Snow Day on Campus Means No Rest for Some When snow falls on St. Norbert, the facilities department moves quickly into action to clear campus roads and pathways.
Gaining Admission
Positive patterns in admission to St. Norbert College are bucking trends across the United States, where many institutions are struggling to address the realities of a changing landscape. The college is ahead of the game, but the higher educational landscape will only continue to get more competitive.
Land ScoutsA grassroots movement that arrived in Wisconsin with a new faculty member bears her stamp: that of a young artist concerned with the ways even city dwellers are called to care for and appreciate the land.
President’s ReportThe magnificently generous response to Campaign St. Norbert: Full Ahead is making an even greater future possible for St. Norbert College. “It is an incredible privilege to be the president of this great and inspiring institution,” says President Tom Kunkel.
News of St. Norbert
Snow Day on Campus Means No Rest for Some 
SNC Friends Rally Round as Alum Recovers From TransplantAs challenges with cystic fibrosis increased for one St. Norbert family, college friends were there with love, support and encouragement.
CNN Experience Takes Intern to Presidential DebateA Washington Semester internship put Katelyn Van Buskirk ’17 in the middle of the action as CNN prepared to cover December’s Republican debate in Las Vegas.
Delight in the Fight with the CVCThe Cassandra Voss Center’s 2015-16 season explores the use of humor as a means to defuse difficult topics.
Presidential Legacy Continues at Marian UniversityAndrew Manion ’87, the son of Tom Manion, fifth president of St. Norbert College, is to serve as the new president of the Fond du Lac school.
Who Put the Ugly in the Ho-Ho-Ho?Get to the campus bookstore for school supplies, textbooks … and ugly Christmas sweaters? Add some green and gold gaud to your holiday cheer.
Fast-Tracked Coach Takes Green Knight Football Unbeaten Into the Post-SeasonIn his first year coaching St. Norbert College football, Door County native Dan McCarty has led the team to a perfect regular season and a trip to the playoffs.
St. Norbert Hosts Black Catholic Theological SymposiumThe national interdisciplinary theological society convened Oct. 15-18 for a program of prayer, reflection, presentations and scholarly discussion.
A Homecoming Worth RevisitingWhat happens when you combine frights with Knights? A Halloween Homecoming, of course! Enjoy the day in pictures.
Green Knight Sets NCAA Division III Goals RecordKatie Vanden Avond ’16 netted the all-time scoring record with her 125th career soccer goal, tying the score against nationally ranked University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Journalists and the CityA Columbia School of Journalism event precipitated by an unexpected phone call saw President Tom Kunkel taking the stage with the dean of the school, Steve Coll, and influential writer Gay Talese.
New Ministries Born of Long ServiceWhile some things change, others remain the same. And in the case of the Rev. Sal Cuccia, O.Praem., ’63 (Campus Ministry), new opportunities arise. In the spring, Cuccia completed service as associate pastor at St. Norbert College Parish, a position he had held since coming to the college in 2000.
Yooper Line Storms St. Norbert Hockey“The Yooper line” numbers five women’s hockey players – and all five grew up together in the remote Keweenaw Peninsula on the shores of Lake Superior.
New Community Takes its PulseThey’re doctors in training, they’re pioneers – but they see themselves as ambassadors as much as anything else, says Phil Kostka ’15. Kostka is in the first cohort at MCW-Green Bay, the new medical school program based on campus. And he is the first St. Norbert grad to join the program.
Alumni Designers Illustrate a PointArt alumni took over the Baer Gallery in October for an exhibit that showcased their current design work in the very building where they first acquired the tools of their trade.
Regular Features
In My Words/A Palpable Sense of MomentumPhil Oswald (College Advancement) celebrates the closing of Campaign St. Norbert: Full Ahead: “From start to finish, there has been, for me, a palpable sense of momentum. Success has been built on the shoulders of those who came before us, but it has also been built on itself.”
Personally Speaking/The Immutable Laws of Togetherness“Isolating ourselves doesn’t lead to the best understandings, either in science or community. It is always a benefit to bring in more data ... One of the great joys and challenges of life is trying to make sense of it all.” – Erik Brekke (Physics)
Treasure/The Shrine of St. Joseph“Even the tenderness of the embrace, the adoptive father with the child, speaks of hope.” – the Rev. Jim Neilson, O.Praem., ’88
Alumni Profile/Fiorella Cipriani Sumarriva: Gained in TranslationA fortuitous connection and a new law may combine to create a pipeline of students headed to St. Norbert College, thanks to Peruvian alum Fiorella Cipriani Sumarriva ’10.
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