There’s a new way for alumni and friends to keep up with Creighton campus news and success stories. We’ve launched a podcast called From the Mall.
Each episode, we'll feature conversations with the people who make Creighton great, celebrating their achievements and impact, and spotlighting the ways their Creighton experience shaped their lives. Listen now:
Episode 2 is live!
From the Mall’s second episode explores Creighton’s rich Jesuit tradition. Fr. Jeff Sullivan, SJ, joins the show to discuss the ways he tries to carry on that legacy, by serving students and building community. His experiences at Creighton — Fr. Sullivan, BA’03, returned to campus about six years ago — have most definitely shaped his approach to this role, too.
Did you listen to Episode 1?
Former Bluejay Jahenns Manigat, BA'14, and women's basketball coach Jim Flanery, BA'87, joined the show to celebrate the start of the season. Watch and listen to Episode 1.
Meet our guests
Fr. Jeff Sullivan, SJ
A Creighton graduate who returned to Omaha in 2018. He's the assistant director of Campus Ministry.
- Ordained as a priest in 2021 at the Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee, Wisc.
- Previously worked as a paralegal in Milwaukee, served as a missionary in Ecuador and on a reservation in South Dakota, and held a youth minister role in Chicago
- Earned a master’s degree in philosophy from Loyola University-Chicago and a master of divinity from Santa Clara University.
Jim Flanery
Entering his 23rd season as Creighton's head women's basketball coach.
- Creighton's all-time winningest women's basketball coach (427 wins)
- Led the Jays to seven NCAA tournament appearances, including three straight
- Guided Creighton to its first-ever Elite Eight in 2022
- Was a member of Creighton's golf team and a walk-on on the basketball team as a Creighton student.
Jahenns Manigat
A former Bluejay basketball standout who joined the Creighton men's basketball staff in August 2024 as a graduate assistant.
- Started 121 games during his Creighton career (2010-2014)
- Ranks ninth in Creighton history in career 3-pointers made (206)
- Led the team in charges taken in all four seasons with the Jays
- Played 10 years of professional basketball in 10 different countries
About the host
From the Mall's host is Jon Nyatawa, the Assistant Director of Content Strategy for Creighton's University Relations. He's leading each episode's entertaining conversations with the people who make Creighton great.
Nyatawa, an award-winning journalist during a 14-year career at The Omaha World-Herald, joined Creighton in 2023.
Send your feedback about the show to jonnyatawa@creighton.edu.
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Episode 3
Multiple generations working together! How do we all get along? Or, maybe, we are making it more difficult than it needs to be? Creighton associate professor Leah Georges shares her insight on this meaningful moment in workplace culture.