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Governor, mayor and lead donors help dedicate new health sciences facility
In September, about 100 Creighton alumni, friends, faculty, staff and community leaders — including Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert — celebrated the opening of the CL and Rachel Werner Center.
Creighton opens new 145,000-square-foot health sciences building
The donor-driven CL and Rachel Werner Center for Health Sciences Education — which broke ground in 2021 — is student focused, with nearly every square foot of the facility dedicated to classrooms, collaboration and hands-on learning.
Alum plays (headless) role in Disney's new Haunted Mansion movie
Creighton alum Bryan McClure plays the Headless Knight in the new Disney adaptation of the beloved theme park attraction Haunted Mansion (in theaters July 28), and the role was, well, complicated.
For the first time in 75 years, former Creighton waterboy returns to campus
Doug Ryan — an 86-year-old former banker and current professional Santa Claus — didn’t graduate from Creighton. But for many years, he more or less lived here.
Creighton and the College World Series
What does it mean to be the College World Series host institution? Anything. Everything. Every June, Creighton gets to live its Jesuit values of service in a truly unique way — caring for the whole tournament.
The Creighton family and a grieving mother's gift
Gracing the sanctuary wall of Omaha's oldest Catholic parish is a beautiful testament to the Creighton family's goodness. And grief.
Creighton's jesuit values motivated this alumnus to seek a greater purpose in providing accessible and affordable housing to the Omaha community
Rob Woodling, BSBA'99, wanted to create an organization that focused on serving others, impacting communities around him and involved aspects of Jesuit values he was so inspired by thanks to Creighton. In 2006, Woodling did just that by opening Foundations Development, which seeks to consulting and turnkey development for affordable housing projects.
This recent alumna never thought her effort to aid her team's staffing shortage would win her a "teaching Oscar"
Lisa Moody, MS'22, a special education teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, got clever when her team faced staffing shortages and ended up with a wonderful surprise because of her determination to make things work.
9 Creighton hoaxes, pranks and jokes
In honor of April Fools’ Day, we put together a list of the hoaxes, jokes, goofs and pranks that have taken place at Creighton or were at least affiliated with the University.