Balancing Act
A college education has never been so readily attainable. More than 3,300 schools currently offer a variety of routes to a diploma, helping more students than ever make their way onto some campus...
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When David Tobias was awarded a service fellowship, it was like hitting the college lottery. The fellowship is given to students with a proven record of service for others and who are willing to spend...
View ArticleProfile: Julia Meister
Julia Meister Bachelor of Arts in English, 1991; law degree from University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., 1995 Former director of student services at Notre Dame and assistant to the dean of the...
View ArticleProfile: Khary Kimani Turner
Khary Kimani Turner Bachelor of Arts in communication arts, 1992. Writer/editor for United Way Community Services in Detroit; freelance writer published in national hip-hop magazines. Poetic Sounds |...
View ArticleProfile: Steven J. Banes
Steven J. Baines Bachelor of Arts in communications/ marketing, 1988 Baines just finished a three-year assignment with Catholic Relief Services in Africa. Day Job | Baines, 36, served as a program...
View ArticleStarting Over
It took more than 16 years for Gary Brown, a corporate pilot, to figure out what he wanted to do for a living. Finally, at age 40, he made a decision: he didn’t want to spend the rest of his ... Read More
View ArticleBitten by the Rug Bug
Jim Banks sells rugs for kids. No, no. Not pint-size toupees. Area carpets, with designs in them that kids would like, such as sports, jungle safaris and the ABCs. Banks runs www.kidcarpet.com from his...
View ArticleClerical Error
Paul Knitter says he feels fine, thank you. So would someone please inform Amazon.com? The online bookseller seems to think he’s taking his last breaths. Knitter, professor emeritus of theology, just...
View ArticleAfter the Fall
Psychology professor David Hellkamp was shivering. It was October on his first trip to Lithuania. Snow had fallen, and the Baltic state was settling into winter. The living quarters of the 350-year-old...
View ArticleAll in Good Faith
Sean O’Dwyer slowly walked out into the parking lot of Ursuline Academy, an exclusive, all-girls school in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash. The well-wishes and congratulations from colleagues were...
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