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The media relations team serves as the primary contact for all media inquiries for the Philadelphia and Newtown campus locations. The team collects and shares Holy Family University news with the press and gathers information about the University community.

The press is encouraged to contact the media relations team to interview faculty experts in a variety of fields.

For general media inquiries, please contact communications@holyfamily.edu.

For Athletics media inquiries, please contact Zachary Durham, sports information director, at 267-341-3482 or zdurham@holyfamily.edu.

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Five Holy Family University Alumni Named Recipients of 2024 Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching

Five Holy Family University School of Education alumni were among 60 teachers from Philadelphia public schools recently recognized as 2024 Lindback Award recipients. The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation annually honors outstanding teachers who demonstrate excellence in promoting learning at the highest levels. The honorees each received a $3,500 award during a ceremony hosted on May 21, 2024 at the Philadelphia Film Society.

Philadelphia Business Journal Features Latest Venture of Rodan Enterprises LLC, a Proposed $40 Million Marina and Entertainment Venture of Ron and Dana Russikoff (’92)

Holy Family University Alumna Dana Russikoff (’92) and her husband, Ron, recently shared the vision for their latest venture, One River Development LLC, in an article featured in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Having secured a 6-acre waterfront plot along the Delaware River in Northeast Philadelphia, the Russikoffs plan on developing a $40 million marina, swimming pool, and entertainment complex that will cater to the recreational desires of both local residents and visiting boaters, with an emphasis on nautical tourism.

School of Nursing & Health Sciences Hosts Spring 2024 DNP Poster Presentation Event

Holy Family University Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students enrolled in the School of Nursing & Health Sciences presented the results of their scholarly research projects at the DNP Poster Presentation event at the University’s Newtown East campus on May 15, 2024. The pre-commencement event is hosted annually to highlight the scholarship of the soon-to-be graduates.

Holy Family University Master’s of Counseling Students Complete 16-Week Course on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Through World-Renowned Beck Institute

Holy Family University professor and program director of the master’s of counseling program Dr. Patrick McElwaine and acting executive director of the Beck Institute Dr. Allen Miller celebrated the achievements of 63 HFU students who successfully completed a 16-week course on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) through the world-renowned Beck Institute. Students received certificates acknowledging their efforts during a ceremony at the University’s Newtown East campus on May 10.

Class of 2024 Graduate Alana Tinsley Solidified Career Choice through Transfer to HFU

In the Holy Family University Stevenson Lane dorm room of Alana Tinsley, there is decorative ivy adorning the walls and ceiling. Amazon ivy that she purchased and positioned, but ivy nonetheless. It is the only greenery you will see around the senior criminal justice major, because there is certainly no grass growing under her feet.

First-Generation Graduate Kaitlyn Cross Earns Validation as Holy Family University’s Class of 2024 Valedictorian

If you happened to be in the working-class, safe-haven Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood of Bridesburg on April 25, 2024, you might have heard the shouts of sheer delight bellowing from Kaitlyn Cross’s house.  The community is close-quartered and close-knit, adept at deciphering an exclamation of excitement from one of distress, so the commotion beckoned more anticipation than panic.  Cross, a Holy Family University senior and first-generation college student, had just received notification that she had earned the title of valedictorian for the Class of 2024. She is the first valedictorian ever formally recognized at the school. There was no containing her joy.