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But in addition to the Jesuits, there also are sisters who teach and work on campus. They represent four different religious orders: Adorers of the Blood of Christ, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Dominicans.
Last school year, the religious sisters on the faculty and staff decided they wanted to be more visible to students on the campus. So they presented a program during March, Women's History Month.
Raising the visibility of the women religious on campus remains a goal for Joan Range, ASC, professor of theological studies. She and the other sisters plan again to sponsor a program during women's History Month and to distribute an informational poster on SLU's women religious to students in the coming weeks.
"In many of the undergraduate schools of Saint Louis University, students are not aware that we are here," Range said.
There are nine sisters on the faculty and staff at Saint Louis University. At one time there were many more, particularly at the Health Sciences Center.
"About 1925 the Sisters of St. Mary opened the School of Nursing and were the faculty and deans of that school for many years," Range said. "Out of the School of Nursing, the School of Allied Health Professions developed, due to the departments led by the Sisters of St. Mary. The sisters also staffed Firmin Desloge Hospital, now Saint Louis University Hospital, at its origin; they still sponsor Cardinal Glennon Hospital for Children."
On the Frost campus there never were many sisters on the faculty or staff of the College of Arts and Sciences. Before the 1950s the faculty were mostly Jesuits. Women were faculty members in the schools that traditionally served women, such as the School of Social Service and what used to be the School of Education; among them were some sisters. Elizabeth Kolmer, ASC, professor of American studies and history, was one of the first sisters to teach in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Today the sisters teach or work in the departments of theological studies, American studies, physician assistant education, campus ministry, the 1818 program and the Pius XII Memorial Library.
They are Dolores Greeley, RSM, Regina Siegfried, ASC, Joan Range, ASC, Lynne Schmidt, SSND (all in theological studies), Elizabeth Kolmer, ASC (American studies and history), Pam Mueller, OSU (1818 director), Jeanine DeClue, OP (campus ministry), Marianne Travers, OP (Pius XII Library) and Mary White, ASC (physician assistant education).
"We're trying to raise our visibility on campus," Range said. "We want students to know where we can be found and that we're here for them."
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