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This Week at La Salle

September 29, 2025

Matt DeLucia

Matt DeLucia, '07 got his first official job in TV reporting from hosting a La Salle TV program. Now he's an award winning journalist at NBC10. Read more 

Bianca Abbate

Bianca Abbate, '21, is coming back to La Salle to be the coach of the team that inspired her legal career. Read more

La Salle Recreation's gaming room

The third floor of the Union has a new space kitted out for all gaming Explorers. Read more

Compete in the America250PA Challenge!

Explorers, this is your chance to launch marketing campaigns for America250PA!


The three-round marketing challenge provides a team of students the opportunity to compete to design and launch their own marketing campaign, as part of the Direct EffectTM Innovation Challenge (DEIC). 


The 2025 theme is "Miles of Impact: America's First Superhighway," celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. 


Learn more and register here

Help restock the Basket @ Union 

The Office of Student Advocacy and Support is accepting donations from everyone in the Explorer community to help restock the Basket @ Union. Donations are always appreciated and can be made throughout the year.  


Students, staff, and faculty are invited to donate non-perishable foods, household items, and personal care products to Union 119 or the Union Info Center.  


Monetary donations can also be made by visiting the Office of Student Advocacy and Support in the Lawrence Building or emailing Serita Reels (reels@lasalle.edu) or Br. Bob (kinzler@lasalle.edu) to coordinate drop-off times.  

Throughout the year, we celebrate the wide array of individuals, groups, and cultures at La Salle by calling to mind various holidays, observances, and commemorative days that provide our campus with an opportunity to learn and to become involved as they desire. Learn more about the recognitions taking place across the globe and throughout the country during the months of September and October, including: 

  • October: Month of the Rosary  

  • October: Italian American Heritage Month  

  • October: Domestic Violence Awareness Month    

  • October 2: Yom Kippur 

  • October 7: Day of the Rosary 

  • October 13: Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day  

  • October 20: Diwali  

Campus Events

Mass

Monday – Thursday at 1 p.m.  

Daily Mass will take place from Monday through Thursday in the De La Salle Chapel.


Sunday at 5 p.m. 

Weekly Mass will take place every Sunday in the De La Salle Chapel.  Throughout October, there will be the opportunity to pray the Rosary after Sunday Mass for the Month of the Rosary.  


Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary 

Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 1.30 p.m.

Pray the Rosary at the Grotto. 

Field Day  

Friday, Oct. 3 from 4 to 7 p.m.  

Kick off your weekend at La Salle Field Day, hosted by Student Government at McCarthy Stadium. Everyone is welcome to join an afternoon of friendly competition, community, and fun. There will be light refreshments, a big raffle, and plenty of games. Whether you’re here to compete, cheer, or just hang out with friends, Field Day is the perfect way to celebrate the Explorer spirit.

Fall Open House  

Saturday, Oct. 4 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Potential future Explorers will be on campus learning more about all things La Salle!  

Late Night La Salle: Line Dancing and Mechanical Bullriding  

Saturday, Oct. 4 from 9 to 11 p.m.  

Spend your Saturday evening in the Union Ballroom learning how to line dance and riding a mechanical bull.   

Women’s Field Hockey  

Sunday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. 

vs. Rider at Ellen Vagelos Field at the University of Pennsylvania  

Women’s Soccer  

Sunday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. 

vs. Loyola Chicago at McCarthy Stadium   

Homecoming Events

Kick-off to Homecoming: Kindness Kits 

Wednesday, Nov. 5 from 12 to 2 p.m. 

All students are invited to the Union Ballroom to kick-off Homecoming Weekend festivities by participating in a community service project making Kindness Kits that will be donated to St. John’s Hospice. Register here

Homecoming  

Thursday, Nov. 6 to Sunday, Nov. 9  

Calling all Explorers! La Salle's Homecoming Weekend is a chance for all alumni to return to campus for a weekend full of events and new memories. See the full schedule and RSVP here.   

Submit information for inclusion or

email questions to umc@lasalle.edu.

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