DePaul University will welcome its new president, the Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, during two campus receptions on May 14.

On Friday morning, a continental breakfast reception for the Loop Campus will be held from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the 11th floor lounge and deck area of the DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd. (southeast corner of Jackson and State). Remarks will be made at approximately 10 a.m.

Later that day, a dessert reception will be held on the Lincoln Park Campus from noon until 2 p.m. in Kelly Hall of Richardson Library (just outside the Art Museum), 2350 N. Kenmore Ave. Remarks will be made at approximately 1 p.m.

The events are open only to the university community, but media are invited to attend.

Any member of the university community interested in attending should RSVP to ebauman@depaul.edu. Members of the media wishing to attend should call Shawn Malayter at 312-362-6978.

DePaul is the nation's largest Catholic university and the seventh-largest private university in the U.S. Nearly 24,000 students attend classes on seven campuses in the city and suburbs.