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December 15, 2025

Happy holidays!

As the Fall Semester ends and Winter Break begins, TW@L will be taking a break too.

Check your inbox on January 12 for the next edition as the Explorer community comes back to campus.

In 2025, La Salle received acknowledgement and accolades from several outlets and organizations. As this year of growth and accomplishment comes to an end, 20th and Olney has just been given its newest title by The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Comeback College. Read more.

Pictured from left: Mike Sielski, ’97, Tim Legler, ’88, and Bill Raftery, ’63 at the Voices of La Salle panel.

The road from Explorer to expert

La Salle University welcomed home three of its most accomplished alumni on Thursday, Dec. 4, for the second installment of the Voices of La Salle series. The panel featured college basketball icon Bill Raftery, ’63, ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler, ’88, and award-winning author and columnist Mike Sielski, ’97. Read more.

Join the La Salle community for MLK Day of Service

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service will be on Monday, January 19, 2026, from 8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Activities will include community clean-ups, site support projects, assistance for senior members at Third Eternal Baptist Church and Harambe Church, clean-up efforts at Wister Woods, Kemble Park, and Wakefield Park, meal preparation at St. Joseph House, and additional service opportunities at partner locations.

T-shirts and lunch will be provided.

Let’s come together as the La Salle community to make a positive impact – your participation makes a difference!

Advent Reflections

As we look forward to Christmas, the advent season is a time of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God. To aid in preparation, students, faculty, and staff share daily reflections through an advent calendar coordinated through University Ministry.

Upcoming Holidays, Observations, and Commemorations

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 December and January, including:

December 25: Christmas

December 26: First day of Kwanzaa

January 19: Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 26: Commemoration of the Transfer of the Relics of Saint La Salle

January 30: The Feast of St. Mutien-Marie Wiaux

Campus Events

Mass will not be available on campus during the Winter Break. If you still wish to attend Mass, you can visit one of our closest parishes:

Our Lady of Hope (5200 N. Broad Street)

Saturdays: 4 p.m. (English)

Sundays: 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. (English) and 10:30 a.m. (Spanish)

The Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

Saturdays: 12:05 p.m.

Sundays: 9 a.m.

Christmas Vigil Mass and Christmas Carols: December 24 at 3:30 p.m.

Christmas Day Mass: December 25 at 9 a.m.

Women’s Basketball

Saturday, Dec. 20 at 12 p.m.

vs. Mississippi State at the John E. Glaser Arena

Men’s Basketball

Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 2 p.m.

vs. George Mason at the John E. Glaser Arena

Women’s Basketball

Saturday, Jan. 3 at 1 p.m.

vs. George Washington at the John E. Glaser Arena

Men’s Basketball

Saturday, Jan. 10 at 4 p.m.

vs. Saint Louis at the John E. Glaser Arena

First day of class

Monday, Jan. 12

Spring semester classes begin.

MLK Day of Service

Monday, Jan. 19 from 8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Join the La Salle community for Dr. Rev Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service. Activities will include neighborhood clean-up and volunteering with local nonprofit organizations. T-shirts and lunch will be provided. Learn more and sign up here.

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