Annual Tradition kicks off Homecoming Week
Quincy Students kickoff homecoming week with a campus wide painting tradition.
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QU looks to Surpass Annual Fund Drive Goal, Again
Quincy University hosted it’s annual Fund Drive, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, in the University’s private dining room. With a $1 million goal in mind, many university faculty, administration and staff gathered to discuss how Quincy University can surpass the goal as it had for eight years previous. The University is focusing on it’s $7 Million dollar recovery goal. Last year, Quincy
Read moreA Surprise Proposal
By: Sarah Vahlkamp “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”-Dr. Seuss When Spencer Smith ’14 and Emily Freier ’15 met for the first time in marching band, neither could have expected that Emily’s time at Quincy University would end in such a romantic way. Spencer was a Communication and
Read moreAn Unexpected Romance
By: Sarah Vahlkamp “True love is the soul’s recognition of its counterpart in another”- Owen Wilson, The Wedding Crashers When Elisabeth Rogers ’07 and Casey Collins ’05 crossed paths for the first time in choir, it was a simple passing that came to mean much more. “I met Casey in choir, officially, but I was a love struck freshman who
Read moreA Match made in Heaven
By: Sarah Vahlkamp The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.- Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook When Trevor Pullinger ’10 and Jessica Wiley ’10 met in the Quincy University cafeteria for the first time, neither could imagine fate had just brought
Read moreFender Bender Romance
By: Sarah Vahlkamp The great thing about love is that you may not be looking for it, yet find it right around the corner. Bret Shevlin ’08 and Lori Knollenberg ’11 could not have had a better chance meeting than one fateful day at the corner of 18th and Spruce. It was late February, and Bret was driving home after
Read moreOh Holy Matrimony
By: Sarah Vahlkamp Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always
Read moreHuge Weekend Approaches for QU Men’s Volleyball!
Last Wednesday on the 23rd of March, Quincy University men’s volleyball team welcomed the undefeated Missouri Baptist to Pepsi Arena and sent them home with their first lost of their season. After last week’s victory, the Hawks went off into Easter Break to regroup after playing 36 matches so far this season. Now, this weekend approaching has been highly anticipated by
Read moreBlinded by Love
By: Sarah Vahlkamp “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” -Nicholas Sparks Kristen Roof ’98 and Craig Liesen ’98 felt the love the first time they met. It was their junior year, and Kristen was walking by Craig on the stairs leading to the second floor of Francis Hall when her book bag
Read moreA Major Decision for Love
By: Sarah Vahlkamp The funny thing about love is that it happens unplanned, and yet seems to have the most perfectly planned timing. Jill Pioter ’00 came to Quincy University as a freshman looking for direction in which major to declare. As she sat in the car with her mother on her way to the Registration Advisement Program Session (RAP),
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