Ocer Campion
Success Story

Ocer Campion Success Story

Ocer Campion Jesuit College, a coed boarding school in Gulu, Uganda, has been the recipient of over $1.5 million in grants from USAID American Schools and Hospitals Abroad for construction and commodities for a kitchen and dining hall (2011), an advanced level girls’ dorm (2017), and an advanced level science building (2018).

Celebrating its 11th year, the high school was founded by Fr. Tony Wach, SJ, an American Jesuit (originally from Omaha, Nebraska) and alumnus of the former Campion High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. The school was built as a post-civil war recovery initiative, and it is now home to over 730 students from northern Uganda and will have room for up to 1,200 students once construction is complete. In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021, Ocer Campion and the USA Midwest Jesuits shared a success story video at USAID ASHA’s annual partner meeting. 

USA Midwest Province Jesuits
Welcome Thomas Drexler

The USA Midwest Province Jesuits are pleased to welcome Thomas Drexler as the newest major gift officer. Drexler comes to the Jesuits from the Ignatian Spirituality Project, where he served as executive director. Additionally, Drexler has previously served as executive director of Jesuit Volunteer Corps International; assistant vice president at DePaul University; director of Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC) semester abroad for Creighton University, and as a high school and university educator. Drexler is a graduate of Marquette University, Creighton University, and Washington Theological Union.