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Higgins Receives Honorary Degree From University Of Waterloo, Michael W. Higgins Jul 2014

Higgins Receives Honorary Degree From University Of Waterloo, Michael W. Higgins

Michael W. Higgins

Professor Michael W. Higgins, vice president for Mission and Catholic Identity at Sacred Heart University, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, at commencement exercises on June 11. He also delivered the keynote address that day.


Higgins Presents Talk On Bishop Curtis And Beyond, Michael W. Higgins Oct 2013

Higgins Presents Talk On Bishop Curtis And Beyond, Michael W. Higgins

Michael W. Higgins

On September 23, as part of Sacred Heart University’s commemoration of its 50th anniversary, Michael W. Higgins provided insight into the University’s beginnings and its promising future. Higgins is SHU’s vice president for Mission and Catholic Identity. The year 1963 was a time of international tensions, major social and political turbulence, and the early years of the Second Vatican Council. Great changes were taking place around the world, inspiring Bishop Walter W. Curtis of Bridgeport to create a university in which laity would assume leadership.