New Lenox Student is Named 10th Lockport Woman’s Club/Pat Darin Intern
Stefano Sparano Lewis University senior, Stefano Sparano, has been selected as the tenth recipient of the Lockport Woman’s Club/Pat Darin Internship. Sparano is a history major and business administration minor from New Lenox, Ill. Sparano will work on the accession of accession financial records, annual reports, and news releases recently donated to the Adelmann Regional […]
Civil Rights: Freedom Highway Pilgrimage is Underway
Lewis University students attending this year’s Civil Rights: Freedom Highway Pilgrimage departed Jan. 3 for Memphis, Tenn., Selma, Ala., Montgomery, Ala., and Birmingham, Ala. The annual Civil Rights: Freedom Highway Pilgrimage includes visiting the historical landscape while also engaging in important theological discussions. Students Cache Binion (Chicago), Grace Crumbaugh (Joliet, Ill.), Anthony Gautier (Berwyn, Ill.), […]
McMahon Discusses Civil War on WBEZ’s Curious City
How was Chicago divided during the Civil War? History Chair and Professor Eileen McMahon says one of those divisions was over the Emancipation Proclamation.
Cremin Presents ‘The War to End All Wars’ Nov. 4
Dennis H. Cremin, professor of history, will speak at 4 p.m. Nov. 4 at Naper Settlement in Naperville. In an illustrated talk, he will present “The War to End All Wars” as part of the museum’s History Speaks series. Cremin will provide an overview of the Great War and offer a reflection on the commemoration […]
Take a Historical look at Illinois Homes November 1 at Lewis University
Celebrate the Illinois Bicentennial with a look at historic homes in Illinois. A panel of historians will address the range of stories that are told at nearby sites during the James P. ’60 and Mary C. Sczepaniak Lecture at Lewis University in Romeoville. “At Home in Illinois: the View from Historic Houses” begins at 12:30 […]
Lecture Series to Accompany Woodrow Wilson and the Great War Exhibit at Lewis University
The traveling “pop-up” exhibit, “Woodrow Wilson and the Great War,” comes to Lewis University September 19-October 2. Located in the Brent and Jean Wadsworth Gallery, the exhibit examines the presidency of Woodrow Wilson and marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Four public programs accompany the exhibit each 2 p.m. • […]
White Oak Library District, Dr. Ewa K. Bacon Present Three-Part Talk Series on Auschwitz
powerful look at a dark time in history entitled “Saving Lives in Auschwitz: The Prisoners’ Hospital in Buna-Monowitz” is the basis of a three-part book talk series offered by the White Oak Library District and Dr. Ewa Bacon, professor emerita at Lewis University. This profound, true story is based on the life of Bacon’s father, […]
Historic Books Provide Experiential Learning for Lewis University Students
(Left to right) Skyler Wurst, Charlie Wright and Bridget Bermingham. “I can’t believe I’m holding a book that’s older than the United States,” exclaimed Charlie Wright, Lewis University student. Other students in Dr. Dennis Cremin’s Early Modern European class also felt excited to handle such delicate artifacts in the Howard and Lois Adelmann Regional History […]
London Travel Study Program Includes a Royal Wedding Experience
Seven Lewis University students caught a glimpse of the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle, as the couple’s carriage passed the American students standing only a few yards away along the procession route. The group traveled May 17-27 to London as part of a Travel Study program. While in London, […]
Lewis University Presents Research at Symposium in Bogota, Columbia
Several Lewis University faculty and a doctoral candidate presented their insights during a Lasallian international institute June 14 and 15, at the Universidad de La Salle in Bogota, Colombia. Dr. Erica Davila, Dr. Jung Kim, and Michael Dieter presented “Critical Pedagogy in Two Lasallian Educational Settings. Davila and Kim are professors in the College of […]