I AM HONORED TO BE WITH YOU TODAY AS WE JOYFULLY GATHER TO CELEBRATE THE COMPETENCE, COURAGE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE 50 OUTSTANDING WOMEN WHOSE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIVES HAVE SHAPED OUR RECENT HISTORY. THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND THEIR NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS ADD THEM TO A LONG LINE OF DISTINGUISHED WOMEN WHO HAVE INFLUENCED OUR SOCIETY IN POSITIVE WAYS. 

AT CARLOW UNIVERSITY, WE HOLD SUCH WOMEN IN HIGH ESTEEM AND WE IDENTIFY THEM AS UNIQUE MODELS OF TRUE SUCCESS. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS CLAIM THAT THEIR SOURCES OF INSPIRATION ARE WOMEN WHO FOLLOWED THEIR IDEALS AND THEIR DREAMS WITH COURAGE.  WE ALL KNOW THAT THE WORD ‘COURAGE’ IS DERIVED FROM THE LATIN WORD FOR ‘HEART’, AND MEANS TO EMBRACE DIFFICULT CHALLENGES RATHER THAN WITHDRAWING FROM THEM.  OUR WOMEN HONOREES HAVE DEMONSTRATED SUCH BOLDNESS AND DETERMINATION.

CARLOW UNIVERSITY IS HONORED TO BE ONE OF TODAY’S AWARD SPONSORS  AS WE CELEBRATE OUR 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF EDUCATING STUDENTS IN A WOMEN-CENTERED, MERCY TRADITION WHICH EMPHASIZES MANY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND ATTITUDES EMBRACED BY OUR HONOREES. WE EDUCATE OTHER WOMEN TO BE LIKE THEM: WOMEN WHO EMBRACE  A PERSONAL CODE OF ETHICS WHICH HONORS THE DIGNITY OF ALL PERSONS: WOMEN WHO  ACCEPT  ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR LIVES, THEIR DECISIONS  AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE LIVES OF OTHERS; WOMEN WHO DEMONSTRATE  A STRONG SENSE OF INTEGRITY.  AT CARLOW UNIVERSITY, WE  ENVISION AND EDUCATE FOR A SOCIETY POSITIVELY INFLUENCED BY  WOMEN SUCH AS OUR HONOREES. 

WE CONGRATULATE THE NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER ON  ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY, AND WE APPLAUD  ITS DECISION TO HONOR WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE AS PART OF THAT CELEBRATION. A COURIER IS A MESSENGER SENT IN HASTE, OR ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE, WITH IMPORTANT OR URGENT MESSAGES.  TODAY, THE NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER SENDS EVERYONE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT THE ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF COURAGEOUS WOMEN IN CHALLENGING TIMES. 

CARLOW UNIVERSITY CONGRATULATES YOU, THE WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE HONORED TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE, COMMITMENT, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO INFLUENCE  OUR SOCIETY IN THE PRESENT TIMES . WE POINT TO YOU AS INSPIRATIONAL EXAMPLES TO  FUTURE GENERATIONS OF YOUNG WOMEN WHO WILL FOLLOW YOUR PASSION TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR A BETTER WORLD.

-- Dr. Mary Hines, President, Carlow University

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