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This Week at La Salle

October 6, 2025

Hansen Quad at La Salle University

La Salle was featured in the rankings for the fourth year in a row. Read more 

Stephanie Gambone, '98

For Stephanie Gambone, '98, her time at 20th and Olney was critically important to the trajectory of her career and ultimately her appointment as a commissioner of Governor Josh Shapiro's Advisory Committee on Women in July 2025. Read more

La Salle Recreation's gaming room

La Salle's online master's in cybersecurity was the only Pennsylvania school to appear on the list. 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

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 month of October, including: 

  • October: Month of the Rosary  

  • October: Italian American Heritage Month  

  • October: Hindu American Month  

  • October: Domestic Violence Awareness Month   

  • October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month   

  • October 7: Day of the Rosary 

  • October 9: Saint Martyrs of Turon and St. Jaime Hilario, FSC  

  • 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. 

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. 

Sung Praying of the Rosary at the Grotto. 

Asian Pacific American Student Association Mid-Autumn Festival 

Monday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. 

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival on the Union Patio with a night of mooncakes, lanterns, and cultural fun! All are welcome! 

Black Student Union’s Movie Night  

Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. 

Join BSU in the Founders’ Hall Auditorium for a screening of the movie Sinners followed by a discussion on the Black community’s influence shaping music and pop culture. Come enjoy a movie, munch on some snacks and hang out with the BSU Fam! 

Men’s Soccer 

Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m. 

vs. Davidson at McCarthy Stadium  

Women’s Field Hockey  

Friday, Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. 

vs. Lock Haven at Ellen Ryan Field at Saint Joseph’s University  

2nd Annual Explorer Invitational  

Friday, Oct. 10 to Sunday, Oct. 12, from 5 to 10 p.m. 

La Salle’s Mock Trial Team will be competing in the 2nd Annual Explorer Invitational at the Founders’ Hall Atrium.  

Men’s Soccer 

Saturday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. 

vs. Loyola Chicago at McCarthy Stadium  

Organization of Latin American Students and Alumni Association Networking Event 

Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. 

All Explorers are welcome to join OLAS in Holroyd Atrium to conclude Hispanic Heritage Month with a networking event.

Trips, Tricks, and Treats Career Readiness Fair  

Tuesday, Oct. 28 from 12 to 2 p.m. 

Head to the Union Ballroom and Music Room for a trick-or-treat style career fair hosted by La Salle University Career Center. Meet employers, collect giveaways, and get advice in a fun, interactive atmosphere. There will also be Career Readiness Stations throughout, to help you prepare for the working world. Learn more and register here.  

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.   

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