In celebration of 40 years of women
• The Alumni Association and Athletic Department will host an event to recognize female student-athletes tonight, Friday, Feb. 26. Women’s hockey alums, current female student-athletes, as well as local alumnae who were athletes are invited. The event will begin at 6:15 p.m. in the Trustees’ Lounge overlooking the Ice Arena. Members of the first womens hockey team will drop a ceremonial puck at 6:50 p.m. Participants will watch the women’s hockey team take on St Olaf College and participate in special activities during the game. The event will conclude with a post-game gathering for alumni, student-athletes and their families.
• A panel presentation by the Sisters of Saint Francis, “A Ministry of Education: A Franciscan Commitment,” will give the audience an inside view of the diverse educational opportunities the Sisters have provided for youth, college-bound women and lifelong learners during the 20th century and today. The SMU community is invited to learn about the College of Saint Teresa, life coaching, spiritual partners and many other ways in which OSF’s Ministry of Education has touched and improved the lives of thousands in Minnesota. A reception follows. The event will run 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, in the Common Room.
Presenters will be Sisters Eleanor Granger, Alice Thraen, Arnold Ritchey, Linda Wieser and Michaea Byron.
• All members of the SMU community are invited to celebrate 40 years of women students at Saint Mary’s at the annual Women’s History Month reception from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, March 11 in the Toner Student Center Lounge.
Each March, Saint Mary’s joins groups from across the Untied States in honoring women through Women’s History Month activities and celebrations. The national theme in 2010 is a reprise of the first national theme “Write Women Back into History” and, as such, it fits well in honoring the women students at SMU since 1969-1970, the year that SMU became a coeducational college.
Good food, good music, good conversation, historical displays and door prizes will enhance the opportunity to honor the first women students at Saint Mary’s and to remember their contributions as well as the contributions of all women to the vitality of SMU.
Women alumnae from 1969-70 until the present have been invited to submit their written recollections and reflections on their college experience. SMU photographs and other memorabilia from 1970-2010 will also be on display at the reception.
These event are part of a series of spring events that are being held to commemorate and celebrate the 40th anniversary of women at Saint Mary’s.
