The Sisters of St. Joseph value the dignity of each person and the richness of human diversity. These values guide St. Catherine University’s commitment to building a community where all faculty and staff can contribute, grow, and thrive.
At St. Kate’s, we recognize that representation alone is not enough. Our focus is on creating an environment where people feel respected, supported, and able to do their best work.
We are strengthening our practices to:
- Attract talented candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences
- Ensure fair and consistent hiring and evaluation processes
- Support the growth, development, and retention of faculty and staff
- Build stronger connections across our campus community
We value the perspectives, experiences, and contributions of our faculty, staff, and administrators, and we are committed to fostering a workplace where those differences are respected and integrated into how we work together.
Human Resources
St. Catherine University seeks creative, adaptable faculty and staff who enjoy working in a university climate that promotes cultural diversity and multicultural understanding.
Employee Resource Groups
The Black Indigenous People of Color Faculty and Staff Group
The Black Indigenous People of Color Faculty and Staff (BIPOC FS) Group at St. Catherine University serves as a community for self-identified faculty and staff of color to activate for change regarding issues affecting BIPOC faculty and staff on our campus. We work to influence systems and create systemic change within our institution towards the goal of supporting, recognizing, and promoting racial equity for our BIPOC faculty and staff. We maintain representation on the Faculty Senate as well as other decision-making groups on our campus in order to influence change on behalf of our BIPOC faculty and staff. We do this with care for our community. We promote and support the continued search for racial justice.
The BIPOC FS Group is committed to promoting the interests and advocating for St. Catherine University’s faculty and staff from historically underrepresented races, ethnicities, and tribal nations. We honor and celebrate the diversity of our cultures and actively contribute to the University by:
- Providing members with a supportive community and brave spaces
- Fostering belonging for all intersecting experiences
- Sharing knowledge about the campus climate
- Establishing meaningful connections between staff and faculty of color.
To be added to the BIPOC FS roster, email facultystaffofcolor@stkate.edu.
White Anti-racist Accountability for Learning and Kinship
White Anti-racist Accountability for Learning and Kinship (WAALK) is a group that provides white faculty and staff with opportunities to strengthen our critical understanding of the myriad ways in which we benefit from and are complicit in white supremacy and systems and to take action to become more anti-racist. We believe this work is an essential foundation for strengthening our anti-racist practices to help advance institutional transformation at St. Kate's and in the broader community.
This is a place to deepen our capacity to BOTH partner effectively with our BIPOC colleagues and other white colleagues - working toward racial justice, dismantling racism and white supremacy starting at St. Kate's AND creating a place to do self-work by recognizing our racist attitudes and white supremacist beliefs and how those beliefs contribute to the problem of silence, colluding, complacency, and indifference.
To be added to the WAALK roster, please send a request to akhamlin@stkate.edu.
For more information, email waalk@stkate.edu.
Campus Resources
Counseling Center
The Counseling Center provides consultations for faculty and staff who have questions about interacting with students who are coping with emotional and mental health issues. Specific ways the Counseling Center can help include providing information about specific mental health issues, identifying possible resources in the community, or suggestions regarding how to talk to the individual about seeking help from a mental health professional.
Center for Spirituality and Social Justice
Students, faculty, and staff of all spiritual, secular, and religious identities are welcome to share in creating a community of faith that engages in social justice at St. Kate’s.
Student Accessibility and Accommodations
Faculty and staff are welcome to meet with our staff to plan appropriate disability accommodations and identify campus and community resources that may be beneficial.
Title IX
All members of the St. Kate’s community—students (current and applicants), faculty, staff, applicants for employment, persons doing business with or acting on behalf of the University, and visitors to campus—are protected under this Policy and share in responsibility for creating and maintaining an environment that promotes the safety and dignity of each person.
Diversity Recruitment and Best Practices
Our goals include increasing diversity of faculty and staff by implementing new recruitment strategies and following best practices.
Public Safety
Public Safety is committed to giving our students and visitors a safe and beautiful campus experience. If you are feeling unsafe or are being harassed on campus because of your identity, please call 651.690.8888 at any time, day or night, or text through the LiveSafe app.