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Q&A with Hawks: What does having a woman as the president of St. Joe's mean to you?

Q&A with Hawks: What does having a woman as the president of St. Joe’s mean to you?

Tiffany Marciano and Natalie Brislin March 28, 2023

REPORTING BY: NATALIE BRISLIN ’23, TIFFANY MARCIANO ’23 “As a female leader at the school, I think it’s really empowering to see a female president. Although there’s a lot of progress that...

Cheryl A. McConnell, Ph.D., responds to audience applause moments after being named as St. Joe's 29th president at a public announcement held March 10 in the Cardinal Foley Campus Center on Hawk Hill. James M. Norris ’85, chair St. Joe's Board of Trustees (center) and Daniel Joyce, S.J., director of the Office of Mission Programs (right), accompanied McConnell during the announcement. PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS

First woman named as president of St. Joe’s: Board of Trustees elects Cheryl McConnell to lead the university

Mia Messina ’25, Hannah Pajtis, and Allie Miller March 28, 2023

Cheryl A. McConnell, Ph.D., has been named St. Joe’s 29th president, the first woman president in the university’s 172-year history. McConnell had been serving as the university’s interim...

Cheryl A. McConnell, Ph.D., responds to audience applause moments after being named as St. Joe's 29th president at a public announcement held March 10 in the Cardinal Foley Campus Center on Hawk Hill. James M. Norris ’85, chair St. Joe's Board of Trustees (center) and Daniel Joyce, S.J., director of the Office of Mission Programs (right), accompanied McConnell during the announcement. PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS

First woman named as president of St. Joe’s

Mia Messina and Hannah Pajtis March 11, 2023

Board of Trustees elects Cheryl McConnell, Ph.D. to lead the university  St. Joe’s has named Cheryl A. McConnell, Ph.D., as the university’s 29th president, effective immediately. McConnell...

University updates its master plan

Allie Miller December 7, 2022

If all goes as planned — and university officials insist that it will, that it has to in order for the university to stay competitive — St. Joe’s Hawk Hill campus will look very different in about...

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