Alumnae 15th Annual Road Scholars 5K Family Run/Walk The 15th Annual Road Scholars 5K Run/Walk held on Sunday, May 17 was a great success with more than 100 participants! Thank you to all our runners/walkers, sponsors and volunteers — you made this a fun and memorable event! There was a fantastic turnout of alumnae from the Class of 1993; way to go ladies! (See photo. One alumna even ran in her Rosary kilt!) Proceeds from the event benefit the Sister Mary Joseph Scholarship Fund sponsored by the Rosary High School Alumnae Association. The Sister Mary Joseph Scholarship is named for our founding principal and is awarded to the daughter of a Rosary Alumna who scores the highest on the entrance exam. Full 2014 race results are available through the Rosary web site (www.rosaryhs.com/5Krun). Photos are available at rosaryhs. smugmug.com.
Marieke Lahey (‘02) Works to Show that #engineeringis Everywhere #engineeringis everywhere! And 2002 Rosary alumna Marieke Lahey is on a mission to help people realize that. Through Marieke’s STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) outreach, she’s met countless elementary and middle-school aged kids who, when you ask them what an engineer is, or what an engineer does, just look back at you with a blank stare. And that reaction is common, even among adults. After reading countless articles on the lack of females going into engineering fields, Marieke had an idea. Surely the evidence out there points to women being smart and capable enough to handle engineering. Women have reached parity in challenging fields such as Medicine, Law, and even Forensic Sciences, but a measly 14 percent of engineers are women. Research suggests that girls want to go into fields where they know they can help people, and where they can make a positive impact on someone’s life. As an engineer, Marieke knew that engineers do just that, and often do it in a collaborative, creative environment. She also understood that a major focus would need to be combating society’s view of engineers as the introverted, antisocial stereotype that is often portrayed in media. So Marieke started a social media campaign in March to show people what engineering really is, what engineering is all about and what engineers actually look like. You’d be surprised how few engineers actually fit the stereotype! She hopes to be able to secure funding in the next year in order to devote more time to the cause, and is also working on developing TV shows to further broaden the reach and mission of #engineeringis. Think Bill Nye and Grey’s Anatomy—engineering edition.
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Check out the campaign on the following platforms: • • •
twitter.com/engineersdo instagram.com/engineeringis facebook.com/engineersdo
And please contact Marieke with any ideas, topics, or stories you’d like to see highlighted! Marieke thanks Rosary not only for the education she received there, but the curiosity for life-long learning and hard work that Rosary encouraged, and the confidence Rosary instilled in all of us that we really can be whatever we want to be in this life and we are most fulfilled when we use all of our God-given gifts.
Clementi Joins FOCUS Ministries Annika Clementi (‘11) will be working as a FOCUS Missionary at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. FOCUS, The Fellowship of Catholic University Students, has missionaries at more than 100 campuses across the country. As a missionary, Annika will be inviting college students into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church. Through bible studies, mentoring, and spending time with the students, she hopes to inspire and equip the students for a lifetime of Christ-centered evangelization, discipleship, and friendship, in which they lead others to do the same. For more information about this mission, or to help, email annika.clementi@focus.org or visit www.focusonline.org/goto/ annikaclementi.