Did You Know?
 We are now
St. Catherine University
as of June 1, 2009!
For highlights of the processional ceremony, prayer service, and refreshments, click here.
St. Kate's earns four mentions in U.S. News 'Best Graduate Schools' rankings »
Historical steps towards university, 1977 on...
The College of St. Catherine Alumnae Association needs a new official name. Please give us your input...
At Alumnae Association annual meeting, May 11, members learned more about how St. Catherine University will be structured with different schools, keeping the women's Catholic Liberal Arts College at the core. Also discussed was the future of the Alumnae Association. More »
 Whitby Hall's Third Floor will be converted from dorms to classroom and lab space, beginning in fall 2009, states the April 3, 2009 issue of The Wheel. For more... Send your memories and photos of living in Whitby Hall to mclorbiecki@stkate.edu.
Alumnae News
 Michele Cromer-Poire
SP '69, co-founder/owner of The Red Balloon Bookshop on Grand Avenue in St. Paul, has been awarded the 2009 Doc Chopp Award for her "tireless" community service to the Grand Avenue neighborhood area. She was the Grand Marshal at the Grand Old Day Parade on June 7. The Red Balloon celebrates 25 years too. For more on the Doc Chopp Award 2009 ...
 Middle school Spanish teacher Kellina Porthan SP '93, '96, started the nonprofit organization Walter's Wish Foundation to help Hispanic students realize their wish to earn a college education and professional career. She was profiled by St. Paul Pioneer Press columnist Ruben Rosario Saturday, May 23. For more...
Jennifer Driscoll SP '88 has been appointed vice president for investor relations for Campbell Soup Company based in Camden, N.J. For more...
 Bridgette DaSilva SP '07 was awarded an Abigail Quigley McCarthy Alumna Research and Creative Work Award of $500 and a certificate at the Women Awards Celebration from the Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for Women, Thursday, April 23 (Shakespeare's Birthday) for her novel in progress: The Oracle of Bacchus.
 Cindy Leonard
-Corbett SP '83 and her family started the nonprofit "Sharing Tree" to collect school supplies for needy students in the Hudson, Wisconsin area. They were profiled in the Hudson Star Observer.
 Emily Weich '07, an alumna of the St. Kate's fashion merchandising program, was one of the designers featured in the "Voltage: Fashion Amplified" event on Friday April 24 at First Avenue and she was profiled in this Star Tribune story.
 St. Mary's Junior College Spring Reunion and Minneapolis Campus Open House. For highlights...
For virtual tour of St. Catherine's Minneapolis campus, click here.
Go Green with the CSC Community Garden for Alumnae/i, Students, and Staff. For more...
Summer is upon us
 Meet Kathleen Weflen WEC '81. She's passionate about the natural world and editor-in-chief of one of Minnesota’s most popular magazines — The Minnesota Conservation Volunteer. More »
Tamara Kittelson-Aldred SP '75 (center) works with a team of St. Kate's occupational therapist students to fit a chair to a young girl during the Eleanore's Project trip to Peru in March 2008. Eleanore's Project, Inc. was founded in 2004 by the Kittelson-Aldred family in memory of Eleanore, who died in 2001. “Her death just before her twelfth birthday forced our family to reorganize and we began thinking about how best to honor her short life,” said Tamara's daughter Julian Kittelson-Aldred SP ’08, one of Eleanore's two sisters. For more...
Patricia Hvidston SP '67, former vice president for development for the College of St. Catherine (CSC Medal of Honor Awardee, Trustee, and Centennial 100 member), was just named Senior Vice President for Development and Communications for Catholic Charities USA. For more...
 Sahra Noor M '00, SP '02 Plays Key Role in St. Catherine Somali Mental Health Care Project. Nurse, Somali Immigrant and Director of the Language Services and Community Outreach Departments at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Sahra Noor has much to offer this project in terms of professional and personal experience. For more...
WAR AND PEACE
 Teens with parents suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) find help in book by DeAnne Boeltl Sherman SP '67 and daughter. For more...
 Harriet Hentges '63, former Executive Vice President of the U.S. Institute of Peace, shares insights on stabilization and peacemaking in areas of violent conflict, such as Iraq. For more...
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Winners of the 2009
DEW DROP DASH,
5K Walk/Run
Sunday morning June 21, 2009--
Linda Vinz and Michelle Langer
WELCOME NEW ALUMNAE MEMBERS!
Each spring graduate has been officially embraced as part of the Alumnae Association and offered a St. Kate's bag filled with information about our organization: the benefits, volunteer opportunities, educational classes, professional connections, socializing and reunions. They also receive their first copy of SCAN.
"That's the special thing
about St. Kate's --
your education and connection
with the school
don't stop when you walk
across the stage at graduation."
Joanna 'Josey' Becker '98
Upcoming Events
Twin Cities Area Events
- Get discounted tickets to the 15th Annual Cities 97 Basilica Block Party on July 10-11. Buy tickets before Tuesday, June 30. To receive the discount as you purchase tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com, and enter code (stkate), or call (800) 745-3000.
More Events on Calendar Page!
Chapter Events
- Orange County/L.A. Area, CA, July 18, Annual Summer Tea
- San Francisco Area, July 25, Dinner and Carmel Bach Festival Evening Concert
- Santa Fe, NM, August 8, Dinner and Santa Fe Opera
- Western Minnesota, August 12, Dinner and Festival of the Lakes Performance, Alexandria
- North Shore of Minnesota, August 13, Summer Luncheon
Volunteer Events
- Note Writing to Alumnae and Alumni in Circumstances of Sorrow, Joy, or Need -- We will doing this the fourth Thursday of every month (except during the summer). There will be coffee and treats and good conversations.
- For other Alum to Alum Volunteer Opportunities, click here...
Alumnae/i Networking ONLINE:
FACEBOOK and LINKEDIN
Find us on Facebook. Fan Page is St. Catherine Alumnae Association. Group is College of St. Catherine Alumnae.
Find us on LinkedIn: College of St. Catherine Alumnae/i Association
Network online through the Alumnae Association’s LinkedIn group, and keep up with us through our web pages and Facebook page. If you're already a LinkedIn member, just click here to join our global network. If you are not a LinkedIn member yet, go to www.linkedin.com to get started.
Click here to become a “fan” of the St. Catherine Alumnae Association’s Facebook page. Anyone may join Facebook at www.facebook.com and connect with the Alumnae Association to find fellow KATIES, keep up on Association and alumnae/i news and link to video and messages boards. Please remember that we are not responsible for structuring either Facebook or LinkedIn and therefore are not qualified to offer Help Desk advice on how to use or connect with others.
 Come to our Twin Cities Alumnae Book Club -- join us on Monday, June 22 from 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. in Derham Hall 409. We will be reading Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History, The Uncommon Reader, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. If you can't come or out of this area, get some Katies together for your own book club. For tips on how to start your own Katie Book Club...
The Conversation with Books 2009 Books Are Too Good To Miss! For the highlights of the panelists' comments and the book list...
Alumnae Resource Panels
 The Joys of Volunteering Abroad. If you are a new alum considering a year or two of service as a way to gain job experience in a tight market or an older alum considering volunteering abroad for the life satisfaction it brings, click here for encouragement and advice from experienced alums ...
Work Redesign: Seeking a New Job. For new alums seeking their first job or older alums who are looking for new job, there is help for you. This panel was facilitated by The Pioneer Press career columnist and consultant, Amy Lindgren SP ’83. To learn steps to pursue after a job termination or while in a career transition...
 Get Control of Your Financial Life!
The 2009 series finale, "Incorporating A Simple Living Lifestyle" offered the methods and benefits of simplifying and encouragement to do so. More...
For the tips from money consultant and educator Ruth Hayden from her February 25 lecture, click here.. This was part of the Money Doesn't Grow on Trees Free Lecture series for students and alumnae/i.
Want to hit the body and mind restart and refresh buttons for spring? St. Catherine's professor gives you tips...
More upcoming events...
"My wish is for many more alums
to get involved in the Association
to stay connected...
to feel the interconnectedness
across ALL boundaries --
age, social class,
economic power, race, religion.
WE DO INFLUENCE!
WE ARE LEADERS!"
Mary Pat Kwaterski '74
Women’s college alumnae affirm that their education was a good investment
June 23, 2008 · A national survey released this spring demonstrated that alumnae of women's colleges are more satisfied with their educations than are the female graduates of liberal arts colleges or large public universities. More »
CATHOLIC IDENTITY
 Virginia Binet Berg '54 welcome the pope this spring as part of the U.S. Bishops' National Advisory Council. For more...
President Andrea J. Lee, IHM attended meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. For more...
Catholic Identity at CSC: For more...
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, founders of St. Catherine University, were featured on Minnesota Public Radio as part of their coverage of Minnesota's 150 years of statehood. Nikki Tundel had the story.
 Favorite Recipes through the Decades Alumnae Cookbook For ways to order and support alumnae/i programming...
For other Alumnae/i Association Gifts & Merchandise, click here.
FOR MORE ALUMNAE/I STORIES ....
SCAN is online! St. Catherine University magazine, is now available on our website at StKate.edu/scan. For more...
Alumnae can now keep up with their home teams, the Wild Cats! Go to www.stkatesathletics.com |