Awards

Mary Lucretia & Sarah Emily

Mary Lucretia and Sarah Emily Award Winners 2024

The University’s Committee on the Status of Women presented the 2024 Mary Lucretia and Sarah Emily Creighton Award winners at the 44rd annual Mary Lucretia and Sarah Emily Creighton Awards Ceremony during Founders Week on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.

This year three recipients were honored:

  • Britta McEwen, PhD, associate professor of history, director of Women and Gender Studies (video)
  • Susan Coyle Naatz, senior director for Ignatian Formation and Ministry for Faculty and Staff (video)
  • Liza Zaruba, senior, College of Arts and Sciences (video)

About the Award

The Mary Lucretia and Sarah Emily Creighton Award is presented to a Faculty, Staff, Administrator, or Student, who exemplifies the following criteria:  she or he has created an environment supportive of achievement for women; has encouraged women faculty, administrators, staff or students in the development of their talents, or has served as a role model of accomplishment for women.

Check out our YouTube video for more information and a glimpse of our previous honorees.

Past Mary Lucretia and Sarah Emily Creighton Award Recipients

2023

Lisa Chipps, EdD (video)

Michele Bogard, PhD (video)

Olivia Dishno (video)

2022

Charisse Williams, MA

Holly Ann Harris, PhD

2021

Cortney A. Bauer, MS (video)

Adrienne Pyle, BA (video)

Jennifer Yee, MA, CSCS, NSCA-CPT (video)

2020

Dr. Erika L. Dakin Kirby

Dr. Katherine S. Wadas-Thalken

Jessica Hack

2019

Dr. Karen Paschal, PT, DPT, FAPTA

Sarah Richardson

Dr. Juliane Strauss-Soukup

2018

Dr. Sharon Ishii-Jordan

Dr. Nancy Shirley

Samantha Stoupa

2017

Rachel Lee

Dr. Mary Chase

Dr. Deborah Wells

2016

Sarah Huddleston

Dr. Joan Lappe

Dr. Victoria Roche

2015

Meghan Bullard

Dr. Diane Cullen

Jim Flanery

2014

Morgan N. Pusek

Kelly Karl Ptacek, MPA

Dr. Amy Friedman Wilson

2013

Shayla Covington

Dr. Ann Franco Laughlin

Catherine Weiss Pedersen

2012

Katie Del Vecchio

Dr. Elizabeth Elliot-Meisel

Dr. Tanya Winegard

2011

Dr. Bridget Keegan

Ms. Khloe Keeler

Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J. (honorary)

2010

Dr. Gail Jensen

Ms. Rachel Bloom

2009

Ms. Rose Hill

Ms. Tricia McSorley

2008

Mr. Bruce Rasmussen

Ms. Katelyn Cherney

2007

Ms. Tricia Brundo Sharrar

Ms. Sarah Belt

Ms. Christine Wiseman (honorary)

Dr. Patricia Fleming (honorary)

2006

Dr. Susan A. Calef

Dr. Martha J. Gentry-Nielsen

2005

Dr. Barbara Braden

Ms. Catherine Mahern

Ms. Jamie Wewel

2004

Dr. Virginia C. Aguila

Dr. Shirley Blanchard

2003

Ms. Tami Buffalohead-McGill

Ms. Maggie Bowie

2002

Dr. Barbara Harris

Ms. Laura Smith

2001

Ms. Katherine Barrett

Ms. Beth Katz

Ms. Colette O'Meara-McKinney

2000

Ms. Barbara Gaskins

Ms. Jennifer Troester

1999

Dr. Bette Novit Evans

Dr. Amy M. Haddad

Ms. Nora Spencer

1998

Ms. Melissa A Barton

Dr. Joan S. Lanahan

Ms. Jennifer A Reed

1997

Ms. Katherine G. McMahon

Dr. Nancy E. Walker

1996

Ms. Christina Blum

Ms. Rosemary Gross

1995

Ms. Pat Callone

Ms. Deanna Casper

Dr. Beth Furlong

1994

Ms. Barbara E. S. Angus

Ms. Ann Marie Walker Bausch

1993

Dr. Patricia A. Fleming

Ms. Claire Sheinker

1992

Ms. Joanne C.H. Deniston

Dr. Maryanne Stevens, RSM

1991

Dr. Elizabeth Dahl

Ms. Wendy Koster

1990

Dr. Marjorie Hartnett

1989

Dr. Nancy L. Fogarty

1988

Dr. Anne E. Scheerer

1987

Dr. Shirley A. Scritchfield

1986

Ms. Arlene E. Rhodes

1985

Ms. Kathleen D. Seline

1984

Dr. Sheila Ryan

1983

Ms. Mary Higgins

Ms. Marletta McKercher

1982

Dr. Diane M. Dodendorf

Ms. Catherine Gillis

Mr. Edward D. Murphy

1981

Rev. Joseph J. Labaj, S.J.

Ms. Eileen Lieben