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LOUISVILLE, KY (March 2008) - On Sunday, March 30, during its 18th annual Alumnae Mass & Brunch, Sacred Heart Academy will present Carmel Mudd Borders ’67 and Sr. Judith Rice, OSU ’62 with the 2008 Alumnae of the Year award. The event will begin at 11 a.m. with Mass in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception (Motherhouse Chapel) at 3105 Lexington Rd., followed by brunch and the awards ceremony at 12 p.m. in the SHA gym, building 21.
In addition, the Alumnae Association will announce that Sandy Collins, Jennie Trompeter Heintzman ’77, Jo Mader and Deborah Huber Moore ’70 are Heart Award winners. Heart Awards are given to graduates or persons who have contributed in a significant way to the SHA community.
Sedat Acton, Anne Mueller Bentley ’73, Leslie Steller Brown ’93 and Dorsey Tierney-Walker ’88 will be the newest members inducted into the Valkyrie Hall of Fame.
An SHA Honorary Diploma will be bestowed upon Janet Zeller, chair of the SHA science department.
The Mass & Brunch is open to the public. Brunch tickets are $30 per person; children age 4-12 are $12.50 and children 3 and younger are free. For reservations, call 896-8681
Alumnae of the Year:
This award of highest honor is given to an alumna who has contributed significantly to her community and enriched the lives of those around her. As a graduate of Sacred Heart, her outstanding accomplishments bring distinction to the school and the strong foundation it fosters in young women.
Carmel Mudd Borders – Borders’s passion is improving literacy in the United States. She has been president of the Tapestry Foundation, which provides grants for literacy projects, since 1994. Borders has also established eight Reach Out and Read projects for low income clinics at the University of Michigan, the University of Louisville and the Setan Hospital Clinics in Austin, Texas. During a well-baby check, a child receives a book and the parent is given a “prescription” from the doctor to read to the child. On subsequent visits the doctor uses the child’s ability to read the book to determine developmental progress. In Louisville, Borders also worked to help establish the Kentucky Institute for Family Literacy.
In 2002, President George Bush appointed Borders to the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board. She has been reappointed to the board for a second term and elected chair of the board twice. In 2003, Borders received the Rostow Award from the Austin Project for her dedication to literacy.
At Sacred Heart Academy, Borders established the Loretto P. Mudd Excellence in Teaching Award in memory of her mother, an alumna and former SHA teacher, to honor excellence in teaching. She also established the Mudd Scholarship for students who, without the scholarship, might otherwise not be able to attend Sacred Heart Academy.
Borders is a 1967 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and master’s degree in education from the University of Michigan. She served as the U of M head women’s basketball coach from 1974-1977. She taught high school English and health and was a student advisor in Ann Arbor, Mich. throughout the 1980s. During the 1990s, she was a visiting lecturer at Eastern Michigan University and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Michigan.
Borders was inducted into the Valkyrie Hall of Fame in 2002. She and her husband, Tom, live in Austin, Texas. They have three children and four grandchildren.
Sr. Judith Rice, OSU – Rice has been devoted to education her entire professional life. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in 1962. Rice received her bachelor’s degree in English from Ursuline College and her master’s degree in English from the University of Louisville. She taught English and religion at Sacred Heart Academy from 1968-1973. From 1973-1979, she was assistant principal at Angela Merici High School and taught English and journalism. Rice returned to SHA in 1979 as assistant principal and dean of studies. She also taught English or Latin each year. After a one year study sabbatical in 1998, Rice again returned to Sacred Heart Academy to teach. From 1999-2002, she was the chair of the English department and taught English, Latin and German.
In 1991, Rice was the recipient of the first Ursuline Campus Schools’ St. Angela Award for Sacred Heart Academy. This award is given to a faculty member who best exemplifies the values of St. Angela Merici, the foundress of the Company of St. Ursula, and the Ursuline Core Values of community, reverence, leadership and service.
In 2002, Rice retired from teaching and was elected vice president of the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville. In this position, she collaborates with local and national groups for the welfare of the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville and women religious. As a member of the Ursuline Sisters Leadership Team, she also sits on the Ursuline Campus Schools Board of Trustees.
In 2007, Rice was named director of mission effectiveness for Ursuline Campus Schools. Rice assists the campus president, board of trustees and school administrators in maintaining and integrating the philosophy, mission and values of the Ursuline Sisters in all aspects of the organizational life of Ursuline Campus Schools.
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Sacred Heart Academy (SHA), a member of Ursuline Campus Schools, is a college preparatory high school for girls founded in 1877 by the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville. A national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, Sacred Heart is an International Baccalaureate School with 99 percent of the students pursuing higher education in hundreds of colleges and universities nationally and internationally. The class of 2007 earned over $15.1 million in college scholarships. SHA also boasts of 70 plus state athletic championships and of over 10,000 alumnae worldwide. www.sacredheartacad.com