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New Dorms Named After Michael McGivney and Catherine of Siena

April 10, 2024

“These new halls will focus on fostering a sense of belonging and community building as they will host a variety of Living Learning Communities…

The Suite Life of Students at the Guest House

September 13, 2023

For the first time ever, Resident Success Assistants (RSAs) are being housed in Sacred Heart’s Guest House on West Campus along with first-year students. …

SHU Engineering Builds Go-Karts to Raise Money

April 6, 2022

This semester, Sacred Heart University’s freshman engineering students are building go-karts to raise money for the Simply Smiles Children’s Village as a way to…

Rooming During a Pandemic

September 30, 2020

This fall, students across the country began their first year of college in the middle of a pandemic. Prior freshmen never had to worry…

Thomas Moore Honors Program

November 6, 2019

BY Kathleen McNamara Staff Reporter The Thomas More Honors Program at Sacred Heart University provides opportunities to students who excel academically throughout their four years…

Family Weekend

October 23, 2019

BY Elizabeth Coyne Contributing Writer On the weekend of Oct. 18 through Oct. 20, Sacred Heart University invited the families of students in every…

Freshman Spotlight

October 23, 2019

BY Robbie Finizio Contributing Writer From the start, I knew that Sacred Heart would be the place for me. After two open houses and…

Freshman Spotlight

October 9, 2019

Up until my first week at Sacred Heart, I was dead set on the fact that college was not for me. Now officially being…

Freshman Spotlight

October 2, 2019

I have thought about college ever since I was in elementary school. College was always this dream that felt untouchable. No one in my…

Freshman Spotlight

September 25, 2019

BY Olivia DeRosa Contributing Writer I put my deposit in for Sacred Heart on April 24. Exactly four months later it was move-in day….