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As a child growing up in a neighborhood riddled with high crime rates and poverty, Brittany Lee dreamed of making a new life for herself. Raised by grandparents who had not surpassed the fourth grade, she understood the importance of a good education and poured herself into her schoolwork. Lee believed that earning a college...
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Early in his career, Tim Fetsch saw himself climbing the corporate ladder and becoming a high-profile business owner. When he was a 25-year-old student at Fontbonne, he never saw himself where he is today, serving as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the St. Louis Area Foodbank. After attending Truman State University for two years, Fetsch took...
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Meneve Dunham
Fontbonne was saddened to learn of the passing of former university president Meneve Dunham on February 9, 2021. During her tenure as president from 1985–1994, Dunham created new major programs, increased enrollment and directed two successful capital campaigns. Thanks to her dedicated leadership, Fontbonne was able to build a new student activity center, which was...
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In October of 1970, eight women known as the Fontbonne 8 staged an overnight lock-in at the Jack C. Taylor Library for one weekend to peacefully protest the treatment of Black students at the university. In an effort to achieve racial equality on campus, they wrote the Black Manifesto, which contained a list of demands...
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On Wednesday, February 11, nearly 100 people attended a virtual town hall on St. Joseph Educational Ministries (SJEM), hosted by the province. During this hour-long presentation, representatives from the Sisters of St. Joseph (CSJ) and the schools shared what SJEM means for them and how CSJ spirituality is lived out on their campuses. You can...
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Multicultural Affairs Director
Fontbonne recently named Deanna Williams as its Director of Multicultural Affairs. This is a new role for her, but Deanna’s relationship with Fontbonne began years ago. She graduated with a degree in communication in 2014 and came back as a graduate assistant while pursuing her master’s at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Now that she’s...
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The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet of the St. Louis province are proud of the five educational institutions they founded and want to see their impact on Catholic education continue for generations to come. To achieve this goal, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are taking an innovative step, empowering the laity to...
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As a Catholic institution founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Fontbonne has instilled important values such as integrity, diversity, service, community, respect, and faith in thousands of students. In recognition of National Catholic Schools Week, an annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States beginning the last Sunday in January, we...
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Five years after retiring from her role as senior director of volunteer recruitment at Big Brother Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri, Fontbonne alumna Vivian Gibson was cleaning her home office when she stumbled upon a stack of memories, musings and motifs she had written over the years. Instead of shredding them like she had planned,...
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Fontbonne University has announced a partnership with CyberUp, a national nonprofit organization committed to cultivating the cybersecurity talent pipeline for today and tomorrow. The innovative partnership with CyberUp will allow Fontbonne to provide cybersecurity students with preeminent training and real-world experience. While earning their bachelor’s degrees in cybersecurity, students will attend CyberUp’s pre-apprenticeship course to...
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