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Obelisk, Volume 12, Number 8, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: The Faculty Forum convened to discuss goals and future directions of the university --Library philosophy, services and collections, and the role of the Student Faculty Advisory Committee on Library Affairs --Possibility of an Urban Studies department --Student Government review --“Tattle Tape,” the new electronic protection system created by the 3M Company, was installed in the Sacred Heart University library --Sports: Captains chosen.

Obelisk, Volume 12, Number 7, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: Kidera responds to energy crisis --Memorial scholarship in honor of Sandi Lynn Nobili, class of 1969 --Dr. William T. Gnewuch, associate professor of biology and instructor of the elective course for upperclassmen, plans to use the boat "Scrimshaw" in Bridgeport harbor as a field tool. Students will learn to use marine equipment such as a bottom grab and dredge, plus plankton nets and water samplers --Student Government review --Summer jobs in Europe --Rycenga Society sponsored and evening of experimental films by Warren Bass in the Library lecture hall --Dr. Donald Coonley will head the new Media Studies program …

Obelisk, Volume 12, Number 6, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: The Senate had its first organizational meeting of the year on October 29th. The University Senate, currently in its fifth year, is the representative, legislative body which formulates policy for the University. The body is currently composed of twenty faculty members, six administrators, and ten students --Several criticisms from within the university have been aimed at the drama organization --Recollection of last years' “paint-in” in the student lounge—pensiveness, laughter, silent criticism, paint on the floor, and most important, the production of art from the brushes (and fingers) of “nonartists” --King and Queen Contest --Thursday Open Forum set: On …

Obelisk, Volume 12, Number 5, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: Kohoutek could be the comet of the century when it may be visible to the naked eye in December and January --Armando F. Goncalves, a History and Political Science major, is the Democratic nominee for the post of Alderman in the 133rd District of Bridgeport --Letters to the Editor and Commentary (Watergate) --Bill Bradley lectures at SHU --Sigma Tau Omega’s fourth annual Appalachia Drive is underway --Fifty youthful, able bodied students will be paid $3.00 for participating in the Ph.D. research of Ed Malin (Assistant Professor SHU Psychology Department).

Academic Library Cooperation In Fairfield County, Richard Matzek

Librarian Publications

This study, commissioned by HECUS, discusses the history and structure of interlibrary cooperation throughout the country with particular attention paid to academic and intertype library consortia. The barriers to cooperation are examined. The history and present level of development of library cooperation in Connecticut are traced including a detailing of SCLS planning and activity.

The study includes an analysis of the library strengths of the Fairfield County institutions: public, academic, and special libraries. The next section is the heart of the study. Interlibrary Cooperation - Guidelines for the Future. This section analyzes the responses of the directors of the eight …

Obelisk, Volume 12, Number 4, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: “What Makes Modem Poetry Modern" was the topic of a lecture given by Louis Untermeyer in the Sacred Heart University Library lecture hall --Osvaldo Suarez, a 1971 SHU graduate in Sociology, came to talk to the Spanish classes on teaching in the inner city --One hundred counselors from 33 different high schools in southw estern Connecticut visited Sacred Heart university recently during a three day period to learn about new programs and developments at SHU --The Faculty Bike Club has scheduled a fall bicycle rally starting in the Library parking lot. The tour will cover roughly 25 to …

Happenings At Sacred Heart University, Vol. 6, No. 3, Office Of Public Information

News, Magazines and Reports

Highlights: New Education Chairman and other faculty added: Two are SHU aIumni --SHU adds several programs, including a new major in religious studies (photo) --The President's Corner --Campus Reports --"Toughest Schedule Ever" confronts SHU varsity basketball.

Obelisk, Volume 12, Number 1, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: Welcome from President Kidera and S.G. President Greg Collins --Bill Bradley, well-known forward for the New York Knickerbockers basketball team, will launch this year’s Orestes Brownson lecture series at SHU with a talk on “The Spirit of Sports” --Academic building floor plan --Parking and traffic regulations --SHU varsity sports.

Seventh Commencement Exercises 1973, Sacred Heart University

Commencement Programs

Program for the Sacred Heart University commencement exercises held Saturday May 19, 1973.

Obelisk, Volume 11, Number 17, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: The Year in review --Nine “Mini courses,” noncredit short-term lessons, will be offered --An eight-week course involving the basic techniques of modeling and carving and the understanding of three dimensional forms in space will be taught by Gertrude Amidar, a well known local artist --James Simmons, a poet of prominence from Northern Ireland, was in residence at SHU on April 11 --Do We Need Capital Punishment? by Greg Collins --Talking Sports.

Obelisk, Volume 11, Number 15, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: The President (Nixon) has requested a cut in student aid of almost $100 million, and the abolition of Educational Opportunity Grants as well as National Direct (Defense) Student Loans. These cuts must be resisted and the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants program should be funded --On March 30th Meskill signed into law bills that will allow all colleges in Connecticut to sell beer on campus and will permit students at state colleges to use any library in the state college system --Search Weekend: What exactly do we do on a Search? Fr. John Giuliani, who headed our weekend, stated …

Happenings At Sacred Heart University, Vol. 6, No. 2, Office Of Public Information

News, Magazines and Reports

Highlights: The "Founding Fathers" of Sacred Heart University celebrate 10th anniversary with Governor Thomas J. Meskill, guest speaker for the March 14 Charter Celebration dinner (photo) --Bishop Curtis, by special resolution of the board of trustees, was officially designated as the founder of SHU who conceived the idea for its inception and enlisted the participation of the original board members --A special series of prints entitled “The Passion of Ahab’’ highlighted in an exhibit of more than 100 lithographs by the late internationally recognized lithographer Benton M. Spruance --The President's Corner --Campus Reports --SHU in ECAC Tournament: Has New All-American, …

Obelisk, Volume 11, Number 13, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: March 14, 1973 will be the tenth anniversary since Sacred Heart University was granted its charter --Charter Week schedule --Art Gallery for SHU --Sports.

Obelisk, Volume 11, Number 12, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: Plans for Charter Week --5 year plan --Changes in the Education Department --Winter Weekend --Chile and Marxism reviewed.

Obelisk, Volume 11, Number 10, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: Rollo May & the courage to create --Rycenga Society presents John Dando --Quality and price: the role of the student --Radio station strike --Right of way, Ralph Corrigan --CONNPIRG is coming --Jane Fonda wins Oscar --Table tennis at SHU --Godspell reopens Cabaret.

Obelisk, Volume 11, Number 9, Sacred Heart University Archives

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Highlights include: New academic proposals considered --Dr. Rollo May will speak at SHU --William F. Grant, director of placement and career counseling at Sacred Heart university, received special recognition for service to the institution --Film review: Full of rich detail and powerful moodiness, “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” proves again that Robert Altman is a filmmaker of extraordinary talents --The Other America, by Barbara Fragale: On December 20th, ten Sacred Heart students set out for Big Stone Gap, Virginia. At 4:00 a.m. we left Stamford with a forty foot-trailer truck and a twenty four foot U-Haul packed with clothes and Greg …

Prologue 1973, Sacred Heart University

Prologue (Yearbook)

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Summer 1973 Catalog, Sacred Heart University

Graduate & Undergraduate Catalogs

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Happenings At Sacred Heart University, Vol. 6, No. 1, Office Of Public Information

News, Magazines and Reports

Highlights: SHU earns second accreditation --Dr. Herbert C. Clish, special assistant to the president and chancellor, earns Papal blessing and Curtis Medal (photo) --President Kidera receives an initial payment of $62,000 for SHU under Special Act 53 to contract for the instruction of Connecticut students at independent colleges in the State (photo) --Campus Reports --Ten year celebration of SHU planned (photos) --The President's Corner: Formulating a new five-year Master Plan --Jackie Robinson, who earned an SHU honorary degree last May died October 21 after being stricken in his Stamford, Connecticut home --"Beatitude Wall" mural from 1964 World's Fair is displayed …

History Of Sacred Heart University, Part 1, William H. Conley

SHU Library Archives

Reflections on the 'early days' of Sacred Heart University, from Vision to Realization. Written by William H. Conley, first president of Sacred Heart University.

Beginnings (Brief History Of Sacred Heart University) Addendum, Sacred Heart University

SHU Library Archives

The experiences and activities of those who participated in making the idea of Sacred Heart University a viable institution of higher education constitute the stories behind the story. Their superhuman efforts and dedication, their willingness to give unselfishly of themselves and go to the added mile, give credence to the fact that people make institutions.

In order to record this human side of the history, interviews were held with the original administrators, apart from President Conley, original members of the faculty who were available and one of the first students and class officers (from Foreword).

The interviewer was Dr. Herbert …