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Fr. Bud Offers Expert's View on Environmetal Encyclical
Rev. Robert "Bud" Grant's credentials as an avowed environmentalist are long established, as is his concern for man's lack of stewardship of the earth and its resources. Little wonder his opinion was valued by media when the Pope's encyclical on the environment was released last week. Find media coverage here.
School Helps Ugandan Children Dream
Rev. Charles Niwagaba '09 MEA gained the administrative skills at St. Ambrose that helped achieve his longstanding mission to build a secondary school in his native village of Rubirizi, Uganda. Read about it.
Fighting Bees Athletes Lead the League in Smarts
Read how 6 Bees were first-team Academic All-Americans, including Luke Staudt (golf) and Nick Lynch (volleyball). Also read how an MCC-best 160 Bees made academic all-conference in the league's last year.
Picture This: See Your SAU Friends on Facebook
The St. Ambrose University Alumni Facebook page features photo albums this month from Bee Happy Hours across the country and dozens photos that alums and students shared of their SAU BeeFFs.
Who Made The Spring Dean's List?
Which students excelled in the classroom during spring semester? Read here.
It has been an awfully wet spring and summer so far, but "wet spring" used to have a lot more meaning in the Cosgrove parking lot. Improvements made in 2010 have made Cosgrove Lake a distant memory, like in this photo from 1983. See more photos of Cosgrove Lake through the years.
Martin Coe '84, '92 MBA, '13 DBA
Armed with three degrees from St. Ambrose, Martin Coe recently received the 2015 Outstanding Educator Award presented by the Illinois CPA Society. Coe is a professor of accounting at Western Illinois University. Read about him.