Dear Lori and Philomena:  I have heard nothing but rave reviews on your work with girls and girls’ leadership at St. Kate's.  As Dean of the School of Business and Leadership I cannot thank you enough for your volunteer time and all the creativity you put in to the design of the experience. 

I have a dream of a summer leadership camp for young women/girls full of opportunities to see themselves as a leader and practice leadership skills.  Your work is foundational.  Such an experience can alter the trajectory of a person's life and this matters so much today. 

Thank you again,

Paula J. King, Ph.D. Dean

Business and Leadership Education
Dean, Distance Learning Strategy
St. Catherine University

Dear Lori and Philomena -
Many thanks for volunteering to be an instructor for the first "Girls Leadership Track" at St. Kate's Summer Chautauqua1. Your seminars on communication were full of applicable content for both the girls and their adult champions. It's difficult to design a learning experience that has value to both young women and adults - yet you created an environment where this happened. I could very much see the time and thoughtfulness you put into your presentations.  You saw from the first-rate evaluations that both of your seminars had the ultimate compliment - each person said without a doubt that she would "recommend this workshop to others."

I was very proud to "show you off" to our alums and their family members.

Thank you again for giving up a beautiful Saturday to be with us.

Mary Angela
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Mary Angela Baker
Director, Center of Continuing Education and Leadership Institute
St. Catherine University

[note] 1-Before the internet, television and radio, educational movements like Chautauqua provided speakers, teachers, entertainers, religious leaders and experts of the day. Chautauqua was an adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s. The Chautauqua movement wound down in the 1940s as radio and movie theaters made the world more accessible; however, popular Chautauqua gatherings continue to this day throughout the country. The tradition of Chautauqua fits with St. Kate’s efforts to provide lifelong learning opportunities for alumnae, neighbors and friends.