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Student tells story of St. Paul in Graphic Novel Format - Available Now
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Derry Connolly, the president of John Paul the Great Catholic University, has said he wants the university’s graduates "to become ‘St. Pauls’ for the 21st century." Matthew Salisbury, who graduated in December 2009 as a member of the university’s first graduating class, has clearly taken that message to heart: He’s re-telling the first-century saint’s life story in a 21st-century media format... (Full Article)
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MBA Producing Students and Yellow Line Studio Secure $44,000 Development Deal
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This week brought some exciting news for students in the MBA producing class of 2011. Several students were hired to work with Yellow Line Studio to develop a feature film–a courtroom thriller featuring the controversy surrounding the Shroud of Turin. Executive Producer Larry Schauf hired MBA producing student Matt Salisbury to write a screenplay and treatment for $30,000 with a $100,000 bonus if the script goes into production. The estimated budget for the feature is 20-30 million... Read about our MBA in Producing Program
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Sister Mary Agnes Uses Social Media to Bring Her Order into the 21st Century
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For a class assignment at John Paul the Great, Sister Mary Agnes created an application to help people pray the rosary while on Facebook. So far, over a million people have viewed (and likely prayed) the Facebook Rosary, and 4,280 users across all 6 continents have added it to their social media bookmarks. “The fact is that a lot of people are searching through the social media... (Full Article)
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University and Talk Show host have cordial conversation
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JP Catholic President, Dr Connolly and Laura Ingraham had a most cordial conversation on her 2/9/2010 show about the controversy that arose over her disagreement on the strategy of the show BUMP+. Dr Connolly maintains that with respect to:
- Truth: the University unequivocally supports the Catholic Church’s position that abortion is wrong.
- Dialog: Conversations to change hearts and minds and to bring people to the truth is the demand of Christ to Christians. BUMP+ the Show does that using the rapidly evolving, yet unconventional tools of New Media. Read more
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Prof. Jackson breaks Transcontinental Speed Record
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Dr. Jerry Jackson, Professor of Business, recently broke the round-trip, transcontinental aviation speed record, by flying from San Diego to Jacksonville (Florida), and return, in 24 hours and 10 minutes. Flying his home-built experimental airplane, he took-off just before dawn on Jan 30th, and arrived back on Sunday, Jan 31st. He refuled in Abilene, Texas, and Jacksonville, and covered the 4200 miles at an average speed of 174 MPH. He kept faculty and students updated with hourly satellite-relayed position reports. Challenges included weather, pilot fatigue, and minor equipment failures. Prof. Jackson will use this record trip as an example project in his Project Management and Project Execution classes. (read the article)
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Evangelization through Video Games
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The mission of John Paul the Great Catholic University is to impact culture for Christ. One of the primary ways we accomplish this goal is through the world of entertainment. One aspect of the media that is often overlooked by those wanting to make a difference in society is video games. Yet this industry is as much in need of faithful Christians as any other... (read the article)
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JP Catholic Students Walk for Life
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On Saturday, January 23, pro-lifers from across the country gathered together for the 6th Annual Walk for Life West Coast. It is estimated that some 40,000 people travelled to San Francisco to protect the lives of unborn babies. Students from John Paul the Great Catholic University were there in the thick of things... (read the article)
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Bump+ Comments
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Friday, January 22, 2010, marked the online premiere of the controversial web series BUMP+. Independent entertainment company Yellow Line Studio acquired the original script from one of our students (now an alumnus). Additional members of our faculty and student body were involved in various aspects of development and production, along with other artists of diverse faith traditions and perspectives hired by Yellow Line.
John Paul The Great Catholic University supports Yellow Line Studio’s efforts, and applauds those involved from our community for honoring the spirit of our mission by seeking to impact the culture.
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Graduation 2009: Our First Graduates
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Dec 12th was a major milestone - our first graduation. Commencement speaker, Pat Lencioni compared the first graduates to other illustrious rag-tag groups like the 12 Apostles (who had no cathedrals) and our nation's Founding Fathers (who had no Washington Capitol buildings). Prof Riley charged the new graduates to 'light up the darkness'. President Connolly described the miracles - the 'hand of God' in the building of JP Catholic and commended the students and their parents for their trust in the Lord... (Read more)
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San Diego - Entrepreneurial Opportunity
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Young people looking into JP Catholic are often attracted by its ideal location in San Diego, CA. There’s the beautiful weather all year long, the shopping and entertainment of downtown San Diego—not to mention the beaches. It does not occur to most incoming students... (read the article)
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Fall 2009 Lecture Series
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The Fall 2009 Lecture Series (free) continues this Thursday evening with a talk 'The Soul of Kalapapa' that explores the interfaith relationship between Catholics, Protestants and Latter-day Saints, especially as it pertains to the work Saint Damien of Molokai. Please join us. (read the article)
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New Sound Stage project has begun Students returning to JP Catholic at the end of September will be excited to find that the school has grown in more ways than one. In addition to new students and new professors, the campus itself has grown. The university has added to the space it rents on Old Grove Road. This new space is currently...(read the article)
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Student Business Highlight - Creative Rhetoric
Creative Rhetoric presents a uniquely valuable offering to the business world. “We help companies tell their stories,” Matt Salisbury explains. “We help them influence their clients through story.” Creative Rhetoric offers design work, copy writing (the written element of any kind of marketing material) as well as help with company web sites...(read the article)
JP Catholic Announces Plans for New Studio
JP Catholic is seeking generous benefactors to help us raise $500,000 to expand our core capabilities and infrastructure in the following mission critical areas...(read the article)
Student Business Highlight - Evan's Media
JP Catholic is a unique university. From the small student body to the highly focused curriculum to the solid Catholic identity, JP Catholic stands out from the crowd. One of the most valuable offerings of the university is its Launch Pad. All undergraduate students, whether majoring in business or media, are expected to launch a business before graduation...(read the article)
Prof Jackson is a 2009 'World Technology Awards' Nominee.
He joins 17 professors from distinguished schools like Harvard, MIT,
Caltech, Carnegie Mellon and Cambridge nominated for doing innovative work of 'the greatest
likely long-term significance' in the field of Health & Medicine (individual) category.
Prof Jackson developed a novel technique for removing arsenic from drinking water. Arsenic contaminated water affects over 100 million
people, reducing their life expectancy by 20 years.
His simple system uses common
cattails to absorb almost 90% of the arsenic, and costs less than 21 cents per 1,000 gallons. The system requires no energy or imported
parts, needs no maintenance or plumbing, and can be easily built and operated by rural, illiterate, lay people.
Dr Connolly appeared on Boston's CatholicTV
This is the Day
show on June 26th.
CatholicTV is the first diocesan television station in the world.
The Boston station, founded in the 1950s, offers faith-filled, family-friendly programming 24 hours daily. You can see this show and all of their original
programming at
CatholicTV.com
LAST CHANCE to become a Founding Patron of our new Graduate School of Biblical Theology
Last November, the University asked for 12 donors to come forward as the Founding Patrons for the Graduate School of Biblical Theology.
To date, 11 families have stepped up; each giving gifts in excess of $10,000 to seed the program. The program, which offers a unique
integration of the various branches of theology with a heavy concentration in the study of Sacred Scripture, will start in Fall 2009.
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