2026 Alice Wright Franzke Feminist Award Ceremony • March 2, 2026

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The St. Mary's University Women's History Month Committee presents the 

Alice Wright Franzke Feminist Award Ceremony

Honoring St. Mary’s University community members who promote peace, empowerment, civic engagement, cooperation, equality and respect of all persons.

Monday, March 2, 2026

St. Mary's University Sarita Kenedy East Law Library, Law Alumni Room

Welcome

Angeli Willson, Ph.D.

Chair and Associate Professor of Education and

Coordinator, Women's History Month Committee

Emcee

Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill, Ph.D.

Graduate Program Director and Professor of English Literature and Language, and

1990 Franzke Feminist Award Recipient

Invocation

Sister Grace Walle, F.M.I., D.Min.

Law Chaplain and 2013 Franzke Feminist Award Recipient

Presentation of 2026 Awards

Students

Erika Pineda-Horta

Sociology and Criminology major

Spanish minor

Public Health Certificate

Soojin ‘Suji’ Luna

English Literature and Language

graduate student

Staff

Kelly Marie Aschbacher

Coordinator, Office of Community

Engagement

Faculty

Lesly R. Krome, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair, and

Program Director for Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Alumna

Patricia ‘Trish’ Perkins Kuper Montgomery, R.N., B.S.N., M.Ed., C.G.R.N. (B.A.’85)

Endoscopy, Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital

Alice Franzke Non-Traditional Student Scholarship Award

Rosalinda Bermea Arriaga

Criminal Justice major

Military Science minor