School Newsletters

Graduate School Newsletter - February 2012


e-students flourish
Amy Novak is provost and executive vice president of a small, private college in the upper Midwest. E-classmate Matthew Tucker teaches Special Ed in a New York school. Robert Baker is an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University–Belleville in Illinois.

Though these three people live worlds apart, they’re drawn together as virtual colleagues in the world of Creighton’s Interdisciplinary Doctor of Education degree and Master of Science in Health Care Ethics.

School of Law Newsletter - May 2012


Students visit LOCAL Schools
Students Zach Anderson and Emily Anderson recently visited Omaha Northwest High School as part of Creighton's Street Law Program. Street Law is an initiative in which law students go in teams of two to local schools, both middle and high schools, and teach students some of the basics of law. Subjects range from search and seizure to principles of democracy, from landlord-tenant to mock trials.

School of Medicine Newsletter - May 2013


FIGHTING EPILEPSY
A husband and wife research team is delving into the mysteries of the human brain and revealing answers about one of the most common neurological diagnoses: epilepsy.

School of Nursing Newsletter - March 2013


Dr. laughlin recognized
Credited for her innovation, persistence and humor, Ann Franco Laughlin, Ph.D., BSN’76, MS’94, pictured above with her mother, Louise Franco, was honored with the Mary Lucretia and Sarah Emily Creighton Award on Feb. 8.


Pharmacy & Health Professions Newsletter - April 2013


LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP
A love of the profession and lifelong lessons learned from her mother have led Gail Jensen, Ph.D., PT, FAPTA, dean of the Graduate School and University College, professor of physical therapy, and associate vice president of academic affairs, to fund an endowed scholarship for women in physical therapy. (Pictured above are Dean Chris Bradberry, Jensen, scholarship recipient Michelle Farrage and Acting Dean Victoria Roche.)