St. Kate's Community Work & Learning

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.

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

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:

Aftermath: A call to action — 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...

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!

Your voice matters! 📢✨

Stop by the Dialogue Walls in the St. Kate's Library and Frey Theatre to join the conversation. TRW students are facilitating some amazing community discussions throughout October, including this wall engaging with Night and Day: Murals, Memory and Movement, presented by Memorialize The Movement in the Frey Theatre. The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University

Excited for another great year of the Empty Bowls Project!

Join us for a FREE pottery bowl making event on Friday, Oct 24th, from 4-6pm in the Visual Arts Building at St. Kate's!

All are welcome! No experience required! Bring your friends to get creative while helping to fight food insecurity in our community. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us on our social media () or email ([email protected])

CWL is excited to share even more internship positions for fall! St. Kate's students can read about these paid internship opportunities by searching for "Community Leaders" in KatieCareer Handshake. Applications for fall 2025 are considered on a rolling basis, with a final deadline of September 15th.

Attention St. Kate's students! Are you looking for an internship near campus? Our next-door neighbors at the CSJ Justice Office are looking for an intern for fall semester. This opportunity is part of the CWL Community Leaders program, which connects students to paid internship positions at local nonprofit organizations. Make sure to apply on Handshake by September 15th!

This is your reminder about our upcoming CWL Anniversary Celebration! Join us on September 27th for a special gathering honoring the people and partnerships that have shaped the Center for Community Work and Learning over the last 25 years. Students, alumni, faculty, staff, community partners, and guests who have contributed to our shared journey are all welcome. Please scan the QR code, visit our link in bio, or go to bit.ly/cwl-25 to find more information, and make sure to RSVP by September 19th.

Get ready to celebrate 25 years of Community Work and Learning! We are looking forward to celebrating our anniversary with students, alums, faculty, staff, and community partners – everyone who’s helped shape the work of CWL. The event will feature a light lunch, activities, and a meaningful panel discussion.

The event will take place on campus in the Rauenhorst Ballroom, September 27th, 12-3pm. We’ll share more information soon, including a link to RSVP.

St. Catherine University Alumni

Leesa Kelly from Memorialize the Movement (MTM) visited with Art & Tech students today in the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery. MTM is a living archive dedicated to collecting, preserving, and activating the plywood protest murals that were created during the Minneapolis Uprising of 2020 and beyond. Art & Tech students will be designing conversation cards to engage the public with MTM murals, which will be displayed at St. Kate's this fall.

Katies wanting to contribute to the "Plywood Quilt" exhibit, currently on display in the gallery, are welcome to join MTM's Paint To Express workshop, tonight from 5:00-8:00 p.m. in the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery. Although all are welcome, these creation sessions center the expressions of BIPOC community members.