CSB Class of 2022 Commencement Celebration
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
5-7-2022
Abstract
May 7, 2022
One-Hundred and Seventh Year
Clemens Field House
S.L. Haehn Campus Center
Saint Joseph, MN
Business executive LeAnne Matthews Stewart, the current chair of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University Boards of Trustees and a 1987 CSB alumna, delivered the College of Saint Benedict commencement address at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, in Clemens Field House on the CSB campus. This was the first commencement ceremony in its traditional location since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stewart addressed the 2022 CSB graduating class of 374 undergraduate women. Stewart also received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in recognition of her significant achievements. The degree is awarded to those who have distinguished themselves through humanitarian and philanthropic contributions to society.
“This class, and all our students over the last two years – has adapted admirably to the challenges of the pandemic. So, I’m extremely pleased we can give them the commencement ceremony they’ve earned, here on our campus,” said Laurie Hamen, CSB transitional president. “LeAnne Stewart is an accomplished leader and an extraordinary Bennie, and her insights will serve our graduates well.”
Today Stewart is the chief financial officer of Axia Women’s Health in Voorhees, New Jersey. In 2021, she was named CFO of the Year by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Stewart graduated from CSB with a BA in accounting and earned her MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in 1997. She has been on the CSB Board of Trustees since 2005. In 2012, Stewart received the S. Emmanuel Renner Award for sharing her wisdom, experiences and financial resources to allow all women to receive the benefits of a CSB education.
Regan Dolezal, a graduating political science major with a global business leadership minor from Woodbury, Minnesota, was the student commencement speaker. She is a videographer for Extending the Link, an admissions tour guide, and co-host of a podcast through the McCarthy Center called “I'm Glad You Asked.” Last summer, through the John Brandl Scholars Program, Dolezal interned for a non-governmental organization focused on education located in Arequipa, Peru called Helping Overcome Obstacles Peru. She recently received an award as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant to the Czech Republic that fall.
Recommended Citation
Matthews Stewart, LeAnne; Voth, Aaron; Hamen, Laurie; Mullen, James; Dolezal, Regan; May, Barbara J.; and Rudolph, Susan OSB, "CSB Class of 2022 Commencement Celebration" (2022). Administration Lectures and Events. 111.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/admin_lectures/111