"Holy Names High School principal reflects on nine years at helm" is an interview with Sally Slyngstad, SNJM. The interviewer, Carrie McClish, is an HNHS grad who works for the Catholic Voice. Link to article:  http://www.catholicvoiceoakland.org/2012/01-23/catholicschoolsweek1.htm.

Oakland's Catholic Voice newspaper recently ran the article "Holy Names to Host Social Justice Forum" about the forum, organized by Susan Wells, SNJM to be held at Holy Names University, on February 11. http://www.catholicvoiceoakland.org/2012/01-23/inthisissue2.htm

Catholic Schools Superintendent for Oakland, Barbara Bray, SNJM, was interviewed in the Catholic Voice for Catholic Schools Week 2012. "We have the right schools in the right places, fully enrolled and financially viable. All children are welcome and no child is turned away because of financial need. Our Catholic schools are culturally responsive to all in the community." Read about the six-point strategic plan at: http://www.catholicvoiceoakland.org/2012/01-23/catholicschoolsweek1.htm.

Sophia Park, SNJM, Ph.D. has published her first book, A Hermeneutic on Dislocation as Experience: Creating a Borderland, Constructing a Hybrid Identity. From the publisher: "This book suggests that people who experience dislocation can create a borderland where their own marginality gains power and voice." Read more at the HNU website: http://www.hnu.edu/news/2012/01/sr-sophia-park-publishes-a-hermeneutic-on-dislocation-as-experience.html.