President Interviewed on The Bishop’s Hour Radio Show
President Dr. Marianne Evans Mount appeared on The Bishop’s Hour, a radio show produced by the Diocese of Sacramento, to discuss the value of online education. Click here to listen to the show.
Spiritual Life-Coaching: What Does It Look Like To Accompany Another
Professor Carole Brown speaks about Spiritual Accompaniment and who is it for? Click here.
CDU Partners with Shepherd University
On July 23, 2019, Catholic Distance University signed a Memorandum of Understanding and an articulation agreement with Shepherd University, a state university in West Virginia. The agreement allows students who earn CDU’s AA degree in the Liberal Arts with a Concentration in Catholic Studies to continue on at Shepherd University to earn a Regents Bachelor of Arts (RBA) degree. The documents were signed by CDU President Dr. Marianne Evans Mount and Shepherd University Provost Dr. Scott Beard. Also in attendance from Shepherd University were Dr. Virginia Hicks, assistant provost for academic community outreach, and Beth Thomas, RBA program coordinator.
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Professor Bozza Is Featured on LA Catholic Morning Radio Show
Professor Steve Bozza shares about the moral and ethical concerns of the Safe Needle Injection program. Click here. (begins at 17:00)
Translation of the Lord’s Prayer
Dr. Brown discusses the translation issues with the Our Father prayer. Click here to listen.
Natural Family Planning
Professor Chris Padgett visited “Coffee and Donuts” to discuss natural family planning. Click here to listen.
Dr. Marianne Evans Mount on Radio Maria
Hear Dr. Marianne Evans Mount explain how the Catholic Distance University came to be and it’s importance in today’s world of higher education. Click here. (Interview begins at 30:40)
ATS Grants Candidacy to Graduate School of Theology
At its February 7-8, 2019, meeting, the Board of Commissioners of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) unanimously voted CDU’s Graduate School of Theology a Candidate for Accreditation. Founded in 1918, ATS accredits more than 270 graduate schools of theology and most Catholic seminaries in the United States and Canada. Member schools offer post-baccalaureate professional and academic degree programs to educate students for the practice of ministry and for teaching and research in the theological disciplines.
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Higher Learning Commission Grants Candidacy to CDU
At its meeting on November 1, 2018, the Board of Trustees of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) named Catholic Distance University (CDU) a Candidate for Accreditation. Founded in 1895 as one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States, HLC is the largest of the regional accreditors, accrediting 1,000 colleges and universities in the North Central region.
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Basilica of St. Mary honored at CDU gala
George Goss | Catholic Herald Multimedia Journalist 11/05/18
On behalf of the Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria, its pastor, Father Edward C. Hathaway accepted the Bishop Thomas J. Welsh award during Catholic Distance University’s 35th annual gala at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington Nov. 3. Click here to read full article.
