Photo Blog

Early autumn skies roll over Carlin Hall.

Photo by Tom Rettig

Lines of students wait to enter the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom for Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD) information night. SPUD is the largest student organization on campus, involving approximately 600 student volunteers who answer the Holy Cross call to be “men and women for and with others” in the surrounding Worcester community.

Students had the opportunity to browse and speak with representatives from more than 40 public service programs. From serving meals and working at food pantries, to tutoring children and visiting elders in nursing facilities, students build relationships with those in the local communities.

Photography by Chris Muzii ’16

Crusader alumni and families returned to Mount St. James to welcome and help the Class of 2019 move in to their residence halls.

More than 75 alumni, spouses, and family members gathered to show their support and lend a helping hand.

Photography by Dan Vaillancourt and Tom Rettig

Students meet with local Worcester vendors and businesses during the “WooMe Worcester” event on the Hogan Courtyard. During this annual event, Holy Cross students connect with various local vendors and businesses to learn about the variety of opportunities available in the Worcester county. Vendors this year included Blue Jeans Pizza, Worcester Election Commission, Worcester Art Museum, Millbury Federal Credit Union, Worcester Airport Limousine and the EcoTarium, among others.

Photo by Tom Rettig

Holy Cross Athletics and Dining staff gather with members of the PepsiCo implementation team including Anne Fink ’85, chief operating officer, PepsiCo North American Foodservice. PepsiCo recently became the official beverage supplier at Holy Cross. The new 5-year partnership features PepsiCo’s comprehensive beverage lineup of Pepsi carbonated soft drinks (including Mountain Dew), Starbucks bottled iced coffees, and Gatorade sports drinks, among others. The partnership further expands to a wide range of snack products, including Frito-Lay, Quaker and other PepsiCo food products. PepsiCo brands will be provided in all campus dining areas, athletic venues, and in the approximately 35 vending machines on campus. Under plans to be executed over time, PepsiCo will also deliver customized marketing programs and unique concession options, as well as provide innovative on-campus recycling initiatives.

Photo by Tom Rettig

Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., president of Holy Cross, welcomes teachers to “Literatures, Religions and Arts of the Himalayan Region!,” a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute held at Holy Cross. The annual Himalayan Institute held by Todd Lewis, professor of religious studies, is open to K-12 educators who work in a variety of subject fields. The four week course is a comprehensive interdisciplinary overview of the remarkable Himalayan region defined by the world’s highest mountain range.

Photo by Tom Rettig

The trees have bloomed outside of Williams Hall. Completed in 2003, Williams Hall is a five-story, 85,000-square foot building. The apartments accommodate 244 seniors in 61 apartments that consist of a living room, dining area, full kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms.

Photo by John Cannon

Graduating seniors from the class of 2015 participate in the “Hidden in Plain Sight” tour of Holy Cross. Rev. Anthony Kuzniewski, S.J., professor of history and College historian, and Keith Maczkiewicz, S.J., assistant chaplain, led the tour of campus, illuminating facets and sharing legends of the Cross that students may have never seen or heard before.

Photo by Tom Rettig

A sold out crowd packed the Holy Cross Hart Recreation Center for the annual Spring Concert. Pop star Jessie J headlined the concert, performing hits from her most recent album “Sweet Talker.”

During her performance, Jessie J entertained the crowd in a sheer glitter Holy Cross shirt. After the show, Jessie J took to Twitter and Instagram to interact with fans and post a photo from the Holy Cross stage.

Photography by Louie Despres

From a pig roast to a performance by LA Rapper/R&B Singer Luke Christopher, from the Easy Street Fair to a carnival, students reveled in the spring weather as part of Spring Weekend.

A favorite for many was the HOLI Color Festival, sponsored by Developing and Educating South-Asian Ideologies (DESI), a student multicultural organization. Also known as the festival of colors, Holi is a celebration of spring in which participants wear white T-shirts and throw dry colored powder. The festival signifies the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring. Spring weekend closed with fireworks and a performance by Jessie J at the spring concert.

Photography by Dan Vaillancourt