There are a number of awards that are given out each year including the Distinguished Alumni Award, the Virtue, Honor and Education Award, and the Exceptional Alumni of the Arts Award. If you know of someone you think would fit any of these awards, you can nominate them by filling out a nomination form!
Distinguished Alumni Award
Award Selection
The Distinguished Alumni Award selection committee is comprised of members from groups such as the Oldenburg Academy Alumni Association Board and Trustees, past Alumni Association Board Members, Alumni Advisory Council members, and the Oldenburg Academy administration.
Timeline For Implementation
July 1 of the current year: Deadline for nomination submission
Recipients will be honored at the Alumni Homecoming.
Award Criteria
A male or female who has been a graduate of Oldenburg Academy/Immaculate Conception Academy for at least ten years from the current academic year.
An alum who was regarded as a student who invested in the Oldenburg Academy community during his or her tenure at the school through involvement in co-curricular activities, student leadership, community service, and/or campus ministry.
A person who has made a significant impact on and contribution to the world (local, national, global), or someone who is an every day hero through his or her education, professional, and/or community service.
Someone who lives out the mission and values of Oldenburg Academy in his or her everyday life.
Demonstration Of Eligibility
What are the nominee’s accomplishments post high school graduation that make him or her a candidate for the Distinguished Alumni Award?
How has the nominee continuously demonstrated the values of an ICA/OA education including good citizenship, service and integrity since graduating from the Academy?
Attach any supporting documents (such as letters, newspaper clippings, etc.) to the nomination form that you believe the Distinguished Alumni Selection Committee should consider regarding the nominee.
For More Information Contact us at alumni@oldenburgacademy.org or 812.933.0737.
Past Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award
2023
Michelle Werner Meer ‘77
2022
Tina Caldwell ‘80
Nita Mauer ‘82
2021
Lisa Niedenthal '81
2020
Liz Hartman Stenger '71
2019
Kathleen Bauer Schaeper '69
2018
Sr. Norma (Mary Ann) Rocklage, OSF, PhD., '51
2017
Sue Siefert '76; Jan Dietz Alexander '77
2016
Rita Moeller King '60
2015
Janet Federle Sturwold '62
2014
Barb Hirt '51
2013
Dr. Mary Strange Robertson '73
2012
Dr. Maureen Murphy '72
2011
Joan Eckstein McKamey '83
2010
Kay Weber Taylor '49
2009
Holly Bruns '74 (posthumously)
Virtue, Honor, Education Tribute
Award Selection
The Virtue, Honor, Education Tribute was established in 2004 by the Oldenburg Academy Alumni Board to recognize a living or deceased Oldenburg Academy faculty or staff member who has made a meaningful spiritual and educational impact upon the alumni.
Award Criteria
a living or deceased Oldenburg Academy faculty or staff member who has made a meaningful spiritual and educational impact upon the alumni.
Timeline For Implementation
July 1 of the current year: Deadline for nomination submission
Recipients will be honored at the Alumni Homecoming.
For More Information Contact us at alumni@oldenburgacademy.org or 812.933.0737.
Past Recipients of the Virtue, Honor, Education Tribute
2023
Sr. Jan Kroeger, OSF
2022
Ms. Kris Wampler
2021
Mrs. Debbie Holtel Lamping '73
2020
Doris Hirt McKee '70
2019
Jackie Wenning Fitzgerald '80
2018
Mrs. Connie Wanstrath Deardorff
2017
Mr. John Armbruster
2016
Mrs. Janey Stephens
2015
Sr. Marjorie Jeanne Niemer
2014
Mr. Kelly Munchel
2013
Sr. Mary Ammann, OSF
2012
Sr. Constance Smith, OSF '40
2011
Sr. Francis Kennedy, OSF '56
2010
Sr. Edith Martini, OSF '42
2009
Ms. Pamela J. Burroughs
2008
Mother Antonia Dreer, OSF
2007
Sr. Francesca Thompson, OSF
2006
Sr. Mary Gloria Gallagher, OSF
2005
Mother Marie Dillhoff, OSF
2004
Sr. Therese de Lourdes, OSF
Exceptional Alumni of the Arts Award
Award Selection
The Exceptional Alumni of the Arts Award was established to recognize a living or deceased Oldenburg Academy faculty or staff member who began or expanded their artistic skills at Oldenburg Academy of the Immaculate Conception. This alum must continue to live out and uphold the Academy’s triune standards of virtue, honor, & education through their continued passion and participation in the arts after graduation.
Timeline For Implementation
July 1 of the current year: Deadline for nomination submission
Recipients will be honored at the Alumni Homecoming.
Award Criteria
Visual Arts
Painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpting, metalworks, ceramic, fiber, glass, collage, book art, film, video, electronic arts, and the combination of any of these mediasLiterary Arts
Fiction, creative nonfiction, playwriting, poetry, essay and the combination of any of these mediasPerforming Arts
Music (composing and/or performing of all genres), theatre, choreography, dance and the combination of any of these medias
Demonstration Of Eligibility
Recipients who are eligible for this award is anyone who began or expanded their artistic skills at Oldenburg Academy of the Immaculate Conception. This alum must continue to live out and uphold the Academy’s triune standards of virtue, honor, & education through their continued passion and participation in the arts after graduation.
For More Information Contact us at alumni@oldenburgacademy.org or 812.933.0737
Past Recipients of the Exceptional Alumni of the Arts Award
2023
Betty Bedel Frey ‘74
2022
Chris Werner ‘05
2021
Jorie Moss '07
2020
Marisa Ignacio Hormel '83
2019
Regina Moster Sieffert '83
2018
Sara Molinsky Fisher '82