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Practice What You Teach Dr. Todd Harrison and Pat Gordon at Bills Training Camp

06/20/2018 - For a few weeks each summer, St. John Fisher College goes from college campus to football mecca with the arrival of the Buffalo Bills Training Camp. With its players and coaches, as well as its hundreds of additional personnel, and thousands of fans, it's a transformation. At the center of it all are Dr. Todd Harrison and Patrick Gordon, two members of the Sport Management Department who serve as conduits between the College and the Bills organization.

For Two New Grads, the World Awaits Caelan Welch and Justin Townsend

05/09/2018 - For Caelan Welch and Justin Townsend, their first few months as newly minted Fisher graduates will include a deep dive into unknown worlds. As members of the Peace Corps, they’ll log 8,000 miles of travel to engage in two-year service projects abroad.

Up Close and Driven: Family, Focus, and Fun Drive Cardinals’ Ace Pitcher Lindsey Thayer Lindsey Thayer is a pitcher on the women's softball team.

03/14/2018 - For the last two years, pitcher Lindsey Thayer has helped the St. John Fisher College softball team make back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Division III World Series, where, in 2017, they finished second in the country. But before she found success on the Cardinals’ softball diamond, she found herself immersed in a family that bonded over learning the ins and outs of the game.

Six Questions with SAA Anna Harmer, Darienne Slocum, Kaylee Gassner, Jacob Mauer

03/13/2018 - Fisher’s newest student club has been taking alumni events by storm. The Student Alumni Association (SAA) is a group of student leaders who represent the College at alumni events and programs.

Asked and Answered: The Fisher Creed at 20 The Fisher Creed is a statement conceived and written entirely by Fisher students, and it speaks to the basic values and aspirations of the students at St. John Fisher College.

03/12/2018 - Collegium sat down with alumna Marty McCarthy '98 and current undergraduate Kelsey Michener '18 to learn more about the origins of the Fisher Creed was born and find out what it means to students today.

Alumna Takes Path Down a Dirt Road April Benson '13 partners with community members do offer health care services in Haiti.

03/09/2018 - Sometimes in life you travel many different paths, and where they converge is the road you were meant to follow.

Whackers & Hackers Celebrates 45 The Whackers and Hackers Golf Tournament brought alumni together for a fun day of golf.

03/07/2018 - This coming July 13 will mark a big date in Fisher alumni history: the 45th annual Whackers and Hackers Golf Tournament.

Kraft Services Joel Kraft is the executive chef of Lackmann Culinary Services, Fisher’s food service company,

03/06/2018 - Not a day goes by where Joel Kraft, executive chef of Lackmann Culinary Services, Fisher’s food service company, does not put a smile on a hungry student’s face. For many, the Ward-Haffey Dining Hall is a place to gather and eat meals with friends. For Kraft, the dining hall is his office playground.

Going to the Chapel Dave Van Gorder ’13 and Caitlin Allen ’15 met on the steps of Kearney Hall in 2011, and were married in Fisher's new Chapel on October 28, 2017.

03/06/2018 - On a sunny day in November 2011, two Fisher students met on the Kearney Hall steps as they filmed a television commercial for the College. Six years later, and just a few feet away from that location, the pair — now Fisher alumni — exchanged wedding vows at the Hermance Family Chapel of St. Basil the Great.