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![Alumna Sandra Cisneros To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1615476961/josephinum/ruu0t4pkgicetb1hijvq/Cisneros_Program2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1615476961/josephinum/ruu0t4pkgicetb1hijvq/Cisneros_Program2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1615476961/josephinum/ruu0t4pkgicetb1hijvq/Cisneros_Program2.jpg","width":550}])
Josephinum is proud to share the exciting news that alumna Sandra Cisneros '72, the poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist whose work beautifully and profoundly explores working class lives and landscapes, will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's Fuller Award for lifetime achievement.
![Semester 1 Honor Roll Announced]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1612538692/josephinum/nq6bl3js61qyg6xtwf6q/clipart372180.png","width":1989}])
![Josephinum President, Rich McMenamin, Featured in Crain's "People on the Move"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1611073823/josephinum/xnacovpf9udc6pazy6kt/RichHeadshot1A.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1611073823/josephinum/xnacovpf9udc6pazy6kt/RichHeadshot1A.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1611073823/josephinum/xnacovpf9udc6pazy6kt/RichHeadshot1A.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1611073823/josephinum/xnacovpf9udc6pazy6kt/RichHeadshot1A.jpg","width":1163}])
![Josephinum Announces Upcoming Leadership Transition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602100432/josephinum/knegb1gtt2cyaomcpj2n/OHCphotos-41.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1602100432/josephinum/knegb1gtt2cyaomcpj2n/OHCphotos-41.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1602100432/josephinum/knegb1gtt2cyaomcpj2n/OHCphotos-41.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1602100432/josephinum/knegb1gtt2cyaomcpj2n/OHCphotos-41.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1602100432/josephinum/knegb1gtt2cyaomcpj2n/OHCphotos-41.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602100432/josephinum/knegb1gtt2cyaomcpj2n/OHCphotos-41.jpg","width":2000}])
![Josephinum Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1603379070/josephinum/k1fofwi90prskyjkb2pu/19thcentennial___06102656255.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1603379070/josephinum/k1fofwi90prskyjkb2pu/19thcentennial___06102656255.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1603379070/josephinum/k1fofwi90prskyjkb2pu/19thcentennial___06102656255.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1603379070/josephinum/k1fofwi90prskyjkb2pu/19thcentennial___06102656255.jpg","width":1200}])
Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chicago’s longest-standing all-girls Catholic high school, is proud to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote.