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Departments in School of Health Sciences and Education Merge

Departments in School of Health Sciences and Education Merge

Noah Snyder, Staff Writer September 11, 2025

The Department of Exercise Physiology and the Department of Public Health/Health Science recently merged to form the Department of Health and Human Performance. Exercise Physiology Associate Professor...

Education and Occupational Therapy Departments Collaborate on Community Engaged Initiative

Education and Occupational Therapy Departments Collaborate on Community Engaged Initiative

Makenzie Kline, Staff Writer September 11, 2025

Occupational Therapy Clinical Assistant Professor Jennifer Misiura and Education Assistant Professor Cassie Grassmyer have collaborated to launch a Switched Adapted Toys Chapter at SFU. Switched adapted...

New Faculty Members Arrive at University

New Faculty Members Arrive at University

Erin Golding, Staff Writer September 11, 2025

Saint Francis welcomes 13 new full-time faculty members to Loretto this fall in nine different programs. One of these new teachers is Associate Professor of Theatre April Beiswenger. For Beiswenger,...

Improvements Made to Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto

Improvements Made to Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto

Seth Cunningham, Staff Writer September 11, 2025

The Lourdes Grotto behind Giles Hall was upgraded in June. Improvements include accent lighting within the grotto and a refurbished walkway. The improvements were funded by an anonymous alumni donation....

Agape Chapel Renamed the Saint Carlo Acutis Adoration Chapel

Agape Chapel Renamed the Saint Carlo Acutis Adoration Chapel

Jelana Boldizar, Staff Writer September 10, 2025

The Agape Chapel has been renamed the Saint Carlo Acutis Adoration Chapel. A dedication event and blessing of the chapel took place on Sept. 7, the same day that Carlo Acutis was canonized by Pope Leo...

Flash Football Drops Season-Opener at Louisiana-Monroe, 29-0

Flash Football Drops Season-Opener at Louisiana-Monroe, 29-0

Sam Przybys, Sports Editor August 30, 2025

The Red Flash football team dropped a 29-0 decision at FBS-member Louisiana Monroe in its season-opener on Thursday. The game marked the fourth time in the last five years that SFU opened the season...

School of STEAM Hosts Student Recognition Ceremony

School of STEAM Hosts Student Recognition Ceremony

Colette Costlow, Fine Arts Editor May 3, 2025

The School of STEAM hosted a student recognition ceremony on April 15. Faculty members and administrators recognized students studying in various STEAM programs. More than 50 awards were presented at...

Dean of STEAM's New Book Examine Faith, Athletics

Dean of STEAM’s New Book Examine Faith, Athletics

Ava Dzurenda, Features Editor April 11, 2025

Dean of the School of STEAM Art Remillard’s new book, Bodies in Motion: A Religious History of American Sport, will be released May 10 by Oxford University Press. It is currently available for pre-order...

Football Coach Chris Villarrial Signs Contract Extension

Football Coach Chris Villarrial Signs Contract Extension

Buju Tuisavura, Staff Writer April 11, 2025

Saint Francis Head Football Coach Chris Villarrial — the winningest coach in program history — signed a contract extension on April 1. His signing of an extension came several days after the University...

Luke McConnell Promoted to Men's Basketball Head Coach

Luke McConnell Promoted to Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Saint Francis University Director of Athletics Jim Brazill has announced the elevation of Luke McConnell as the men's basketball head coach. McConnell is coming off his first season as the associate...

Men's Basketball Head Coach Rob Krimmel Announces Retirement

Men’s Basketball Head Coach Rob Krimmel Announces Retirement

Madison Perry, Editor March 27, 2025

Men’s basketball head coach Rob Krimmel announced his retirement from the University on March 27. Krimmel has devoted 29 years of his life to SFU, beginning as a student-athlete in 1996. He has served...

The End of an Era: Red Flash Athletics Programs to Transition From Division I to Division III

The End of an Era: Red Flash Athletics Programs to Transition From Division I to Division III

Alex Crocco, Sports Editor March 27, 2025

It was a normal Tuesday morning on the campus of Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania on March 25. Students were in class, the sun was out, birds were chirping. Then the school was hit...

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