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Did You Know?
SCU Political Science Club will co-host with TPT a Free MN Gubenatorial Debate. Join us at O'Shaughnessy on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 7 pm. Stay tuned...
Women's College was listed as one of the best colleges in the Midwest by The Princeton Review. For more...
St. Kate's awarded grant to start unique Women's Health Integrative Research Lab (WHIRL)
Three professors' interdisciplinary initiative has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the Gertrude R. Shiely Charitable Trust. For more »
Alumnae News
 A Fulbright Scholarship comes to Alison Palacios SP '08 to study the effects of biotechnology on rural women in India. For more...
To learn about her blog about her experiences in India and become a subscriber..
Rosella Collins-Puoch MSW ’07 was appointed by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty to the state Council of Black Minnesotans. For more...
 Susan Wollan Fan S
SP '85 was profiled in the August 10, 2010 edition of Finance and Commerce as a community transformation expert working on the West Broadway corridor of North Minneapolis with Catalyst Community Partners. For more...
 Jill BryanEhr MAOL '09 was awarded the Julie Belle White- Newman Award for her research on the effects of corporate ethics on decision-making in the global context. She is featured in the summer 2010 MAOL Newsletter. For the full edition...
 CSI-Style Crime Solving? Christine Vansteenburg Funk SP '89, public defender, teaches other attorneys how to handle forensic evidence. She was profiled in the Pioneer Press. For more...
 Sandy Vargas WEC '91, CEO and president of the Minneapolis Foundation, was profiled about her experiences as a Latina in government in a Women's Press article "Courage, Fire and Ice". She works to create room for more varied voices at decision-making tables. For more...
American Sign Language Program alumnae work in a variety of health settings in the Twin Cities. Interpreters protect patients' dignity and privacy. Job demand for interpreters is strong. For more...
 Lynne Schriver-
Sheedy SP '73 ministers to those in grief ... and paddles a dragonboat with those in joy, having survived cancer.
For more...
 Jana Wellik Juliff SP '88, pastry chef and owner of Cake Diva and Chefs Naturally, tells how she went from a music major to her present entrepreneurial culinary profession in a Star Tribune profile "How I Got That Job". For more...
 Rosalie Maggio SP '65, author of 19 books about nonsexist language, reflects on twenty-five years of objecting to and transforming "language that leaves us out of the picture" in the Women's Press. For more...
 Kit Leary SP '74, archivist of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), co-authored book on OSF's 75th anniversary and presented at July alumnae event at the OSF. For more...
 Heather Jo Johnson SP '09 Helped Mississippi Tornado Victims through AmeriCorps For more...
School Nurse Katherine Hook SP '91 mothered a pregnant, homeless youth and assisted her to graduation -- and to college at St. Kate's this fall! The story was so inspiring that Hook was profiled in the Pioneer Press.
 Mary Bilder Charpentier SP '67 assisted in a Haiti orphanage after the Earthquake. She and her husband, Neil, traveled to the country on a pre-scheduled trip to help children in the north-east area of the country. 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...
| Upcoming Events
Progress of Special Election on Alumnae Board Recommendation to Dissolve Current Alumnae Association Corporate Structure
Recently ballots were sent out electronically and also by U.S. Mail to all alumnae. The ballot asked each alumna to vote on the resolutions adopted by the Alumnae Association Board in July to dissolve the 501(c)(3) status of the Alumnae Association. Dissolution requires a vote of the Association membership.
Dissolution would prepare the way for creating a Department of Alumnae Relations within St. Catherine University. By August 15, 800 votes had been received. Final count was completed by 4 p.m. on Monday, August 30, 2010, in Room 409 Derham Hall. A formal announcement of the results and next steps is being prepared.
Click here to learn more about the New Vision for Alumnae.
TWIN CITIES AREA EVENTS
- Student/Alumnae FREE Outdoor Movie: Iron Man, Friday, Sept. 30
- SCU Home and Family Connections, first meeting of school year, September 15
- Leadership Institute, September 15
- Autumn Watercolor Techniques Workshop, LIFELONG LEARNING, September 18, 25
- St. Joseph's and St. Mary's School of Nursing Fall Celebration, September 25
- Memorial Mass, September 26
- MN Gubernatorial Debate, September 29
- Exercise Your Brain through Art: LIFELONG LEARNING, Oct. 1,9, 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 23, 20
- The Persian Gulf: GREAT DECISIONS, Oct. 7
More Events posted on Calendar Page...
CHAPTER EVENTS
- ROCHESTER: Breast Cancer Research Presentation, Sept. 12
- GREEN BAY/MILWAUKEE: Kohler Design Center Tour and Lunch, Oct. 8
- DENVER: King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum, Oct. 15
- SAN FRANCISCO: Alumna piano performance, Oct. 30
Alumnae/i Networking ONLINE:
FACEBOOK and LINKEDIN
Find us on Facebook. Fan Page is St. Catherine Alumnae Association. Group is St. Catherine University Alumnae.
Find us on LinkedIn: St. Catherine University 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.
St. Kate's Alumnae Book Club
 The 45th Year of Conversation with Books was held January 25, 2010.
"Stories Come to Life at 'Conversation with Books'", for more on the history of the event...
For the 2010 stimulating list of books and some of the panelists' thoughts...
For tips on how to start your own Katie Book Club...
The Conversation with Books 2009 Books Were Too Good To Miss! For the highlights of the panelists' comments and the book list...
Our History...
You can see photographs taken of some alumnae events? Click here...
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...
"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
A national survey 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 »
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.
Alumnae can now keep up with their home teams, the Wild Cats! Go to www.stkatesathletics.com
Highlights of Recent Graduate Reunion
"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
For virtual tour of St. Catherine's Minneapolis campus, click here.
CATHOLIC IDENTITY
 In November 2009, Social Work Associate Professor Mary Ann Brenden and co-author and Department Chair Barbara Shank presented the School of Social Work’s principles that show the integration of Catholic Social Justice mission and Catholic identity with their social work curriculum and professional principles and how others can “teach to mission” at a national meeting of social work educators. “It’s the leading edge of a national model of social work for social justice principles,” says Brenden. Social work faculty collaborated with them in creating the ten principles. For more...
 Associate Professor Mary Ann Brenden completed a study of the origins of the 85-year-old and beloved Our Lady of Victory Chapel and Mother Antonia's dream that it be St. Catherine's own version of the famous Romanesque Cathedral of St. Trophime in Arles, France. For more on this article from SCAN...
 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 SCU: For more...
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Shop for Artistic Gifts & Commemorative Items!
For ways to order and support alumnae/i programming...
For other Alumnae/i Association Gifts & Merchandise, click here.
Click here to pay for SCU Alumnae Association gifts online!
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 PETER LUPORI ORNAMENTS AND CHARMS
Visit our Lupori Ornament page for more information on how to get yours, along with ornaments and charms of earlier years.
OUR LADY OF VICTORY WATERCOLOR NOTE CARDS
Send the heart of St. Catherine to friends with your messages with 10 top-folded note cards with lovely cover watercolor art and a blank inside for writing a quick letter; 10 accompanying envelopes. $15 for the package. Add an additional $3.00 if packet needs to be mailed to you.
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 FAVORITE RECIPES THROUGH THE DECADES
ALUMNAE COOKBOOK
You already know that alumnae have good taste -- they picked St. Kate's! Now you get a chance to enter their kitchens and enjoy their favorite dishes, always delicious and often easy and quick to make as well! Enjoy! You'll savor this book and its results for years to come. Give it to friends to share the feasts. $25.00 per cookbook, plus an additional $3.00 for mailing if needed. |
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 CSC ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION SCARF
Limited Edition: Second Century Collection
NEW, VIBRANT – LEADING THE WAY INTO THE SECOND CENTURY OF THE COLLEGE
Beautiful, silk scarf with design elements of the lace symbolic of our founding order of sisters, the outline of the rose window, and a splash of vibrant colors--designed by alumna Mary Kay Crowley O’Loughlin ’66. Actual size is 36'' by 36''. Price: $75.00 each; $5 additional if mailed.
To order, send check or credit card number to:
CSC Alumnae Association, F-33, 2004 Randolph Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55105, 651-690-6666. |
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HIGHLAND IN TUSCAN LIGHT NOTECARDS
Send out lovely thank you notes that delight your friends and support the Alumnae Association. These note cards exhibit a reproduction of the 1937 oil painting by Anysia Keating, CSJ, “Highland Park in Tuscan Light,” are being sold by the Alumnae Association. A packet of ten note cards is $12. You may purchase these through the Alumnae Association Office, 651-690-6666 or alumnae@stkate.edu.
Sister Anysia Keating was one of the original Sisters who came to the College in late 1904 to serve as faculty members for the first students arriving in early 1905. She was dispatched with two other sisters to Europe (1908-1910) to study and copy Renaissance paintings. In that short time, they produced a prodigious body of work -- more than 300 finished pictures -- mostly copies of old masters, which became a valuable teaching tool for the fine arts, and a significant number were sold to generate funds for the College. | More than a year of Keating's study was spent in Florence, and she fell in love with the Tuscan countryside. These influences converge in Sister Anysia's whimsical interpretation of Highland Park, with the tower of Our Lady of Victory Chapel, the Highland Water Tower, and Sister Anysia's cherished memories of Tuscan villages.
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 COLLEGE CENTENNIAL HISTORY BOOK
In honor of 90 years of the Alumnae Association and more than 100 years of the College of St. Catherine, invest in a commemorative Centennial history of the College! Copies of this softcover title with historic photos is $25, with the proceeds supporting the Alumnae Association and its programming for members. You may purchase the copies through the Association.
St. Catherine University
Taking Women Seriously for 100 Years
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THE COLLECTED POEMS
of SISTER ALICE GUSTAVA SMITH, C.S.J.
Delight and inspire yourself or anyone you know who enjoys the music of words and thought -- or who knew Sister Alice Smith! This hardcover book of poetry may be purchased from the Alumnae Association for $10. Proceeds go to support the Alumnae Association. | This One Heart Shaken It was only my own voice that I had heard,
but at first I did not know it for my own.
Although my lips had formed no single word,
and the voice seemed one that I had never known,
still it was mine. I knew that it must be:
this secret voice that I had not surmised,
this cry flung from the unsuspected sea
of loneliness by which I was surprised.
It was as though my other selves came thronging
to see this wonder washed up on the shore,
this one, heart-shaken with immortal longing,
that must possess its life forever more.
And over and over again one cry she made:
'I'm afraid of silence. I am afraid." |
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