The St. Norbert College education we deliver today has deep roots – in generations of liberal arts tradition, in centuries of Norbertine values, and in millennia of Catholic faith.
These things ground us; they keep us true to our purpose. We endure and thrive as an institution because we create an environment where those principles can endure and thrive. We nurture them and celebrate them.
With your support, we will continue to live out our mission as we continue to look to our heritage for inspiration to be our best.
As Ed Sturzl ’71 explains, “the mission of the college is to impact people for life.” He and wife Ann ’72 have been supporting this mission for the last 50 years – while helping build programming at the Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning – as they continue to give back to SNC. Read their story and find more examples of the impact of giving.
A $300,000 gift will power a new fund dedicated to mission-aligned faculty development in equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB). The endowment comes from Karen McDiarmid ’75, a college trustee. McDiarmid says, “I hope the story we tell today through this endowment helps form the future.”
Initially, the fund will provide opportunities for new faculty, focused first on advancing faculty understanding of mission as it’s lived out through teaching and and as it’s spoken of in the classroom. Endowment-supported programming may include instruction in new pedagogies, a mentorship program for minority hires, and the chance to visit the Norbertine community ministering to Hispanic and indigenous populations in Albuquerque, N.M.
