Founders Week Events, Activities Kick Off This Sunday

Faculty and staff can still register for the various activities and events of Founders Week 2014, the annual weeklong celebration to honor the legacy, vision and values of Duquesne’s Spiritan founders. Under the theme One Heart, One Spirit: Living the Mission, Founders Week kicks off this Sunday, Feb. 2, and continues through Friday, Feb. 7.

The campus community is invited to attend the events listed below and to discover the many ways in which we live out the University’s mission each day.

The week’s activities will include:

Sunday, Feb. 2

• 11 a.m. Mass, University Chapel
• Noon, Brunch, Africa Room, Union
• 9 p.m. Mass, University Chapel, with refreshments served immediately following

Monday, Feb. 3

• Noon, Lunch and Learn, From Duquesne to the Dominican Republic, Africa Room, Union

Tuesday, Feb. 4

• Noon, Lunch and Learn, Faculty and Student Round Table: Towards A Spiritan Pedagogy: Embodying the Mission in Teaching, Africa Room, Union

Wednesday, Feb. 5

• Noon, Lunch and Learn, Living the Mission: A Commuter Perspective, Africa Room, Union

Thursday, Feb. 6

• Noon, Lunch and Learn, Greek Life and Living the Mission, Africa Room, Union                                                                     

Friday, Feb. 7

• 4:30 p.m., Vespers, Trinity Hall Chapel, immediately followed by a Spiritan reception.

RSVPs are required for all lunch-and-learn events, the brunch and the Spiritan reception. The deadline for registration is Thursday, Jan. 30.

For more information on Founders Week, contact the Division of Mission and Identity at 412.396.5097.