January 1, 2013 Olympian to Discuss Discerning a Business Career with Community Focus The Cross Currents Program and the Women's Executive Forums at Saint Mary’s College and KeyBank’s Key4Women are pleased to welcome to campus Olympian Stephanie Hightower. Hightower is board chairperson for the USA Track & Field Association and president and CEO of the Columbus Urban League (CUL). She will deliver a presentation entitled “Developing Your Lifelong Brand” in which she will discuss discerning her career path. The event will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, November 1 in Vander Vennet Theatre in the Student Center. January 1, 2013 Saint Mary’s College Sponsors House for Rebuilding Together On Saturday, April 13, an estimated 75 Saint Mary's College students will roll up their sleeves to participate in Rebuilding Together, a community-driven effort to rehabilitate homes in South Bend. Students will complete basic household tasks, such as painting, cleaning and planting at a Saint Mary’s sponsored home. It is through service events, like Rebuilding Together, that students have the opportunity to connect with those in the community in very real and tangible ways. Eighty percent of students participate in service before graduating. January 1, 2013 Professor on Steps Toward Financial Literacy (cardhub.com) What is the single most important thing that we can do to help the average person become more financially literate, or at least make personal finance easier? Professor of Business Jill Vihtelic answers that question for cardhub.com. January 1, 2013 Rome Program Students Share Pope Election Experience (Today's Catholic... Three Saint Mary’s College students share what it was like to be studying with the school’s Rome Program when Pope Francis was elected as the new leader of the Catholic Church. “We were standing in the crowd after the white smoke had emerged from the chimney. Hundreds of thousands of people were sharing the same experience there, feeling everything you were feeling. There is truly nothing like it,” said Nikki Charter '15. “There is absolutely no doubt in your mind as to how powerful faith and prayer can be.” January 1, 2013 2013 Outstanding Young Alumna Award Announced The Outstanding Young Alumna Award honors an alumna of Saint Mary’s College who exhibits leadership not only in her personal and professional accomplishments, but also in her involvement with the Alumnae Association or the College directly. A candidate for this award would have graduated from this Catholic liberal arts women’s college within the last 15 years. The 2013 recipient is Kristen Matha ’03 of Indianapolis. January 1, 2013 Saint Mary’s College Applies for Second Patent in School's History Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce it has filed for its second patent in the College’s 169-year history. The first patent was filed last summer. Both patents are pending and will protect paper analytical device (PAD) tools developed by chemistry professor Toni Barstis, PhD, and a team of undergraduate chemistry students at this Catholic, liberal arts college. January 1, 2013 Komisarek to Become Inaugural Lacrosse Head Coach November 7, 2012 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—The Saint Mary’s College Department of Athletics has announced that Amy Komisarek will serve as the College’s first varsity lacrosse head coach. January 1, 2013 2012 Christian Culture Lecture (on Vatican II) Announced Saint Mary’s College and the Department of Humanistic Studies proudly announce the 2012 Christian Culture Lecture speaker is nationally acclaimed writer James Carroll. His talk, titled “The Reforming Dimension of Christianity in Western Culture: Vatican II and Beyond,” will take place on Tuesday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. in O'Laughlin Auditorium. January 1, 2013 Saint Mary's College Receives $6.2 Million Gift* Saint Mary's College gratefully announces a gift of $4.7 million (UPDATE: The bequest was $6.2 million, when estate was settled.) from the trust of Marjorie A. Neuhoff ’61 . It is the largest bequest in the 167-year history of this Catholic, women’s college. The gift will be used to establish endowments for a chair in nursing, a need-based scholarship, and the Summer Science Research Communities, all in Ms. Neuhoff’s name. The news comes on the heels of the March 26 announcement of the largest single private gift ever to the College—$9 million from philanthropists MaryAnn and Clayton Mathile, parents of alumna Jennifer Mathile Prikkel ’95. That gift, matched by a $1 million gift from Mrs. Prikkel, will fund an extensive renovation of Science Hall.