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Michael and Brandy Rea with their children.

Creighton couple’s goal: Serve as many in the special needs community as they can

Apr 23, 2025

Inspired by their son, who has profound autism, Michael and Brandy Rea started a foundation that supports nonprofits serving the special needs community.

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Gift creates new center for Holocaust Studies and international criminal justice

Apr 16, 2025

A $2 million gift to Creighton University’s School of Law will endow a groundbreaking program and create a new center.

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Creighton Advent Calendar: Day 19

Dec 19, 2024

We hope you enjoy today's Christmas surprise in our Creighton Advent Calendar.

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Creighton’s college football standouts wear black and white

Oct 08, 2024

What does it take to be a college football official? We caught up with a couple Bluejays, who happened to have School of Law ties, for some insight on their experiences chasing a dream … while always dealing with scrutiny from both teams.

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Alumnus makes largest gift in the School of Law's history

Sep 20, 2024

The estate of James Menehan, JD'63, has given Creighton $9.7 million to support the law school’s students, faculty and programs. 

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Creighton lawyer was the Red Power Ranger

Jun 25, 2024

Dan Slavin, JD’05, has had an unlikely career trajectory — from model to actor to Power Ranger to Creighton law student to commercial litigation attorney in Phoenix. In a way, he owes it all to the kid who beat him up in grade school.

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Criminal defense is music to his ears

Oct 17, 2023

School of Law alumnus Dan Monnat has devoted much of his life to criminal defense and music. The two work hand in hand for him.

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The Graves and Simpson families cut the ribbon, along with Fr. Henrickson.

Creighton leadership and lead donors celebrate opening of Graves Hall

Aug 15, 2023

A few days before 400 freshman students moved into Graves Hall, a few hundred alumni, faculty, staff and friends joined Creighton leadership and the families of the project's lead donors for a grand opening.

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New residence hall and courtyard built on a lifetime of friendship

Aug 08, 2023

The namesakes (and lead donors) of the new hall and courtyard are Lee C. Graves, BSBA’80, JD’83, and his wife, Judy Graves, and their close friends Kathy and Jim Simpson, BA’80.

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Fire pits, lounge chairs and a volleyball court — check out Creighton's new courtyard

Jul 11, 2023

The soon-to-open new residence hall Graves Hall has a courtyard, and that courtyard now has a name — the Simpson Family Courtyard. The courtyard is named after Kathy and Jim Simpson, BA’80, the longtime donors who made the lead gift to the space.

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