There are 77 article(s) tagged Christian Brothers University:

• April 2022

  • CBU golfer, 40, finishes 12th at Gulf South Conference championships

    Army veteran Jonathan Shuskey led the Bucs to fourth place in team standings.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 25, 2022

  • Five local colleges, five new leaders

    The region’s colleges and universities are undergoing an extraordinary transformation in leadership, virtually all within the same time frame, raising big questions about what’s next for higher education in the area.

    By Daja E. Henry April 07, 2022

• February 2022

  • Area schools cancel classes Friday

    Classes will be canceled Friday at area schools due to the threats associated with the winter weather. Christian Brothers University and the U of M will also be closed.

    By Abigail Warren February 03, 2022

• January 2022

  • LeMoyne-Owen College, CBU alter spring semester schedules

    LeMoyne-Owen College and Christian Brothers University will join Rhodes College in delaying spring semester in-person classes amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.

    By Daja E. Henry January 04, 2022

• December 2021

  • Memphis sons of immigrants, refugees win state soccer cup

    Team of teens from Memphis neighborhoods counter “pay-to-play” youth sports machine with Play Where You Stay.

    By David Waters December 03, 2021

• November 2021

  • CBU appoints interim president

    Christian Brothers University appointed David Archer, an associate professor and director of the MBA program, as its interim president, following the Nov. 5 departure of Jack Shannon.

    By Daja E. Henry November 12, 2021

• August 2021

  • Three Memphis colleges to require vaccines for students, staff

    Here’s how some area colleges are handling vaccinations as students return to school for the fall. One is even paying students $1,000 to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

    By Jane Roberts August 08, 2021

• June 2021

  • CBU makes vaccine mandatory for fall

    Students and staff have been notified; campus leaders will help those who have difficulty getting access.

    By Jane Roberts June 30, 2021

• April 2021

  • Colleges plan on full fall returns, but who will be there?

    On the high end, applications at Rhodes College are up 25%, but down an equal percent at Southwest Tennessee Community College.

    By Jane Roberts April 15, 2021

• March 2021

  • CBU plans in-person classes for fall

    CBU will offer summer school online. Fall classes will begin in mid-August.

     

    By Jane Roberts March 25, 2021

• December 2020

  • CBU delays start of spring semester 2 weeks

    CBU also delays graduation ceremony, with plans to honor graduates of both 2020 and 2021 at the Renasant Convention Center May 29, 2021.

    By Jane Roberts December 21, 2020

  • Approval sought for ‘CBU North Campus’ planned development

    Christian Brothers University seeks approval for a 7.2-acre planned development it labels as its “North Campus.” The area is just southwest of South Hollywood and Avery.

    By Tom Bailey, Jane Roberts December 08, 2020

  • No quick fix for college life stress amid a pandemic

    If you’re a college student amid the COVID-19 pandemic, you’re having a different experience. With your studies, with your social life, applying for internships and hunting for a job. And if you’re a high school student, picking your college may mean going sight unseen.

    Related: Kids will face emotional challenges from pandemic for a long time

    By Don Wade December 06, 2020

• November 2020

  • CBU students unveil art installation in Cooper-Young

    VoicesUnited created the installation in partnership with the Mariposas Collective.

    By Patrick Lantrip November 05, 2020

• September 2020

  • Politics and pandemic hurt colleges’ ability to attract international students

    On Memphis campuses, dozens of international students have deferred their arrival because they could not get visas, a factor of the pandemic and immigration politics.

    By Jane Roberts September 28, 2020

  • U of M delays next phase a week; 35% of CBU faculty teaching from home

    U of M says extra week will give it more time to work out logistics of having more students on campus. 

    By Jane Roberts September 10, 2020

• August 2020

  • CBU freshmen move in with usual fears, plus pandemic

    At Christian Brothers University, modeling indicated campus would lose more than $4 million if all learning was conducted remotely. 

    By Jane Roberts August 14, 2020

• July 2020

  • Higher ed preps for an academic year shaped by the coronavirus

    Most schools are planning for a semester combining on-campus and online learning.

    By Linda A. Moore July 18, 2020

  • Campuses moving toward opening with reams of safety protocols

    Experts say challenges for college presidents are monumental, including now to plan for whatever temporary turns out to be as fall classes approach.

    By Jane Roberts July 10, 2020

• June 2020

  • Campuses making plans to start but everything could change

    For right now, U of M, Christian Brothers and Rhodes College all intend to have dorms open, classes in person and in some cases, online.

    By Jane Roberts June 30, 2020

• May 2020

  • CBU to start earlier, end fall semester by Thanksgiving

    Classes will be a combination of face-to-face and online; in some cases, double occupancy will be possible in dorms.

    By Jane Roberts May 27, 2020

  • Enda Crehan named CBU men’s soccer head coach

    Enda Crehan will take over the Christian Brothers University soccer program

    By Jonah Jordan May 14, 2020

  • Colleges make flexible plans for fall semester as situation remains fluid

    Rhodes College, University of Memphis and Christian Brothers University leaders hope life returns to normal when the fall semester should begin, but they are making contingency plans.

    By Jane Roberts May 08, 2020

• March 2020

  • For students stranded in dorms, world is quiet, smaller and anxious

    Dozens of students are hunkered down in deserted residence halls here, socializing the same way they are going to class – entirely online.

    By Jane Roberts March 29, 2020