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Category: Memory

Sister Margaret Fagbamigbe, SSMA, ’93

A Warm Welcoming

I was one of the four Nigerians who came to study in 1989. We were picked from the airport by the University’s van and were given a first-class warm welcoming. During our congregational feast, Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, was always present. The lectures prepared me for onward studies in theology. Happy anniversary to us.  Sister Margaret […]

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A Thank You to Professor Humberto Belli

Motives: 1) To thank the TOR Franciscans who founded a college to benefit veterans. 2) To thank Professor Humberto Belli, a different kind of veteran, who had quite an impact on an 82nd Airborne Division veteran in a Steubie U classroom on a cold October morning in 1988. Relevant Military Background: In June 1988, I […]

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Unsung Heroes: Professor James Gaston

I would like to speak to an unsung hero right there on Franciscan’s campus: Professor James Gaston. When I showed up as a freshman in the fall of 1992, I had no idea what major I wanted to choose. I had no “call” to a particular vocation or mission. After listening to Professor Gaston’s enthusiastic […]

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