Login2008 Alumni Award Winners
2008 Margaret Dutli Professional Community Service Award |
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| Since her early experiences with the Canada World Youth Program at 18 years of age, Lesya Sabada has been a true global citizen. From her very first teaching job, which she took in the inner city ghettos of Syracuse, New York, to her more recent humanitarian visits to the West Bank in Palestine, Ms. Sabada has devoted herself to the well-being of humanity around the world. Hired by St. Thomas More College in 1993 to teach courses in Eastern Christianity,her passion for educating and uplifting others has also inspired the faithful within her own community. Through her tireless service, she has consistently worked for the betterment of her Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Eastern Christian Community, and in her own way, for the faith and spirits of young people everywhere. |
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2008 Distinguished Alumna Award
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Sister Kay MacDonald, NDS (BEd'59, BA'6161) not only devoted much of her life to Catholic education as a teacher and principal in the Catholic school system, but significantly contributed to shaping the life of her alma mater through her nine years of service on its Corporation and six years on its Board of Governors. Highlights of Sister Kay's amazing life in the Church include serving as General Superior of the Sisters of Sion from 1975-86. While serving in Rome in that capacity, she was elected to one of the most important positions that can be held by any woman in the Catholic Church: President of the International Union of Superiors General, a post she held from 1983-86. As a Provincial Leader of the Sisters of Sion while living in Jerusalem from 1990-96, Sister Kay edicated herself to one of her life's passions-ecumenical ministry, and for that work as well as her other leadership roles she has been internationally recognized including being awarded the Inter-faith Leadership Award by the North American Council of Christian and Jews, and the Order of National Merit by the President of France. | ||
2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award |
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| Bill Zerebesky might be best remembered as the former Social Director of the STMSU and the first paid manager of Ulcers, STM's first cafeteria. Growing up in Wakaw and moving to Saskatoon in the late 1970s to attend the U of S, Mr. Zerebesky made his career at the New Community Credit Union. He remained in close touch with the STM community,serving on its Board of Governors from 2003 to 2008 and volunteering on several committees.He also found time to volunteer with the Shevchenko Foundation, an organization that provides grants to various Ukrainian cultural organizations, and worked to establish the first Credit Unions in Ukraine. |
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 it is a privilege to have done my first major mural in a university chapel for I consider it vital that the Christian message be at least available to young people at the turning point in their intellectual life which university represents.”— William Kurelek |
