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Success Built to Last – Creating a Life that Matters
Mount Mary College Marketing Team
Mount Mary’s Women’s Leadership Institute presented Mark Thompson as the keynote speaker for its Sixth Annual Geneva Bolton Johnson Leadership Fall Forum on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee.
Thompson, co-author of the International Bestseller, Success Built to Last, and Bonita Buell Thompson, director of research for the book, shared what they learned while interviewing successful leaders and luminaries including Michael Dell, Esther Dyson, Lance Armstrong, Sir Richard Branson and others.
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June 2009
By Yvonne Lumsden-Dill
New Leadership Wisconsin Thank You for Your Support!
Dear Colleague,
Another NEW Leadership Wisconsin class graduated today,
and it never ceases to move me or give me cause to celebrate than when I see their bright, joyful faces, full of hope and expectations.
With this year’s graduates, we will have successfully graduated 75 young women from the program and influenced their decision to serve their communities through service learning, or to enter a new career, or even run for office to better serve their communities.
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May 2009
By Margaret Wolff
In Sweet Company Newsletter
It was a day of remembering as well as celebration, Mother’s Day was; remembering the women in my life who set me on a course that helped me grow into who I am today, and remembering those whose love and support transcended any biological or familial imperative and Mothered me still. When the day was done, I listened to a number of impassioned actresses recite the Mother’s Day proclamation written 140 years ago by Julia Ward Howe 5WCW and my appreciation and gratitude expanded to include my many unseen Mothers, the women who came before me, who paved the way for the privileges I now take for granted. Amidst the crash and burn of the status quo, despite the stresses and uncertainties of our times, hearing Howe’s words spoken by these women made me realize what an exciting time it is to be a woman, especially a spiritual woman.
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April 2009
By Emily Patti
Domestic Violence Forum
Angela Mancuso, co-director of the Sojourner Family Peace Center and Mount Mary College alumnae, presented a lecture on domestic violence on April 14 in Stiemke Hall. According to Caroline Scholars program director Toni Wulff, the purpose of bringing Mancuso to campus was to increase awareness of domestic violence and to educate students on the issue.
“We have been noticing that many of our students have experienced abuse or know someone being abused – it is an issue we need to talk about,” said Wulff.
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Cardinal Stritch Lecture Series: Leadership in the City
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Latonya Atkins
I had attended an awesome event embracing Leadership in the city. Kurt Schmoke, J.D. as the guest speaker embraced his tale of “No Final Victories”. Kurt Schmoke, J.D., spent most of his career working to improve the quality of life in cities. On Schmoke’s career journey as public prosecutor, former mayor of Baltimore, and now dean of the Howard University School of Law, has tackled the tough problems that plague urban areas.
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Rwandan Genocide Survivor Triumphs Despite Hardships
January 2009
By Andrea Leonardelli
Immaculée Ilibagiza, author of “Left to Tell,” shared her strength and faith at the Geneva B. Johnson leadership lecture series event, held on Thursday, Oct. 16 in Bergstrom Hall. The event was sponsored by the Women’s Leadership Institute. The lecture was designed to bring people together to examine and discuss contemporary women’s issues and to help further the public’s understanding of topics concerning women. Due to high attendance, things were off to a late start. The audience, however, was enthusiastic and attentive. Opening remarks were made by Eileen Schwalbach, Mount Mary’s acting president and Yvonne Lumsden-Dill, executive director of the Women’s Leadership Institute.
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Margaret Wheatley Revival Tour
June 16, 2008
Nearly 400 women packed Alumnae Auditorium late Monday evening, June 16, 2008 when Margaret Wheatley stopped in Milwaukee on her Leadership Revival Tour. One Drum, a local African drumming group, set the pace for the evening, providing a rhythmic, pulsating beat, giving a glance of what was to come. The event promised to motivate and promote women’s leadership throughout the nation — and so it did.
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2008 NEW Leadership™ Wisconsin
June 4 – 10, 2008
To the proud applause of family, friends, and staff, 20 remarkable women proceeded to the front of Helfaer Hall to receive diplomas commemorating their graduation from the 2008 NEW Leadership™ Wisconsin program.
The third year of this week-long, residential program, which ran from June 4–10, gathered statewide talent to the Mount Mary College campus. The driven women represented a variety of ages, ethnicities, and demographics, tapping into different regions of Wisconsin, many private colleges, and University of Wisconsin campuses for their emerging leaders.
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Political Forum
June 9, 2008
Five state-wide elected officials filed into their seats for a panel discussion – not to campaign, debate, or lobby – but rather to encourage fellow women to fulfill the need for female representation in political office. Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton gave a keynote address and Christine Lidbury, executive director, Wisconsin Women’s Council, provided a special update on the 2007 Wisconsin Women in Elected Office Report. Other panelists included State Senator Lena Taylor and four newly-elected office-holders, Wauwatosa Mayor Jill Didier, Milwaukee Alderwoman Milele Coggs, Deerfield Town Board Supervisor Heather Smith, and Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Rebecca Dallet – a diverse representation of knowledge and experience. The forum was
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IFF Wisconsin
May 12, 2008
Mount Mary College hosted an IFF workshop in Milwaukee, providing vital information to a group of area nonprofits. The IFF, formerly the Illinois Facilities Fund, is the Midwest’s largest Community Development Financial Institution and is expanding in Wisconsin. IFF serves Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and now Wisconsin. The Milwaukee seminar raised awareness of IFF’s services available to local nonprofit groups. Trinita Logue, IFF President and CEO, offered advice regarding financial strategizing and loan acquisition.
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