Established by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1905, St. Kate’s intellectual tradition of Catholic Social Teaching guides our commitment to inclusivity, advancing wisdom and justice, and powering lives of meaning.

Women’s Leadership
With our premier baccalaureate College for Women, St. Kate’s is one of the largest private women’s universities in the nation and has educated women to lead and influence since our founding.

Catholic Identity
We commit to engage with and learn from each other through reflection and action, embracing every gender, ethnicity, identity, ability, and faith tradition, and loving our neighbor as ourselves.

Liberal Arts Foundation
At St. Kate’s, the liberal arts offer students a depth and breadth of knowledge that fuels curiosity, opens expansive thinking, and unlocks tools to drive systemic change.

Mission and Vision

Our mission is to educate women to lead and influence.

We educate at all degree levels through valuing and integrating the liberal arts and professional education within the Catholic intellectual tradition, emphasizing scholarly inquiry and social justice teaching as lived by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.

We welcome a rich diversity of students, with a baccalaureate college for women at the heart of the University and graduate and adult colleges for women and men. Committed to excellence and opportunity, St. Catherine University develops leaders who act with integrity.

Our mission is based on three core principles — women, Catholic, liberal arts — supported by three endowed chairs.

Our vision is to be respected globally for educating women who transform the world.

Values

• Academic Excellence
  We embrace a culture of learning that drives the students, faculty, and staff to discover, acquire, and apply knowledge.
• Community
  We welcome all without distinction in the spirit of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
• Integrity
  We demonstrate honesty and openness, and build trust with all that we do.
• Social Justice
  We create an environment of equity, fairness, and respect, and we work for systemic change so Earth and all people thrive.
• Reflection
  We contemplate all life experience and examine the mystery of human purpose.

Inclusive Excellence

We work to create a community and a world in which race, ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, ability, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, and other forms of human difference are neither sources of prejudice nor barriers to equal access, opportunity, representation, and agency. Human diversity is a strength.

As citizens of a diverse world, our university is committed to reflecting this diversity in our students, faculty, staff, administrators, Board of Trustees and alumni in participation, policy, leadership, and equity in opportunities. Our understanding of and respect for human differences is integral to a liberal arts education and preparation for a diverse workforce. Our community challenges itself to be welcoming and respectful, while interacting effectively, sensitively, and with humility in an increasingly diverse, global community. All members of our community should have equitable access to education, safety, care, and career regardless of status, position, or privilege. This is our collective work.

Become Part of the St. Kate’s Team

Join us as a faculty or staff member in our work to provide the highest-quality education and experiences for our students and support the University’s mission and vision. We are committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring.

Driven by Our Mission
Our employees believe in and value St. Catherine University’s mission to educate women to lead and influence. We enjoy helping students grow in their leadership skills while receiving a great education, and appreciate opportunities to mentor and empower students to help them be successful. We also feel a strong sense of community and tradition at St. Kate’s, centered around an atmosphere of empowering women and our collective effort to ensure we have an environment where students flourish.

With a beautiful campus in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a vision of close-knit, supportive community for all members — staff, faculty, alumni, and students alike — St. Kate’s strives to be a preeminent employer.