The Brescia University Student Social Work Association (BSSWA) and the Social Work Department are hosting their annual Soup Day fundraiser on Thursday, November 4, 2010 from 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. The event takes place at the Brescia University Ramold Center, located at 718 Allen Street. A variety of homemade soups, breads, and desserts will be…

Brescia University’s Campus Minister, Sr. Pam Mueller, and Brescia’s Director of Counseling Center, Eva Atkinson, will offer “Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR) Gatekeeper Training,” a nationally-recognized suicide prevention program. This program will be held on Thursday, September 30, 2010 beginning at 11 am in Room 126 in the Science Building. QPR is designed for an…

Brescia University commemorates Constitution Day on Friday, September 17 by hosting attorneys Charlie Kamuf, Sr. and Charlie Moore. Kamuf and Moore will offer a presentation open to the public at 1 pm in the Board Room/Art Gallery on the Bill of Rights and 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to anyone born in the…

Brescia University adjunct instructor of art, Erin Jones, will exhibit her show, titled COSMIC THING, from September 18 – October 23 in Brescia’s Anna Eaton Stout Gallery. The opening reception takes place Saturday, September 18, 2010 from 6 – 8PM in the Gallery. This show includes Erin’s recent works on paper that attempt to describe…

Student Support Services (SSS), a TRiO program at Brescia University, recently learned they received a $281,994 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. According to Congressman Brett Guthrie’s office, “It is anticipated that the grant will be for a total of five years.” This would mean an estimated $1,409,970 total in grant money. Each year,…

Brescia was chosen by U.S.News & World Report for a top 35 ranking in its 2011 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” in the Regional Colleges in the South category. The top 75 percent of schools in each category are ranked. Schools in this particular category focus almost entirely on the undergraduate experience and offer a…

For the fourth year in a row, Brescia University was named as one of the best colleges and universities in the Southeast according to The Princeton Review. The New York City-based education services company selected the school as one of 133 institutions it recommends in its “Best in the Southeast” section on its website feature…

Brescia University recently learned they are the recipient of a ten thousand dollar grant from Owensboro Medical Health System to fund the purchase of seven Automatic Electronic Defibrillators (AEDs) and to train staff members on how to use the equipment. Residence Life Director, Jeffrey Rudnik, has been named Program Director in charge of the equipment…

Brescia University will be one of 20 private colleges and universities across Kentucky to welcome prospective students and their families to campus during the seventh-annual Kentucky Private College Week, June 14-18. Kentucky Private College Week is a coordinated effort by the members of the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities (AIKCU). The event is…

Brescia University will host the Western Kentucky Speech, Language and Hearing Association two-day summer workshop on June 30 and July 1, 2010. The topic is See the Sound/Visual Phonics. The workshop will be presented by Pamela Hendricks, M.S., CCC-SLP and Judy Bradley, M.S. SLP. Both women are public school speech pathologists at Muhlenberg County School…