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 Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill President Wheeling Jesuit University Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill, O.S.U., Ed.D. is the first female leader of Wheeling Jesuit University and arrived on campus Feb. 8, 2010. The former long-term president of the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thrailkill will serve as interim president for about 18 months, as the school continues to search for a permanent president. While at Mount St. Joseph, where she was president from 1987 – 2008, Thrailkill led a co-educational 2,300-student campus that consisted of a four-year, liberal arts curriculum, with both undergraduate and graduate programs. From 1978 – 1987, Thrailkill was president of Springfield College, Illinois, a two-year, liberal arts, pre-professional and co-educational college of 500 students. A native of San Antonio, Texas, she began her professional career earning 16 years of educational experience in Ursuline Academies in both Dallas, Texas and New Orleans, La. where she was a teacher, assistant principal and principal at girls preparatory schools. Most recently she served as an interim president at Cincinnati’s Chatfield College from 2008 – 2009. Chatfield is a three-year Catholic liberal arts college run by the Ursulines in St. Martin, Ohio. Thrailkill earned her bachelor’s in history from College of New Rochelle, her master’s in sociology from Marquette University and her doctorate in educational administration from NOVA University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. A member of the Ursulines of the Roman Union order of sisters, she has a lifetime of experience in education. She is well published as an educator and has also earned the Woman of the Year of the Award "The Cincinnati Enquirer" and the Business Woman of the Year Progress Award from the "Cincinnati Business Courier." "We're excited about the positive energy and depth of experience that Sister Francis will bring to campus. Her 30-plus years experience serving as a university president, at places similar to Wheeling Jesuit, including Catholic universities, one at which she even served as a short-term interim president, will serve us well," said Christine Ohl-Gigliotti, dean of Student Development. |
