There are 21 article(s) tagged CBU:

• May 2024

  • Former head of CBHS named interim president at CBU

    Chris Englert was principal/president at CBHS for nearly three decades. He left in 2019 to take another assignment.

    By Jane Roberts May 02, 2024

• December 2023

  • CBU cuts 28 positions, host of programs to preserve future

    Closed programs will end immediately, and the university said it will help the 15 students who are affected by the closures to get the classes they need. Faculty terminations will be final at end of the school year.

    By Jane Roberts December 11, 2023

  • CBU expected to notify faculty of deep cuts this week

    Roughly 30 faculty positions are expected to be cut. The largest number are likely in the Rosa Deal School of Arts. 

    By Jane Roberts December 05, 2023

• October 2023

  • With millions of dollars to cut at CBU, everything is on the table

    A ‘retrenchment committee’ will look at the campus as a whole and make recommendations for cuts, including majors. 

    By Jane Roberts October 03, 2023

• July 2023

  • CBU introducing online cybersecurity graduate degree in January

    Christian Brothers University will introduce a fully online cybersecurity graduate degree program in January 2024. CBU Director of Graduate Computer Science Programs James McGuffee said the degree will help bring more IT professionals to Memphis businesses. 

    By Alicia Davidson July 25, 2023

• March 2023

  • MIT physicist and acclaimed author coming to CBU

    Physicist Alan Lightman has conversed with both the Dalai Lama and humanoid robot BINA48. Lightman is a MIT professor, bestselling author and native Memphian.

    By Kylah Strickland-Paige March 13, 2023

• December 2022

  • CBU partners with Caribbean medical school to help fill provider shortage gap

    Christian Brothers University is partnering with St. George’s University in the Caribbean to provide students with streamlined admissions to its School of Medicine in Grenada.

    By Aisling Mäki December 18, 2022

• June 2022

  • LITE Memphis’ Pitch Night is creating young entrepreneurs

    “Our core mission is about helping students have the ability to create wealth and one of the ways that we do that is through entrepreneurship,” Adrian Smith said. “Because we know that to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to possess a lot of 21st century skills that include communication, goal setting and problem-solving.”

    By Jasmine McCraven June 02, 2022

• April 2022

  • CBU names new president

    The university’s board of trustees announced Tuesday that the interim president will transition to the position permanently. 

    By Jasmine McCraven April 26, 2022

  • CBU golfer, 40, finishes 12th at Gulf South Conference championships

    Army veteran Jonathan Shuskey led the Bucs to fourth place in team standings.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 25, 2022

• November 2021

  • CBU appoints interim president

    Christian Brothers University appointed David Archer, an associate professor and director of the MBA program, as its interim president, following the Nov. 5 departure of Jack Shannon.

    By Daja E. Henry November 12, 2021

• June 2021

  • Pandemic takes higher education to school

    The COVID-19 pandemic reduced some revenue streams to a trickle at four-year colleges and universities. But coming out of the pandemic, administrators believe they are smarter and more efficient. “Really, what the pandemic did is it accelerated the pace of change,” said U of M President M. David Rudd.

    By Don Wade June 28, 2021

• April 2021

  • Memphis 901 FC to face CBU in preseason fundraiser

    The USL club also will face two teams in exhibition games.

    By John Varlas April 15, 2021

• August 2020

  • Sports Notebook: The heart of the college football matter, and a possible hoops bracketology

    Some doctors have sounded the alarm about the effects after recovering from COVID-19; it's not too early to consider alternate NCAA basketball tournament formats; and Christian Brothers University has shut down some fall sports until Jan. 1

    By Don Wade August 16, 2020

• July 2020

  • CBU details plans for hybrid return, with in-person class when possible

    The president says the university is lucky it doesn't have many classes with a large-lecture format. 

    By Jane Roberts July 23, 2020

• May 2020

  • CBU to start earlier, end fall semester by Thanksgiving

    Classes will be a combination of face-to-face and online; in some cases, double occupancy will be possible in dorms.

    By Jane Roberts May 27, 2020

• March 2020

  • Clint Browne leaving CBU soccer to coach at Hutchison

    Clint Browne won 155 games and two Gulf South titles in successful 16-year tenure at CBU. Now he's moving back to Hutchison to lead the Sting.

    By John Varlas March 25, 2020

  • MLB to cease operations for at least a month; Memphis Redbirds impacted too

    CBU’s baseball program was taking a hiatus and the Rhodes College season looked to be finished.

    By Don Wade March 12, 2020

• October 2019

  • New-look CBU hopes to learn from loss to Memphis

    The new-look Christian Brothers University Buccaneers want to learn from loss to highly-touted Memphis Tigers.

    By Jonah Jordan October 25, 2019

• May 2019

  • Nienaber steps down as winningest basketball coach in CBU history

    Mike Nienaber stepped down Thursday as CBU coach after 20 seasons, leaving as the winningest basketball coach in school history. The school said he is pursuing another coaching opportunity.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 02, 2019

• April 2019

  • Prep notebook: Former teammates rally around CBU soccer player Anna Della Rosa

    CBU soccer player Anna Della Rosa is getting a little help from her former Houston High teammates and other friends, who are coming together to "Kick Cancer With Anna."

    By John Varlas April 16, 2019