Shireen Korkzan
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Farmworker allies advocate for rights at Wendy's shareholder meeting
Religious leaders, farmworkers and students addressed their concerns to a room full of the fast-food chain's corporate workers, urging Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program. → Read More
Campus Notebook: Walk-out; STEM push; honorary degree record
College roundup: Marquette University gets National Science Foundation grant; Jesuit Fr. James Martin gets two more honorary degrees; Fordham backs off on Chik-fil-A → Read More
Campus Notebook: Catholic universities pick diverse commencement speakers
College roundup: Notre Dame's Mike Pence controversy; Regan's Peggy Noonan at Catholic University of America; Georgetown gets Buzzfeed; Archbishop Wilton Gregory at University of Dallas; Michael Bloomberg at Villanova → Read More
Campus Notebook: LGBT issues at Newman, Creighton; Thomas Aquinas goes East
College roundup: Newman University in Wichita plans LGBT support group; California's Thomas Aquinas College to launch East Coast branch; new diversity officer for Loyola New Orleans. → Read More
Stand Up KC rallies for workers on May Day
Kansas City, Missouri -- Hundreds from religious groups, civil rights and immigrants' rights groups, and social justice activists joined labor activists for a demonstration of solidarity. → Read More
Campus Notebook: Palestinian group sues Fordham; anti-Wendy's hunger strike spreads; Lynn University's sanctuary
Campus Notebook: New presidents announced for Gwynedd Mercy University and Fairfield University; Students for Justice in Palestine did not get club status at Fordham University; Ignatian Solidarity Network honors Trinity Washington University president. → Read More
Catholic colleges join nationwide hunger strike protests against Wendy's
Three Catholic colleges have joined a rolling series of nationwide protests against fast-food chain Wendy’s. Dozens of students and alumni from John Carroll University, Georgetown University an... → Read More
Campus Notebook: Chestnut Hill not entangled; no more yoga at Benedictine; Notre Dame's new social justice database
Campus Notebook: Homelessness symposium at Seattle University; new president at Lewis U.; new free online database at Notre Dame; Duquesne U. students protest Chik-fil-A presence → Read More
Georgetown liturgy of contrition honors enslaved
NCR Today: Descendants of the 272 people sold by the Jesuits in 1838 were at the liturgy, which was followed by the dedication of newly renamed campus buildings. → Read More
Campus Notebook: Georgetown rededicates buildings; Homeboy Industries founder honored; peacemaking program expands
College roundup: Notre Dame to honor Fr. Gregory Boyle; Seton Hall U. gets first woman president; evangelization symposium at Benedictine College; Fontbonne students prepare for service day → Read More
Congress takes on legislation to loosen access to guns
Several pieces of legislation have the aim of amending or repealing laws and regulations that have kept people with mental disabilities from buying guns. → Read More
Ohio State students fast, protest against university's lease renewal with fast-food chain Wendy's
Two Ohio State University student groups want their school to cut ties with Wendy’s unless the fast-food chain joins the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Fair Food Program. → Read More
Campus Notebook: Jesuit colleges won't support Trump's higher ed budget; program offers free textbooks
College roundup: South Bend family gifts $50 million to Notre Dame for institute to study world religions; Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities does not support Trump's proposed higher education budget. → Read More
Campus Notebook: Aquinas scales back; Midnight Runs; Schneck steps down
College roundup: LGBT Catholics share their stories in "Full of Grace" play; LaRoche institute trains international priests and religious; California lawmakers propose college aid plan. → Read More
Amid March Madness, chaplains offer spiritual support
Some of the more successful college basketball teams in the NCAA tournament in recent years are Catholic. One thing many of them have? A chaplain to provide spiritual support. → Read More
Campus Notebook: Walk a mile in refugee shoes; Jewish-Catholic relations; Mahershala Ali
Campus Notebook: St. Joseph's University celebrates 50th anniversary of Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations; Misericordia University motivates students to help refugees; Caldwell University hosts lecture on pipelines and water quality. → Read More