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Did You Know?
 Booked for the Evening 2009, our annual fall Children's and Young Adult Literature Review, was on Monday evening, November 2nd. For highlights and experts' picks from this year's event...
Alumnae News
 Yumi Uemura SP '03 works in the Bahrain Embassy in Japan and learns more of day-to-day diplomacy, the Middle East, economic development, and the state of women in Bahrain. For more....
 New farmer Paula Foreman WEC '93 harvests organic beans and is visited by a SCU Holistic Health Studies nutrition class. For more...
 A milkweed silk collar/capelet from the Old Sturbridge Village Museum inspired Professor Landren '72 to experiment with milkweed silk -- see story below. For more on this garment, visit the museum's web page.
Apparel design and Fashion Merchandising Professor Trudy Landgren '72 was inspired to create a centuries old style garment made of milkweed pod silk to discover the historical processes and examine them in keeping with the department's focus on sustainable design. She presented her findings to other fashion designers and professors at a national conference. More »
Alisha Franczak Sullivan M '04, an alumna of the St. Kate's respiratory therapy program, is the subject of a real-life story about a gesture of kindness with long-term benefits in Jon Tevlin's Star Tribune column.
Carol Goulet '09 and Erin Ring '09 are the first recipients of the Eileen A. Gavin Psychology Award. The award is presented to senior psychology majors to honor Dr. Eileen Gavin, '53 a St. Kate's alumna and devoted member of the psychology department and the St. Kate's community for nearly 40 years.
High School Stadium Named after Teacher, Coach, and Former Athletic Director Barbara A. Lehman SP '65, honoring 40 years of work for athletic gender equity and enjoyment of fitness and sports for all. For more...
Middle school Spanish teacher Kellina Porthan SP '93, '96, started the nonprofit organization Walter's Wish Foundation to help Hispanic middle and high school students realize their wish to achieve a college education and professional career. She was profiled by St. Paul Pioneer Press columnist Ruben Rosario. For more on the Walter's Wish Foundation...
 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...
CATHOLIC IDENTITY
 In November 2009, Social Work Associate Professor Mary Ann Brenden and co author and Department Chair Barbara Shank will present 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...
 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...
For virtual tour of St. Catherine's Minneapolis campus, click here.
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SOCIALIZE and NETWORK!
Gather for Happy Hour
Next event:
November 20 at Grumpy’s in Rosedale
5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Read profiles of recent alumnae who had been involved in the St. Catherine Community Work and Learning Center: Mim Chang '05 , Michelle Jacobson '07 , Rachel Kennedy '08 , Beth Plas '08 , Hillary Spreizer '07
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
Join us on Facebook and LinkedIn! (See details below events).
Upcoming Events
Twin Cities Area Events
- Lunch and French Conversation (Katies Connecting), November 19
- Cookie Exchange with Networking (Katies Connecting), December 3
- Notewriting (Katies Connecting), December 10
More Events to be posted on Calendar Page...
Chapter Events
- CHICAGO - Networking brunch and/or cheer for St. Kate's basketball team playing Dominican, Saturday, November 21
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.
St. Kate's Alumnae Book Club
 Come to our Twin Cities Alumnae Book Club -- our next meeting will be the Conversation with Books on January 25, 2010.
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...
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 |
FOR MORE ALUMNAE/I STORIES
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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.
 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.
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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.
 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
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TUSCAN NOTECARDS AND POSTER
Decorate your office with a taste of Tuscany! Send out lovely thank you notes that delight your friends and support the Alumnae Association. This poster and 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 and the poster is $35. You may purchase these items 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.
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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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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." | 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. |
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