Graduate Students & Young Adults (GYA)

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Welcome

GYA (Graduate students and Young Adults) is a group created for graduate students, postdocs, and young adults in the surrounding Evanston community who are in their 20s and 30s. GYA gathers regularly for a variety of events built around social, spiritual, educational, and service initiatives to help you stay connected.

Get Connected

We welcome you to sign up with Sheil via the button below to receive the weekly e-newsletter and other announcements about the community. Then, join GYA during the academic year on most Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. at Sheil Catholic Center, Evanston. Please see the list of our meetings and events below. We invite all graduate students and young adults to join us and newcomers are always welcome! Questions about GYA? Contact Tim Higgins, Campus Minister, here or call 847.328.4648.
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Winter Small Group

Small groups are a place where our larger campus Catholic community gets small. This is a space to help you find genuine community and grow your faith in Jesus. This winter quarter, a graduate and young adult small group will form and meet for 4 weeks starting on January 14. The group will meet for 90 minutes every other Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the lower level of Sheil to share faith and dive deeper into a particular topic. If you are a graduate student, postdoc, or young adult and are new to small groups, we encourage you to join the experience, because life is better connected.

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, January 7, 6:00 p.m. - Game Night, hosted at Drew Meinecke's House (Address to be sent closer to event through the GYA WhatsApp group and the GYA listserv. If you wish to be added to the listserv, please contact Tim Higgins here).

Tuesday, January 14, 6:00 p.m. - Small Group Series

Tuesday, January 21, 6:00 p.m. - Spirituality Event

Tuesday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. - Small Group Series

Tuesday, February 4, 7:00 p.m. - Ice Skating at Robert Crown Community Center (Meet at Sheil at 6:35 to arrange carpools. Also, please bring $5 because skating is no longer free for NU wildcard holders)

Saturday-Sunday, February 8-9 - GYA Retreat (for information and to sign up, see above on this page)

Saturday, February 15, 6:00 p.m. - Pie and Poetry Night, hosted at Dany Atallah's Apartment (Address to be sent closer to event through the GYA WhatsApp group and the GYA listserv. If you wish to be added to the listserv, please contact Tim Higgins here).

Tuesday, February 18, 6:00 p.m. - Small Group Series

Sunday, February 23, 3:00-5:00 p.m. - Service Project of Cooking at Sheil for the Residents of Margarita Inn

Tuesday, February 25, 4:30-6:30 p.m. - Serving at the Margarita Inn

Tuesday, March 4, 6:00 p.m. - Small Group Series

All events take place at Sheil Catholic Center in the Lower Level, unless noted. To see a full list of upcoming events with the Sheil Catholic community at Northwestern, click here

Leadership Team

The GYA leadership team includes (pictured from left to right) Ethan Garvey (co-chair of small group study), Dany Atallah (co-chair of small group study), Drew Meinecke (service chair), Maddie Joseph (co-chair of social life), Michael Clark (co-chair of spiritual life), Rose Haselhorst (co-chair of spiritual life), and Marisa McGettigan (communications chair and co-chair of social life).