News and Features Archives
JULY 2008
 At the Minnesota Fringe Festival, the play by Jana Brown Patrick '79 -- "Dying for the Chance", got rave reviews for - its musical hilarity. One of the twelve actors and designers of the award-winning web site was Jana's high school daughter Lauren, and music was by Anna Carey.) For more information, visit www.dyingforthechance.com or see the reviews...
JUNE 2008
 Reunion 2008 is a success. For highlights...
 First Annual Dew Drop Dash 5 K Walk/Run brings many participants. Fun was had by all! For more...
 Outstanding alumnae selected for St. Catherine Alumnae Awards: Deborah Brown, D.V.M. '91, Tamara Kittelson-Aldred '75, Barbara Probst Wollan '58, Mary Madigan Gibbs '53, Catherine Murray Mamer '61, Kristine Thalhammer, Ph.D. '80, and Marie A. Prouxl '39. For more...
 Outstanding faculty selected by alumnae for Myser Awards for Teaching Excellence: Gina Mancini-Samuelson, Chemistry Department Chair; John Christine Wolkerstorfer, CSJ, Professor Emerita of History; Brian Fogarty, Sociology Department Chair, and Eleanor Lincoln, CSJ, Professor Emerita of English. For more...
MAY 2008
 St. Catherine's Provided a Rest Stop for Minnesota Sesquentenial Wagon Train. For more...
Mary Louise Klas '52 honored by MN Women Lawyers. For more...
APRIL 2008
 Spring 2008 the Alumnae Association hosted a breakfast for CSC librarian alumnae who were in town attending the Public Library Association's national conference in Minneapolis. Ruth Brombach, executive director of the Alumnae Association, provided updates about the College and the Association. Mary Wagner, MLIS director, provided CSC library updates, especially on accreditation and the Urban Library program. Several graduates and current students from the Urban Library program attended. Our alumna who traveled the furthermost to this conference and breakfast was Judy McMakin '72 from Richland, Washington.
MARCH 2008
 Entrepreneurs Mary Dodd '79 and Maggie Mortensen '79, and their company -- North Aire Market -- move to new headquarters and win Best New Food Award for their Banana Foster Dessert/Dip Mix. For more...
FEBRUARY 2008
 Trish Windschill Marx '70 Launches Her Newest Book for Youth: Steel Drumming at the Apollo. Learn about her literary journey...
St. Kate's alumna Becky Roloff ’76 was honored by Minnesota Lynx. The CEO of YWCA of Minneapolis received the Community Assist Award for contributions to women in sports. The Lynx's event, "Slam Bash," celebrated National Women and Girls in Sports Day. For more...
JANUARY 2008
 Nadine Shand Paitich M '78 Named Home Care Executive for Health East. For more...
 Three Bendel sisters, all alumnae, were selected once again as "Top Docs" in the Twin Cities by Mpls-St. Paul magazine. For more...
DECEMBER 2007
 90th Anniversary Celebration!
For highlights of the 90th Anniversary Open House...
Thank You for
the 90th Anniversary Cell Phones!
By the drive's end, we collected 340 phones to help threatened women and children through the St. Paul YWCA.
 Christine M. Palumbo '75 is chosen as the 2007 Outstanding Nutrition Entrepreneur of the Year. For more...
Mary Lou Klas '52 -- noted alumna, attorney, and women's advocate -- urges graduates to keep up the good fight. For more...
 Louise Gradstein Dillery '49 survives the Nazi-occupation of Paris and escapes war-torn France to come to Minnesota, where the Sisters of St. Joseph at the College of St. Catherine's save her life three times! For more...
NOVEMBER 2007
 Tina Van Erp '89 is named MN Social Studies Teacher of the Year 2007"I didn't know what it was like to be an American until I left the United States. Overseas I grew as a person by being a bilingual minority struggling to live in a second language."
Her Global Citizenship Curriculum integrates her world-wide travels. For more...
 Janet Lowe, '95, Master's Degree Alumna, is honored as School Nurse Administrator of the Year 2007! For more...
The 90th Anniversary Williamsburg Trip
was a great success!
OCTOBER 2007
 The artwork of regionally acclaimed printmaker Cecilia Ianoco Lieder '64 decorates Derham Hall because of a donation to the College by classmate Mary Seifert McIntyre and her husband, Larry McIntyre. For more...
 Annie Ballantine '05 is mentored by Alum Designer Mary Welliver Hickey '73, Starts Her Own Business, and Is Honored with Entrepreneur's Award.
"My experiences at St. Kate's constantly taught me to be a leader and to dream big." For more...
SEPTEMBER 2007
 New Residence Halls Allow for Cutting Edge "Learning Communities" For more...
 Nancy Conger '85 performs own plays. For more on Conger...
AUGUST 2007
 The Children's Stories of Christine Johnson D'Amico '86 go live at the Minneapolis Fringe Festival, August 2007. For more . . .
JULY 2007
 Como Zookeeper Sara Halverson Courteau ’04 Helps Chino the Injured Sea Lion and Sparky Get a New Summer Show
“What girl didn’t go to Sea World as a kid and say ‘I want to be a dolphin trainer’?"said Sara. “I sure did. But I didn’t really think I’d grow up to be one.” For more...
JUNE 2007
 Alumnae Reconnect, Remember, and Refresh Their Souls at the 2007 Reunion! For more. . .
 Sr. Mary Virginia Micka '43 Serenaded Alumnae with Her Writing.
For more...
Alumnae Selected Eight Incredible Alumnae to receive the St. Catherine Alumnae Awards. For more..
Alumnae Select Four Outstanding Teachers for the Myser Award of Excellence For more...
MAY 2007
 May is the Time of Our Blessed Mother Mary. An Alumna Handcrafts a Shrine for Her. For more...
Alumnae/i Association Annual Meeting: For highlights...
APRIL 2007
 Mother Mary Assumpta Nwulu '77 founded a Catholic center for counseling and education in Nigeria. For more on her inspiring projects...
MARCH 2007
 Corridor Business Journal Names Marcia Mathison Rogers '78 a "2007 Woman of Influence" for Her Impact on Iowa and Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City
In March 2006, Rogers led a trade mission to New Zealand, which generated business partnerships and initiated a New Zealand-Iowa joint venture-fund project. For more...
Marcella Klasen '29 Celebrates Her Centennial -- A Hundred Years of Dedication to Education. For more....
 Spring Gardening Advice Was Pleasantly Planted in Alumnae Minds in the Evening Scholar Program. Gain some container planting ideas and post some advice of your own. For more...
FEBRUARY 2007
Minnesota State Representative Alumna Erin Murphy '05 Featured in a Photo in the New York Times. For more...
Alumnae Share Resources on Parenting and Finding Balance with Family and Career on the new Home and Family Connection Web page. For more...
JANUARY 2007
Beth Eidsvold-Basilio ’02 Helps Natural Disaster Victims
Whoever said “just” a mom? Many tsunami and Hurricane Katrina victims of 2005 are better off because of Beth Eidsvold-Basilio ’02, and her moms’ circle, the Rancho San Diego Playgroup. For more...
DECEMBER 2006
The 1971 "Lunch Bunch" Share 35 Years of Alumnae Friendship
This group has shared much of their lives by meeting monthly for lunch. Their story is a model of success for maintaining those important college friendships. For more...
Minneapolis Alumn Bob Kirk Uses Retirement for New Career in Nursing
Bob Kirk loves the flexibility and ability to serve he has in nursing. For more...
WEC Alumnae Connect at Katies Connecting Happy Hour
Maggie Weiland Myers ’02, Mary Martin-Kahn ’02, and others have fun and kick around ideas for more alumnae connections -- some of which are already being implemented! For more...
NOVEMBER 2006
 Sarann Ryan Slattery '59 is awarded 2006 "Outstanding Professional Fundraiser of the Year" by the Minnesota chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals. For more...
Dee (Dolores) Stang Cotten ’47 is honored by McKnight Foundation with Virginia McKnight
Binger Award in Human Service. For more...
Literacy Missionary Mourned
Ruey Archambeau Limerick ’32 left behind legacy of literacy for others. For more...
JUNE 2006
Alumnae Select Four Outstanding Teachers for the Myser Award of Excellence
Sr. Marquita Barnard, Chris Franke, Anne Maloney, and John Pellegrini. For more... |