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Fire pits, lounge chairs and a volleyball court — check out Creighton's new courtyard
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.
$300, some wood and an apology
School of Law Dean Joshua Fershée recently received a peculiar piece of mail. A package with no return address, containing an apology letter, a $300 money order and a piece of wood.
As one of The Hill's Top Lobbyists, Michaela Sims, JD'96, loves mentoring the next generation of Creighton law students through the GOAL Program
Michaela Sims, JD'96, has come a long way in her 17-year-long lobbying career. In this time, she has gone from crashing on a friend's couch to running two of her own lobbying firms in Washington D.C., one of which she still manages. Sims has also been an integral part, as program director, of Creighton’s Government Organization and Leadership (GOAL) program for over a decade.
The Creighton alum who helped save 200,000 lives
He was one of the most consequential individuals ever to graduate from Creighton University, though few know his name.
The name of Creighton's new residence hall is …
Graves Hall's namesake is Lee C. Graves, BSBA'80, JD'83, who, along with his wife, Judy Graves, recently made the lead gift of $12 million to the residence hall now in construction at 23rd Street, south of Burt Street.
36 years after graduation, alum takes life-changing ILAC trip
In most cases, ILAC participants are current Creighton students. But for Jim Seifert, JD’82, the transformative experience took place more than 30 years after he graduated.
The largest scholarship gift in the law school's history
The late Mary Jo (Connell) Cleaver, BS'52, JD'54, MA'55, made a $4 million gift designated to help law students attain their dreams of becoming attorneys.
Creighton Law's Juvenile Justice Clinic is meeting an essential need
The grant-funded clinic serves as a small firm, with student-attorneys providing free legal services for youth with open cases in the Separate Juvenile Court of Douglas County.
New Juvenile Justice Clinic in the School of Law
The Creighton School of Law Juvenile Justice Clinic will serve as a small law firm, providing opportunities for both classroom learning and real-world experiences for third-year law students.
He co-piloted a pizza empire. But he was just getting started.
Dick Jeffries never lost his good humor — not in the face of professional failures nor personal tragedies. He knew not to take anything too seriously. And in spite of that — perhaps more likely because of that — Dick Jeffries lived a seriously successful life.