The arrangement is meant to house the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who are aging and declining in numbers. It also aims to provide the support single mothers need to be successful in college.
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Helped modernize, diversify university, was ninth member of her order to die of COVID-19. By Michael Horne - Jan 13th, 2021 01:24 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Ellen Lorenz. Photo courtesy of Mount Mary University.
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Ellen Lorenz was a teacher who rose to become the sixth president of Mount Mary University from 1979-1987. Yet she longed to return to her original vocation.
“After that visible role, Sister Ellen returned to the education department, spending another 25 years working with prospective teachers. Retiring from the education department in 2013, she became a part-time tutor in the Student Success Center until mid-2015,” according to the university’s announcement of her death at 85 on December 22nd, 2020 at the School Sisters of Notre Dame convent in Elm Grove. “Sister Ellen was COVID positive and had underlying health conditions,” said