From the President LEAD & INFLUENCE.
Educating women to take on these two transformational pursuits is our mission, but also so much more. The foresight of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet established an institution to meet the needs of the time by giving women access to an education in an era when empowering women with knowledge was discouraged. The Sisters understood the impact for both the individual and the community when you power women to build lives of meaning — the magnitude of preparing women to lead and influence, transforming the world in result. The clarity and visionary thinking that set the mission as our promise to our students and the world has become the integral fabric of our institution and community. It is the work all of us do every day because it is so critical to the health and vitality of our world. This is also why it is central to the name of our largest comprehensive campaign to date: LEAD & INFLUENCE: The Campaign for the Next Level of Excellence. (See page 3 for details.) The LEAD & INFLUENCE campaign ensures that a St. Catherine education remains relevant and accessible to students while attracting and retaining future Katies and the talented faculty who provide the level of excellence for which St. Catherine University is known. It also invests in the facility upgrades and resources our students need to develop the career-ready skills that prepare them for careers, graduate school, and any avenue they choose to transform the world. This campaign is the next level of excellence for our students and institution, driving a new level of leadership and inf luence by our graduates.
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ST. CATHERINE UNIVERSITY • FALL 2020
This year has revealed several challenges in our world: a global pandemic, national economic crisis, racial disparities and injustice, and deep divisions in our country. The world needs Katies; it is demanding them. We are in need of the intelligent, talented, altruistic students who choose St. Catherine University for their education — an education grounded in the liberal arts and Catholic intellectual tradition that form a level of excellence only to be found here, as you will read about in this issue (“Portraits of Growth”, page 6; “Katies in Action,” page 20; “More Than Money,” page 22). I am excited to be on this journey to further the St. Catherine legacy and the vitality of our beloved University. And I am glad to have you join me in this work, as you are essential to this campaign. As a graduate, donor, student, parent, or supporter, you are an integral part of our St. Catherine community. The success of this campaign relies on all of us — to share the campaign and our St. Kate’s story with others, participate through a gift or volunteering, and celebrate our success. Together, we will continue to live our mission and elevate St. Catherine to the next level of excellence.
ReBecca Koenig Roloff ’76
