Boston College
Liberty Mutual gifts $3.1 Million to BC Law
The Boston College Law School is set to receive a $3.1 million pledge from the Liberty Mutual Group to be distributed over the next four years, marking the largest gift given to the School. The pledge, which will be used to hire a professor and legal scholar in the field of property and casualty insurance, is consisted of $3 million to the Liberty Mutual Insurance Professorship and $100,000 to the Liberty Mutual Prize.
Liberty Mutual Chairman, President and CEO Edmund F. Kelly said of the donation, ‘By establishing the Liberty Mutual Professorship, we hope to foster a better understanding, within the legal community, of the critical role property and casualty insurance plays in the broader economy.’
Source: The Chronicle
Xavier
PR class takes on the world, not finals
Instead of opting for a big paper as a final for their ‘Public Relations Ethics and Societies’ class, Xavier University students were given the choice of 30 hours of community service instead. The students who chose this option were divided into groups and performed service at various places around Cincinnati.
The class’s professor, Danielle Parker, said that she wanted to give her students the opportunity of learning outside of the classroom and gain real-world experience in public relations, especially during the stressful time of finals.
Students performed service at various locations around Cincinnati including work for the March of Dimes, Easter Seals and Shriners Hospital. Students were pleased with the option and many thought that the work was a better learning experience than any exam could have given.
Source: The Newswire
Loyola Chicago
Priest accused of sexual abuse
Former Loyola University professor Rev. John Powell, S.J. faced his third sexual abuse lawsuit last month, filed by an unnamed woman who claimed that the abuse took place in 1967 at a spiritual retreat.
Powell was a theology professor at Loyola from 1965 until his retirement in 1996. While at Loyola, he held spiritual retreats with minor children; the current lawsuit claims the abuse took place during one of these retreats.
The civil lawsuit alleges that Powell held ‘private counseling sessions’ with her where she was forced to kiss him and remove her school uniform so that he could fondle her.s
Source: The Phoenix
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