20 May, 2026
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Aim Women’s Center Receives Unexpected Donation From Franciscan Students

STEUBENVILLE, OHIO—There was a silver lining to the cancellation of the April Steubenville Hilltop Communities block party due to the coronavirus. Students at Franciscan University who sponsor the annual party for Steubenville residents in the LaBelle and Pleasant Heights neighborhoods near the Franciscan campus, instead donated the $5,000 they had raised for the event to […]

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The man who tells the story of Franciscan through various mediums

MARGARET BOYLAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF sEven after 20 years of working the same job, the public relations manager in the Marketing and Communications Department said the variety of the job is what keeps him coming back. Tom Sofio began working at Franciscan University in the fall of 1998, moving from Spokane, WA, so he would be closer […]

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Expansion of facilities allows for evolution of two departments

JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR Franciscan University’s Marketing and Communications Department has work to do. In the late 1980s, a Steubenville roller skating rink was converted into the St. Joseph Center; now the building is undergoing its first renovation since 1988 and the first for the two-year old marketing and communications department. Kimberly Sponseller, executive director […]