Lewis University students explore Lasallian roots and meet with current leaders of De La Salle Christian Brothers in Italy
Lewis University 1969 Alumnus Brother Thomas Johnson, FSC, talks with Lewis students and facultyin the chapel of the Generalate for the De La Salle Christian Brothers in Rome, Italy. During a recent Travel Study Abroad trip to Italy, 12 Lewis University students and faculty visited the Generalate for the De La Salle Christian Brothers in […]
Lewis University holds inaugural Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society induction
For the first time, Lewis University recently inducted students in the new Lambda Epsilon Delta Chapter of the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society. None of the inducted students have a grade point average lower than a 3.86. The chapter was established in January at Lewis University. “We’re very pleased this nationally recognized prestigious credential […]
Italy travel study trip provides place-based learning for Lewis University students
Dr. Dennis Cremin teaches a lesson in front of the old Roman palace on the Palentine Hill. Dr. Dominic Colonna, chair of Theology, and Dr. Dennis Cremin, associate professor of History, recently led 10 students on a place-based learning trip in Rome, Assisi and Florence. Students enrolled in either the Theology course “Christian Faith and […]
Local history is being preserved by future archaeologist
Andrew Ross Lewis University student Andrew Ross of Bolingbrook spent the spring 2012 semester preserving local history through an internship funded by a grant from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. Dr. Dennis H. Cremin, associate professor and History Center director noted, “The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation is interested in making these materials available […]
Milne Collection featuring I & M Canal history is online
Robert Hawley Milne House More I &M Canal history now can be accessed through key strokes and the Internet. The Robert Hawley Milne Collection, which is a part of the Howard and Lois Adelmann Regional History Collection at Lewis University in Romeoville, is online. Visit http://bit.ly/MilneCollection to view the Milne Collection and http://bit.ly/Milnebooks to view […]
Lincoln’s contributions to the meaning of freedom is focus of Orville Vernon’s April 23 lecture
braham Lincoln’s relevance to today will be the topic of discussion as distinguished historian Orville Vernon Burton speaks at 2 p.m. April 23 in room AS-158 at Lewis University’s Main Campus in Romeoville. The presentation is part of the Annual Vince Howard Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Lewis University History Department and the Office of […]
Lockport Women’s Club provides Lewis student internship to preserve local history
Elizabeth Barkmann Lockport Woman’s Club intern Lewis University student Elizabeth Barkmann of Capron, Ill., is spending her spring semester scanning and organizing the Lockport Woman’s Club’s scrapbooks and annual reports as part of the Lockport Woman’s Club/Pat Durin Internship. “I have learned how to handle historic documents and what goes into the preservation process of […]
Panel on American presidents offers the good, bad and ugly
historical, political and communications perspective on the American presidents provided much conversation Feb. 20 at “The American Presidents: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly” panel discussion at Lewis University in Romeoville. The panel included Dr. David Anderson, chair and professor of Communications, Dr. Joseph Gaziano, professor of Political Science, Br. John Vietoris, chair and associate […]
Civil Rights Movement education discussion among highlights of Diversity Week
(left to right) Mary Jones-Fitts, descendantof the enslaved of Faunsdale, AL; Donna Sackand Dennis Cremin, Tara White, Universityof Southern Alabama Place-based learning transforms Civil Rights Movement education said historians during a recent presentation at Lewis University. Dr. Dennis Cremin, associate professor and director of the Lewis University History Center, and Donna Sack, executive director of […]
Spring 2012 Food for Thought Colloquium to begin in February at Lewis University
Lewis University will begin its Food for Thought Colloquium for the Spring 2012 semester with several presentations in the month of February. Events will be held at 2 p.m. in room AS-158A located at the University’s main campus in Romeoville. All events are free of charge. Events for the month of February include: Feb. 1– […]