Hello, Kappas! This May marks nine years since I graduated from St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Nine years went quickly. Recently, I was reminiscing with some college friends about roommates and the adventures that shaped our first year at St. Kate’s. As I think back on that time, I am struck by just how little I knew about the world. At the age of 18, I had moved across the country and…
Dear Cornaro Scholarship Committee, Board members and donors, My name is Marguerite “Maggie” Linz and I am the 2018 recipient of the Cornaro Scholarship. I am a first-year medical student at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine. I recently started in my fourth academic block, during which I will learn the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the heart, lungs and kidneys. I did well in my first three blocks, so I am halfway…
Henrietta Okoro, HHCJ (College of Saint Mary, NE, ’12), Pearland, TX My story is very simple. I am a Catholic nun from the eastern part of Nigeria, West Africa. I have been a nun for 31 years and am very happy serving God and humanity. I graduated with a nursing degree (BSN) from the College of Saint Mary (CSM) in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2012. About two months before graduation, I received an invitation from the honor society to…