creighton’s Alaska Pathway program, was killed in a car accident near Palmer, Alaska on Sept. 27. An Alaska State Trooper dispatch said Belknap was driving southbound on a highway when her car “left the road, hit an embankment and came to rest on a gravel pit.” Originally […]

Courage brings change

On Thursday, award-winning musical artist, actor, political activist and former child soldier, Emmanuel Jal came to visit Creighton as part of Africa Rising Week. His presentation was accompanied by traditional African food and a performance by students form the Youth for Greater Good program. Jal, who came from an environment plagued by the effects of […]

Dancing for the real stars

Creighton held its fourth annual Dance Marathon on Saturday to raise money and awareness for Children’s Miracle Network. The event raised $83,578.18 in total, and all of the funds will be donated to Omaha Children’s Hospital.   The year-long fundraising efforts of Creighton’s Dance Marathon program culminated in a 12-hour celebration that took place from […]