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Evening of Honors celebrates 11 outstanding alums
Creighton University announced its honorees for the Alumni Achievement Citation, the Alumni Merit Awards, which recognizes alumni from the University’s schools and colleges, and the Recent Alumni Award during the annual Evening of Honors celebration.
New Harper family scholarship is a game changer for the College of Nursing
A new scholarship program created by one of the largest gifts ever made to Creighton’s College of Nursing will help meet a critical need for Nebraska nursing leaders.
Creighton leadership and lead donors celebrate opening of Graves Hall
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.
New residence hall and courtyard built on a lifetime of friendship
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.
Creighton's role in the case of the greatest book thief in American history
Here’s the story of the Iowa man who swiped somewhere between 23,000 and 26,000 rare books and papers from at least 300 university libraries across the U.S. (and Canada), and the FBI investigation (code name: “The Omaha Project”) that turned 10 Creighton librarians into a makeshift team of academic detectives
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.
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.
From Creighton baseball to Texas bull riding (and a new Amazon Prime series)
After more than 30 years in the world of baseball — first as a college player, then as a minor league general manager and executive — Creighton alum JJ Gottsch has pivoted to a whole new arena: professional bull riding.
The alumna who fact-checked ‘Mission: Impossible’ and helped the dream of Disney World come true
Eileen Brady, BA'65, had an extraordinarily eclectic career. She fact-checked golden age TV shows like Mission: Impossible and Star Trek. She helped designers, engineers and architects make Disney World. Later, she assisted the investigation of the greatest book thief in American history.
The odd history of Creighton's fountain, the Mall and the nude sculpture
With all the changes taking shape and with it being the 30-year anniversary of the Eternal Flame, we thought now would be as good a time as any to celebrate one of the most — if not the most — iconic and beloved spots at Creighton.