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| Sister Jeanne Knoerle accepts the award (center) from presenters Claudia Tanoos and Troy Fears. |
“The mission of the Wabash Valley Women of Influence is to identify and recognize top women leaders who have forged their own path and developed their own leadership principals and to recognize top women leaders in the Wabash Valley for their positive influence.”
Sister Jeanne has been a Sister of Providence for 62 years and is an encouraging mentor for young women today, continuing the legacy began by the Congregation’s foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. The Sisters of Providence sponsored a table at the breakfast where almost 400 community leaders were in attendance.
She has a bachelor's degree in drama from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She also has two master's degrees (in journalism and business) from Indiana University (IU) and a doctorate in composition and literary Chinese (IU). She taught at schools in Illinois, Indiana and Washington, D.C., and she served as a visiting professor at Providence College in Taiwan.
She’s held several positions at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, including serving as the 12th president from 1968-1983 and chancellor from 1984 to 1988. While president, Sister Jeanne helped institute the Women’s External Degree (WED) program. At the time, it was only the second distance degree program in the country and provided a valuable resource for women wanting to reach their educational goals in a somewhat tumultuous time. The program has since been renamed the Woods External Degree program.
She has also served as a consultant to the religious division of the Lilly Endowment and she is a founding member of Our Green Valley Alliance for Sustainability in Terre Haute.
Revenue from the awards breakfast goes to support United Way’s Success by Six programs.
If you’d like to send Sister Jeanne a note, she can be reached via email.
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