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Four Area Women Business Leaders in Panel at Sacred Heart University

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The Jack Welch College of Business at Sacred Heart University presents “Women in Business,” a panel discussion with four successful female executives, including chief operating officers of Bigelow Tea and Subway restaurants. Speakers include: Cindi Bigelow, President and CEO of Bigelow Tea; Suzanne Greco, Former CEO of Subway restaurants; Elizabeth Hiza, chief of staff, Barnum Financial Group; Jennifer Tombaugh, President, Tauck. Clockwise from top left are Cindi Bigelow, Suzanne Greco, Jennifer Tombaugh and Elizabeth Hiza. The event is free and open to the public. It takes place in the Martire Theatre at the Martire Business and Communications Center  (E-145) at Sacred Heart University.

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Sacred Heart University Starts Online Forum on Rebuilding the Catholic Church

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Sacred Heart University has established an online forum to help rebuild the Catholic Church in a time of disunity and spiritual decay. The forum, “Go, Rebuild My House,” will serve as an open forum and allow experts from all over the world to contribute posts. When news broke in late summer about U.S. bishops covering up sex crimes committed by priests, SHU President John J. Petillo knew the University could have an important role in shaping what would happen next. Petillo said the Church has lost its way, and it is due time the University follows the vision of Saint Francis of Assisi and helps to rebuild it. “We at Sacred Heart believe, as an institution of higher learning, in the Catholic intellectual tradition.

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Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration at Sacred Heart University

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Join Sacred Heart University for its annual Kristallnacht Commemoration and listen to the story of Holocaust survivor Judith Altmann. Altmann was arrested and transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. She will tell her story of survival and hope. — an announcement from Sacred Heart University

Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass,” took place in Germany 80 years ago and was the violent event during which Nazis broke the windows of Jewish businesses, schools and synagogues, resulting in death, arrests and the beginning stages of the Holocaust. The commemoration takes place at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield on Wednesday, Nov.

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Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration at Sacred Heart U on Wednesday, Nov 7

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Join Sacred Heart University for its annual Kristallnacht Commemoration and listen to the story of Holocaust survivor Judith Altmann. Altmann was arrested and transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. She will tell her story of survival and hope. — an announcement from Sacred Heart University

Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass,” took place in Germany 80 years ago and was the violent event during which Nazis broke the windows of Jewish businesses, schools and synagogues, resulting in death, arrests and the beginning stages of the Holocaust. The commemoration takes place at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield on Wednesday, Nov.

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Area College Ships 3,516 Pieces of Used Furniture to Guatemala Orphanage

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Sacred Heart University in Fairfield donated 15 shipping containers filled with more than 3,500 pieces of furniture from the Elizabeth Ann Seton Residence Hall to orphaned children in Guatemala this summer. — an announcement from Sacred Heart University

Through the nonprofit organization Asset 360, SHU donated used desks, chairs, dressers, wardrobes, bedframes and mattresses. Asset 360 is nonprofit environmental company that manages the responsible disposition of materials that are no longer needed. Joel Quintong, assistant dean of students, said that almost every year, one of the residence halls turns over its old furniture. It’s Hard to Give Away This Much Furniture Here
He said this year, he wanted to find a responsible means of removing it, rather than having it all end up in a landfill.