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Students Gather for Annual Gaming Fest
By Peter Lim Staff Writer The Gaming Fest was hosted in Finnegan Fieldhouse with music and community engagement on Sept. 28, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Timothy McNamara, founder of the Gaming Fest, launched the event with Brother Kolbe Spencer, TOR, and Ann Marie Lata in 2016 to bring together students, faculty, and staff […]
Festival offers taste of Indian culture
By Grace Ostuni Staff Writer Two Franciscan University professors hosted Indian Fest with food, décor and information on study abroad opportunities in the J.C. Williams Center on April 4. Joseph Pathakamuri, a professor of microbiology, and Tiffany Boury, an associate professor of education and coordinator of global academic partnerships, wanted to host this event not […]
Gaming Fest feeds Austrian nostalgia with food, music
MAGGIE KNOELL STAFF WRITER Gaming Fest, a special dinner held yearly in the Finnegan Fieldhouse, celebrated and featured Austrian food and culture Monday, Sept. 30, drawing a large crowd of reminiscers. Gaming Fest, named for Gaming, Austria, where Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Austrian campus is located, began as a Center for Leadership senior project years ago. Since then, the university […]
Gaming sister program evangelizes the East
RACHEL MILLER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST “Gaming is like a gateway: a gateway east to west and west to east,” said Bobette Huzovic, co-director of the Language and Catechetical Institute (LCI). Franciscan University’s study abroad program is unique in many ways, especially in its community structure. The Kartause, home to the study abroad program, houses other […]