St. Kate's Community Work & Learning

09/16/2026

TOMORROW!!!

📢 Join us for the Advocacy and Action Fair this Constitution Day on Sept 17th!

🫂 We have local community partners coming to share their voter education knowledge as well as ways to stay involved in community.

🗳️ We’ll have light refreshments and a number of activities including a democracy wall and mock voting booths.

🤩 Hope to see you there!

08/26/2026

🎉 Today we had a celebration for one of our wonderful student workers, Caroline!

⏱️ After three years of work with our office, she’s taken an exciting opportunity as one of our Community Leaders with the Ann Bancroft Foundation before concluding her studies at St. Kate’s in December!

🫂 Students like Caroline are an integral part of our team and community. We’re so excited for her as she moves into her next endeavor!

🎉 Thank you, Caroline! ✨

07/02/2026

Another great internship opportunity for St. Kate's students! Keystone Community Services is searching for two interns for fall semester 2026. These are paid positions supported by the CWL Community Leaders program.

Students: visit Handshake to read the full position description, then apply with a resume, cover letter, and class schedule! Applications are considered on a rolling basis, so make sure to apply early. You can also email us at [email protected] or stop by OSE with questions.
Faculty, staff, and partners: Please share this with the students you know! If you have questions about internships, feel free to email or stop by the office at any time.

07/01/2026

Attention St. Kate's students! Community Work & Learning is hiring tutors for our fall semester America Reads tutoring program. America Reads is a paid tutoring program dedicated to ensuring all young people are academically prepared. As tutors in this program, St. Kate’s students work at multiple locations in the community to foster joy and growth in young learners while developing their own leadership skills.

Search "America Reads" on Handshake to see the full position description, and feel free to email [email protected] with questions! Apply on Handshake by 7/27.

06/30/2026

Calling all in the St. Kate's community! Students, staff, faculty, and alumni are invited to participate in a research study on how food reflects identity, culture and belonging at St. Kate's.

Veronique Kolibe-Gnamikou, Danae Heffron, and Dr. Anaya Mitra are conducting this study as part of the Summer Scholars program. Their project, titled the St. Catherine University Cookbook Project, invites members of the St. Kate’s community to share meaningful recipes and the stories behind them. More information on the project can be found via the QR code in this post.

If you have any questions about participating, please email [email protected].

06/05/2026

On Thursday of last week, research teams gathered in the Rauenhorst Ballroom for the 2026 Summer Scholars program kickoff and orientation session, which marks the beginning of an intensive summer of interdisciplinary research. This year’s cohort includes a record number of participants: 23 projects, 45 undergraduate students, and 25 faculty mentors!

As of this year, we are also excited to welcome Dr. Steve Elmer as the new faculty director of Summer Scholars. Dr. Elmer brings extensive experience to the position and has plans to support and improve the Summer Scholars experience for both undergraduate students and faculty mentors. We look forward to another great year of Collaborative Research at St. Kate’s!

03/09/2026

Please join us as we celebrate the Feast of Saint Joseph and the work of St. Catherine University founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet!

This year's event will take place on Monday, March 23, with prayer service at 11:45am in the Chapel followed by an opportunity for community engagement through service projects from 12-2pm. We’ll also have refreshments, including halal and kosher options, and special dog visitors from North Star Therapy Animals. ASL interpretation will be provided during the prayer service.

Updates and further details, including this year’s service projects, will be shared on stkate.edu/feast.

12/17/2025

St. Catherine University is hiring! The Office of Scholarly Engagement invites applications for a full-time Coordinator position. The Coordinator will join the Community Work and Learning and Collaborative Research departments in supporting course-based research and high-impact learning opportunities for students. For full details, please view the linked job posting: stcatherine.peopleadmin.com/postings/10460

12/12/2025

Congratulations to everyone who worked on Aftermath at the O'Shaughnessy, including visiting artists, Memorialize the Movement, and the team from our CWL Assistantship Mentoring Program: Maria Signorelli and students MC Nienow and Veronique Kolibe-Gnamikou. To learn more about the performance, we recommend this article from The Wheel:

By Sinead Quinn Lights up on two dancers–Larry Darnell White and Matthew Roberts–centerstage. With a resounding declaration of “2009,” playwright Zola Dee and director/choreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson launch us into Aftermath , a movement, musical, and spoken-word piece that serves in Moor...

11/07/2025

Attention St. Kate's students! Community Work & Learning is hiring tutors & van drivers for our spring semester America Reads tutoring program. Tutors foster joy and growth in young learners while developing their own leadership skills. In addition to tutoring, our van drivers support the program by driving other tutors from campus to the tutoring site and back, in vans provided by the university. Apply on Handshake by 11/15, or reach out to [email protected] for more information!