Alum Stories

Each year, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) honors one of its alumnae during commencement with the Distinguished Alumna Award. The award both honors …

Telling the story of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College’s (SMWC) foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, in a way that children can enjoy is what one alumn…

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College warmly welcomes its alums back home on September 21, 2013 for Homecoming 2013.

Everybody has a story. If we are lucky, our stories don’t include spending countless days in a hospital battling disease and illness as a child.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is mourning the loss of its 12th president, Jeanne Knoerle, SP, ’49, who died this morning in her home.

In May of each year, the college opens its doors to welcome back Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) alumnae to campus. Nearly 300 alumnae from France a…

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College presented Virginia (Ginger) Smith, a 1989 graduate, with the Distinguished Alumnae Award. The Award is the highest honor t…

The Women of Influence event is designed to identify and recognize top women leaders in the Wabash Valley for their positive influence. This years’ event…

SMWC’s Master of Leadership Development fuses a student’s values and goals with successful leadership techniques. These graduates not only change the w…

Reunion 2012 filled the campus with energy and enthusiasm. Over 200 SMWC alumnae and guests returned to campus to reunite with their classmates for a time …

Four recent SMWC graduates, Jennifer Cassidy ’11, Chanel Reeder ’10, Erin Pugh ’11 and Emily Thiesing ’11, discussed the challenges of transitionin…

In recognition of her leadership, Knoerle received one of the inaugural 2012 Women of Influence awards, which honored eight prominent Wabash Valley women f…